The result of the operations of the First U.S. Army during the period covered by Normandy American Heroes new E-book /
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The 9th Infantry Division commanded by the Major General Manton S. Eddy came ashore on the 10th of June 1944 at Utah Beach,
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A 15-year-old Polish Jew was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau in August 1944 where he lived a unique experience, survive the gas chamber. His name...
Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Shoah, Poland, WWII 8th Infantry Division, Third Reich, France, Reichsführer of the SS, Heinrich L. Himmler, Stabschef of the Sturmabteilung, Warsaw ghetto, Nazi Party Chancellery leader, Martin Bormann, Lodz Jews ghetto, Ernst Röhm, SS Hauptsturmführer Joseph Mengele, Germany, Nazi
These are sites off the beaten tracks of tourists that I enjoy with my wife and son and my family in general…the list of course is not exhaustive! To say the least we keep some for
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In February 1979 came a call from Chief Warrant Officer Carl Hansen of the Awards Office in the Pentagon. “Colonel Urban, I have some great news for you! On
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After the fall of Forts Montbarey and Keranroux, the enemy withdrew to its final line of defense at Recouvrance, and to the submarine base along the waterfront to the
Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, WWII 175th Infantry Regiment, WWII 29th Infantry Division, WWII 116th Infantry Regiment, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII USA General Troy Houston Middleton, USA, Infantry, Third Reich, France, Rangers, Brittany
In the northwest of Brest, precisely at the South of the cities of Guilers and Bohars, was a group of strongpoints. Built in the villages of Kerognan, Loguillo and Le Moulin du
Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, WWII 29th Infantry Division, World War Two, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII 8th Infantry Division, Infantry, Third Reich, France, Brest Kerognan guns, Brittany
Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, WWII 175th Infantry Regiment, WWII 29th Infantry Division, WWII 116th Infantry Regiment, World War Two, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, Fort Keranroux, Infantry, Third Reich, France, Staff Sergeant Sherwood H. Hallman, Brittany, Medal of Honor
Lieutenant Colonel Paul. Krznarich, Division G-2, told VIII Corps at 13:35 hours: “We are on it, but so are the
Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, WWII 175th Infantry Regiment, WWII 29th Infantry Division, WWII 116th Infantry Regiment, World War Two, Fort Keranroux, Infantry, Third Reich, France, Brittany
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