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2010 Educational Forum and Veterans Reunion

ANNOUNCING
THE
87th INFANTRY DIVISION LEGACY ASSOCIATION
EDUCATIONAL FORUM AND VETERANS REUNION

August 18 - August 22, 2010  Pittsburgh, PA

The Legacy Association is pleased to let you know that arrangements for rooms and meeting space have been finalized at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott.

Forms for reunion registration and hotel reservations can be downloaded below:

Reunion Program
Reunion Registration Form
Hotel Reservation Form
 
 Video Oral History with William Travis, M-345

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!

 
Baker Battery, 335th FA Battalian - 2010 Reunion

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.

 
 Photos from the 2009 Forum/Reunion are Available Online

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.
 
 Girl Scouts Replace 87th Veteran's Stolen Medals

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.
 
 Association News Archives
Archives of past association news is available.
 
 
New Articles
 Personal Accounts

2nd Lt. Stanford Lee Arnold, E-345, Killed in Action on 8 Feb 1945
By Robert D. Epperson
WWII Memoirs - Part 5
By Richard Manchester, K-345
Bloody Sunday - Dec 17, 1944 - A Day in Hell
By Jim Hennessey, E-345
WWII Memoirs - Part 4
By Richard Manchester, K-345
Bill Jasper's WWII Memoirs
By Arthur William (Bill) Jasper, B-312ENG
WWII Memoirs - Part 3
By Richard Manchester, K-345
WWII Memoirs - Part 2
By Richard Manchester, K-345
WWII Memoirs - Part 1
By Richard Manchester, K-345
A Tale of Buchenwald — The Stench Still Lingers
By Max Whitaker, Company C, 735th Tank Bn

The Mass Surrender of German Troops to the
347th Infantry Regiment on May 6, 1945

By Tom Stafford, L-347

Mitch Kaidy's Combat Log
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
Mac and the General
By Tim O'Brien, M-346
"Oh Danny Boy", Italian Style
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347
The Critical Assault on Goldbrick Hill
By Ed Jans, H-346 and Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
Northern France
By John T. Moran, K-347
ETO Memories
By Melvin Brenner, K-345
A Daylight Reconnaissance Patrol
By George M. Batchelor, F-346
We Are the Fortunate Ones
By Glenn Maddy, L-347
Call Me Burt
By Dick Werner, E-347
AWOL in Paris
By Cecil G. Davis, Jr. - AT-347, I-347
May This Keep You Safe From Harm
By George E. Ferris, HQ1-347
Celebrating VE-Day with the Russians
By Robert M. Frank, 87-SIG

Jim Hennessey's Scrapbook From WWII
By Jim Hennessey, E-345

 
 Commentary

87th Infantry Division Lost 1,310 Killed, 4,000 Wounded in WWII
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345

Lester Atwell: Author of World's First
Non-Fiction Novel About Infantry at War
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345

Call Him Lucky
By Wayne Luedke, 549-AAA

Book Review: Battle of the Bulge
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345

Book Review: Soldiers to Citizens
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345

Book Review: F Company, 347th Infantry Regiment 1942-45
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345

Book Review: Magic
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
Though Commended By Friend and Foe,
87th Division Remains Below the Radar

By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
The Ardennes Foot Soldier
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347
Mail From Home Was the Infantryman's Oxygen
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
The General That History Forgot; and One Popular Lore Created
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
Tilly - The Sweetheart of the Liberators of Luxembourg
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347
Book Review: The Little Known Front, By Eric Urbain
Review By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
Anniversary Hoopla Mustn't Blot Out Bitter Reality
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
The Boys of the Golden Acorn
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347
“The Eagle” Drops Its Gold During Short Battle Pause;
What Was That All About?

By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
The Daily Morning Report: Taking The Pulse of WWII
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
Battle of the Bulge Was Longer, Bloodier Than Army Admits
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
Task Force Muir Escapade: It Could Have Been Hollywood
By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345
The Ardennes Battle
By John E. McAuliffe, M-347
The 87th and Los Alamos
By Cecil G. Davis, Jr. - AT-347, I-347

Americans Used Weapons of Past In Defeating
Germans and Winning World War II

By Mitchell Kaidy, D-345

Solemn Remembrance: Vet Returns to Pay
Respects to Former Lieutenant

An interview with James P. Hennessey, E-345
 
 
Other News
 Veterans in the News

Providence: Mom Makes $6762/Month
Ad - World3News.com/JOBS Jul 29 2010 11:17AM GMT
 
 World War II in the News

Providence: Mom Makes $6762/Month
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Rare 3D film shows Warsaw devastated after WWII
MSN.co.in Jul 29 2010 9:54AM GMT
Rare 3D Film Shows Warsaw Devastated After WWII
WSOC-TV Jul 29 2010 9:51AM GMT
WWII artifact more than a quaint map bag to Bafferts
Nogales International Jul 29 2010 9:41AM GMT
Jewish banker's heirs sue Hungary for return of £64m art collection plundered during WWII
Mail Online UK Jul 29 2010 9:40AM GMT
Book Review: Duty, Honor and A Loaf of Bread: Portrait of an American Family in WWII, 1944-1946 by Jan Waldron Votroubek and Ed Votroubek
Blogcritics.org Jul 29 2010 8:38AM GMT
Jug appeal over WWII bunker blast
BBC Jul 29 2010 7:11AM GMT
NY Cabaret: Andrea Marcovicci sings Love Songs of World War II
Travellady Jul 29 2010 6:25AM GMT
Remembering the days of WWII
St. Joseph News-Press Jul 29 2010 6:16AM GMT
Rare 3D film shows Warsaw razed to the ground after World War II
WB11 - KPLR TV Jul 29 2010 6:08AM GMT
Rare 3D film shows Warsaw razed to the ground after World War II
FOX 43 Jul 29 2010 5:49AM GMT
WWII plane the prime attraction at air show
Yakima Herald Republic Jul 29 2010 5:46AM GMT
The false teeth that 'helped win WWII' are auctioned
London Wired Jul 29 2010 5:15AM GMT
Rare 3D Film Shows Warsaw Devastated After WWII
Louisville Channel Jul 29 2010 5:07AM GMT
The false teeth that 'helped win World War II'
BBC Jul 29 2010 4:38AM GMT
Rare 3D film shows Warsaw razed to the ground after World War II
KHWB Jul 29 2010 4:25AM GMT
 
 
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