| Association
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| Video
Oral History with William Travis, M-345 |
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Some time ago Chris Wulf, founder of HistoryDocumented.com,
informed me of an interview he had conducted with Bill Travis of
M-345.
A video
of this interview is available on the HistoryDocumented web
site. It's over an hour long, and well worth your time!
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| Invitation to 65th Anniversary
of V-E Day in Thuringia, Germany |
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Warrant Officer Patrick Brion, who works
as a researcher at the audiovisual archives of the Belgian Armed
Forces in Brussels recently sent us the following:
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We would like to invite veterans of the 87th Infantry
Division "Golden Acorn" who, in April 1945, fought
in this region in East-Germany and by their sacrifices also
ended the war for the German population.
The end of WWII in May 1945 will have a very special
meaning, as this year we commemorate the 65th Anniversary
and are organizing this event in the same place the 87th,
among other units of General Patton's 3rd Army, was situated.
For the people in East-Germany, now 20 years after Germany
was reunited, the presence of U.S. Veterans, as well as
Allied re-enactors and active U.S. servicemen, will enhance
this commemoration.
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I know of at least one 87th veteran and spouse who are planning
to attend.
Full details can be found in
this document.
The following links may also be useful:
If you have questions and wish to contact Patrick directly, drop
me an email.
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| Baker Battery, 335th
FA Battalian - 2010 Reunion |
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The 2010 reunion of Baker Battery, 335th
FA Battalian will be hosted by Easy and Mary Jones and their
family. It will be in the Cedar Rapids area of Iowa from June 10th
to June 13th, 2010. People who wish to fly to or home from the reunion
can use the Cedar Rapids airport and if you contact the Jones' daughters
with your arrival date, time and flight information, they will meet
you and transport you to the reunion hotel.
The reunion hotel is the Super 8 Motel located on Highway 1 North,
119 Westview Drive in Washington, IA 52353-2946. Phone number is
(310) 653-6621. Cutoff date for making your registration with the
motel is May 28, 2010. A block of rooms on the first floor including
doubles, handicapped and smoking rooms has been set aside but more
rooms will be added if needed before the cut-off date for reservations.
The room rate is $50 plus tax for our reunion. Ask for the Battery
B grouping or reunion when you make your reservation. Your room
reservation will include the usual hot breakfast each morning and
a light lunch each noontime in the motel's hospitality room..
Friday (6/11/2010) evening will likely include dinner in an Amish
home and the Saturday (6/12/2010) night banquet dinner will be catered
at the reunion motel. Places to visit will be the new Veterans Memorial,
Amish stores and a casino. And of course, story and tall tales in
the motel's hospitality room! At Baker Battery reunions people bring
along snacks and drinks to share with the Battery B family in the
hospitality room and we split the cost of re-supply trips to local
stores for snacks and drinks.
For more information, please contact Joe
Mathias via email.
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| Photos
from the 2009 Forum/Reunion are Available Online |
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| Debra Henderson, neice of Melvin Otto Amelung (549th AAA AW BN),
has made photos
from the August reunion available online. Many of these will also
be included in an upcoming issue of the Legacy GAN. If you
have photos you'd like to share, either online or in the Legacy
GAN, please contact
me, and I'll provide instructions on how to submit your photos. |
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| Graphics
Available for Download |
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| Girl
Scouts Replace 87th Veteran's Stolen Medals |
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| Gene Broughton's (SV-335FA) medals were recently stolen when his
home was burglarized. A local Girl Scout troop worked to replace his
medals shortly before his death. An article with photos and links
to videos is available on our
web site. |
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| Association News Archives |
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| Monthly
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Photo
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Discussion Topic
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87th Division HQ Photos
These photos were taken by Captain
Maurice Beck, and many are in color!
They were purchased at a Beck family
estate sale. The purchaser generously scanned the
slides and provided
them to us at no charge.
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If you have photos to contribute, or would like to suggest
a future discussion topic, please drop
me an email.
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Featured
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From the
Archives
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Association
of Museums of the Battle of the Ardennes
This site features a schedule
of activities commemorating the 60th anniversary
of the momentous clash.
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Goldbrick
Hill, Germany
By Glenn Doman, K-346
A riveting chronicle of the capture of
Gold "B" Hill (aka Goldbrick Hill).
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| New
Articles |
| Commentary |
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87th Infantry Division Lost
1,310 Killed, 4,000 Wounded in WWII
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
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Lester Atwell: Author of
World's First
Non-Fiction Novel About
Infantry at War
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
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Call Him Lucky
By Wayne Luedke, 549-AAA
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Book Review: Battle of the
Bulge
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
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Book Review: Soldiers to
Citizens
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
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Book Review: F Company,
347th Infantry Regiment 1942-45
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
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Book Review: Magic
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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Though Commended By Friend
and Foe,
87th Division Remains Below the Radar
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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The Ardennes Foot Soldier
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347 |
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Mail From Home Was the Infantryman's
Oxygen
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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The General That History
Forgot; and One Popular Lore Created
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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Tilly - The Sweetheart
of the Liberators of Luxembourg
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347 |
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Book Review: The Little
Known Front, By Eric Urbain
Review By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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Anniversary Hoopla Mustn't
Blot Out Bitter Reality
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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The Boys of the Golden
Acorn
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347 |
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“The Eagle” Drops
Its Gold During Short Battle Pause;
What Was That All About?
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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The Daily Morning
Report: Taking The Pulse of WWII
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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Battle of the Bulge Was Longer,
Bloodier Than Army Admits
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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Task Force Muir Escapade:
It Could Have Been Hollywood
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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The Ardennes Battle
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347 |
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The 87th and Los
Alamos
By Cecil G. Davis, Jr. - AT-347, I-347
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Americans Used Weapons
of Past In Defeating
Germans and Winning World War II
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
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Solemn Remembrance:
Vet Returns to Pay
Respects to Former Lieutenant
An interview with James P. Hennessey, E-345 |
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| Personal
Accounts |
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WWII Memoirs
- Part 5
By Richard Manchester, K-345 |
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Bloody
Sunday - Dec 17, 1944 - A Day in Hell
By Jim Hennessey, E-345 |
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WWII Memoirs
- Part 4
By Richard Manchester, K-345 |
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Bill Jasper's
WWII Memoirs
By Arthur William (Bill) Jasper, B-312ENG |
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WWII Memoirs
- Part 3
By Richard Manchester, K-345 |
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WWII Memoirs
- Part 2
By Richard Manchester, K-345 |
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WWII Memoirs
- Part 1
By Richard Manchester, K-345 |
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A Tale
of Buchenwald — The Stench Still Lingers
By Max Whitaker, Company C, 735th Tank Bn |
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The Mass
Surrender of German Troops to the
347th Infantry Regiment on May 6, 1945
By Tom Stafford, L-347
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Mitch Kaidy's
Combat Log
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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Mac and the General
By Tim O'Brien, M-346 |
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"Oh Danny Boy",
Italian Style
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347 |
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The Critical
Assault on Goldbrick Hill
By Ed Jans, H-346 and Mitchell Kaidy, D-345 |
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Northern France
By John T. Moran, K-347 |
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ETO Memories
By Melvin Brenner, K-345 |
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A Daylight Reconnaissance
Patrol
By George M. Batchelor, F-346 |
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We Are the Fortunate
Ones
By Glenn Maddy, L-347 |
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Call Me Burt
By Dick Werner, E-347 |
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AWOL in Paris
By Cecil G. Davis, Jr. - AT-347, I-347
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May This Keep
You Safe From Harm
By George E. Ferris, HQ1-347 |
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Celebrating
VE-Day with the Russians
By Robert M. Frank, 87-SIG |
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Jim Hennessey's
Scrapbook From WWII
By Jim Hennessey, E-345
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