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B17G #4297904 Lady Jeannette – B24J #4251226 I Walk Alone (1944) (2)
At the 566-ASWB, the on-duty highest ranking officer, and at the 563-ASWB, which was monitoring the action, both were placing calls to their commanders...
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B17G #4297904 Lady Jeannette – B24J #4251226 I Walk Alone (1944) (1)
(Document Source:) This is the ultimate and improved version of this archive by Willis 'Sam' S. Cole and Doc Snafu. This is not just...
Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge
551st Parachute Battalion – Trois-Ponts – Belgium – January 1945
Document Source: Infantry School, General Section, Military History Committee, Fort Benning, Georgia, Advanced Officers Course (1946-1947). Operations of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (attached...
Combat Operations in France
Easy 517-PRCT Operations in La Roquette, Southern-France (August 27-28, 1944)
Document Source: Infantry School, General Section, Military History Committee, Fort Benning, Georgia, Advanced Officers Course (1946-1947). Operations of Easy Company, 517th Parachute Infantry Combat...
Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge
84-ID during the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 – January 1945)
Document Source: Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, The Battle of the Ardennes, December 1944 - January 1945, by Sgt Theodore Draper,...
Combat Operations in Germany
1/26-IR (1-ID) Initial Penetration West Wall (Nutheim) September 13/20 1944
Document Source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division during the Initial Penetration of the Siegfried Like in the Vicinity...
Combat Operations in Germany
1/379-IR (95-ID) – Operations in Saarlautern – Germany – December 2-6 1944
Document source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division in Saarlautern, Germany, December 2, 1944, - December 6, 1944. during...
Combat Operations in Italy
1/504-PIR (82-A/B) – Altavilla – Italy – September 13-19 1943
Document Source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in the Capture of Altavilla, Italy, September 13 to September...
Pacific Theater of Operations
37-ID – Pasig River & Intramuros Manila – Luzon – February 7-9 1945
Document Source: Operation of the 37th Infantry Division in the crossing of the Pasig River and the closing to the Walls of Intramuros, Manila,...
Combat Operations in the Netherlands
Easy 505-PIR (82-A/B) Capture Nijmegen Bridge September 1944 Holland
Document Source: Operations of the 3rd Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in the Seizure of the Nijmegen...
Combat Operations in Germany
4-AD (TF Baum) Aschaffenburg-Hammelburg Germany March 1945
Document Source: Operation of the Task Force Baum, 4th Armored Division, between Aschaffenburg and Hammelburg, March 27-28, 1945, Central European Campaign, Experience of Capt...
Pacific Theater of Operations
382/96-ID Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru Line (Okinawa) May 1945
Document Source: Operations of the 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division, in the Penetration of the Japanese Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru Line, on Okinawa, May 10, 1945,...