Activated on July 15th 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado, its insignia appears as a blue “71” on a white circular background which is trimmed in red.
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Topics:
WWII,
71st Infantry Division,
Red Circle Division,
71st Infantry Division WWII,
5th Infantry Regiment WWII,
66th Infantry Regiment WWII,
14th Infantry Regiment WWII
The Sotteville château The Sotteville Château Located 10.6 miles from Cherbourg, and 61.5 miles from Bayeux, the Sotteville château is a beautiful Norman building, nestled on the outskirts of the small village of
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Topics:
WWII,
Sotteville Château,
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel,
France, Normandy, Sotteville
The Sotteville château The Sotteville Château Located 10.6 miles from Cherbourg, and 61.5 miles from Bayeux, the Sotteville château is a beautiful Norman building, nestled on the outskirts of the small village of
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Topics:
WWII,
Sotteville Château,
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel,
France, Normandy, Sotteville
England, the birthplace of Golf, is home to some of the world's most prestigious courses Among them, the Hesketh Golf Club In 1885, Southport, an English town located forty-five minutes' drive north of Liverpool, saw
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Topics:
World War 2,
WWII,
Golf,
Olympics,
Hesketh Golf Club
Private Robert Joseph Wiewel was born on September 28th, 1922. Graduated from High School in May 1940, at the age of seventeen years old, he then stopped his studies to help his father, August Wiewel, at the family farm.
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Topics:
WWII,
Saint Valérie en caux,
Lucky Strike Camp,
Train accident of Saint Valérie en Caux
On February 21st, 2024, Missak Manouchian entered the Pantheon, in Paris, a French monument which welcomes the most important figures of the French history.
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Topics:
Nazi, Schutzstaffel, SS,
WWII,
Missak Manouchian
Omaha Beach is sadly known for the tragic events which occurred during the Second World War, especially during the D-Day.
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Topics:
WWII,
Omaha Beach,
DDAY
"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will leave in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire Japan." President Franklin D. Roosevelt A few
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Topics:
WWII,
WWII Golf,
Pearl Harbor
During the afternoon of August 15th, 315th Infantry Regiment started its move toward Paris, motorized. The first step was a move of approximately 60 miles passing through the village of Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe, in which 2nd
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Topics:
World War 2,
World War Two,
WWII,
WWII 79th Infantry Division,
WWII 315 Infantry Regiment
As the American armies were progressing toward Brittany and to the Mayenne, the 315th Infantry Regiment was still on its way to the south. Lessay was under Division’s control, Germans were retreating, everything was
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Topics:
World War 2,
World War Two,
WWII 1st US Army,
WWII,
WWII 79th Infantry Division,
Brittany,
WWII 315 Infantry Regiment,
Rat Race,
Laval
