Ms. REGINE HALM – wife of Günter Halm, German infantryman; personally honored by General Field Marshall Erwin Rommel with the Knight’s Cross for his bravery in El Alamein. I first learned about Günter Halm from [Read more]
HILDEGARD AUGUSTE JOSEPH nee LACKMANN – German civilian, born in 1928 in Recklinghausen, Westphalia, Germany. In accordance with Hitler’s decree all young people had to work for the Reich for 1 year. In July 1943, [Read more]
Many of the veterans we encounter have experienced incomprehensible staggering brutality during parts of WWII. Victor Gregg joined the Rifle Brigade in 1937. He was therefore dragged through the entire 2,000 plus days of the [Read more]
HAROLD DAVID ANDREWS – 2nd Lieutenant, USAF, 671st Squadron 416th Bomb Group On 17 January 1944, the 416th, along with 21 year old Andrews, boarded the 488-foot-long S.S. Colombie and left New York Harbor with [Read more]
MARVIN STROMBO – 2nd Marines Div, 6th Regimental Scouts and Snipers, Veteran of Tarawa, Tinian and Saipan. Marvin Strombo was born was born into a Montana ranching family; one of seven children. He graduated from [Read more]
HAYNES CYRIL – Windward Islands Battalion. A 2015 BBC article by Claire Brennan entitled “Soldiers of the Caribbean: Britain’s forgotten war heroes” states: “Some 10,000 left their families and homes to join the British armed [Read more]
ARTHUR PENDLETON – Corporal, 1st Marine Division (Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Division) On 2 January 1942, at age 20, Arthur found himself among a small group of recruits headed to Paris Island, South Carolina, [Read more]
DONALD STRATTON – Seaman First Class USS Arizona (BB-39) Pearl Harbor is one of those tragic milestones of WWII on which so many subsequent events hinge. It was natural that I would try to find a [Read more]
HOWARD KENTON “KEN” POTTS – Coxswain USS Arizona (BB.39) In an incredible twist of fortune while presenting the logbook to Mr Donald Stratton in Washington DC another USS Arizona survivor was with the group, Mr Ken [Read more]
WILBUR JACK MYERS – US Army, Corporal, Gunner 1st Platoon Co. B 692nd Tank Destroyer. Initially deployed to Holland, 20 year old Myers ended up in Belgium as a gunner in a tank destroyer battalion [Read more]
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