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Rudy Passera

Berchtesgaden Golf Club under the Eagle's Nest of Hitler in the Alps

Located in Obersalzberg, approximately 900 meters above sea level, Berchtesgaden Golf Club is considered as one of the highest golf clubs in Germany. Remarkably, while golfing, these heights enable you to get a

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division

Baden-Baden Golf Club, third oldest German golf club founded in 1901

The story of Baden-Baden Golf Club goes back to the end of the XIX century.

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Reich Minister of Propaganda, Paul Joseph Goebbels

D-Day battle flag flown by USS LCI(L) 489 - priceless

My friend Richard Bass just acquired the D-Day battle flag flown by the USS LCI(L) 489 and has done a little research about the ship, found several eye witness accounts, some of which are summarised here. The photos he

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Topics: WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, Infantry, US Navy

Saunton Golf Club and the First U.S. Army Assault Training Center

Situated in Devon, England, Saunton Golf Club has a diverse and special landscape, ranging from the open, windswept high moors of Dartmoor and Exmoor, the rugged coastlines of rocky cliffs and sweeping bays, secluded

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, England, Croyde Cliffs, Woolacombe Beach, WWII England, Saunton Sands Beach

Addendum 297th Engineer Battalion - PFC Louis Stevens, first casualty

"Man in front of the man behind the gun"

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Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII General Simon Bolivar Buckner Junior

Railroad Battery of Auderville La Haye, west of the Cotentin Peninsula

The Atlantic wall imagined by Adolf Hitler was a series of strongpoints some larger and more armed than others and stretched from Norway all along the coast passing through the Netherlands, Belgium, France all the way

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Infantry

John Canepa and the 297th Engineer Battalion

"Man in front of the man behind the gun"

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I had a dream...follow the footsteps of my NOK & that dream came true!

Have you always dreamed to follow the footsteps of your next of kin while taking the opportunity to discover the European Heritage sites, the local history, culture and gastronomy and stay in unique places?

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, Infantry

D-Day to August 1, 1944, First U.S. Army learned 13 tactical lessons!

The result of the operations of the First U.S. Army during the period covered by Normandy American Heroes new E-book / Hardcover: - First United States Army Cross Channel Attack Operations (October 1943 – August 1944)

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, WWII 175th Infantry Regiment, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, WWII 29th Infantry Division, WWII 116th Infantry Regiment, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII 22nd Infantry Regiment, WWII 8th Infantry Regiment, WWII 12th Infantry Regiment, Matt Urban, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, USA, LST Landing Ship Tanks, Croyde Cliffs, Infantry, France, US Navy, Woolacombe Beach, Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, WWII England, MOH recipient, Rangers, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Vance, Saunton Sands Beach, Medal of Honor, Normandy