THEODORE “HECK” JOSEPH BARDSLEY – US Army, Sergeant, 311th Regiment, 78th Infantry Division Mr Bardsley arrived in France with the Timberwolf Regiment 311th Regiment, 78th Infantry Division WWII in November 1944. As a sergeant motor [Read more]
My search for a veteran of Iwo Jima led me to US Marine, Lawrence F Kirby: wounded and decorated through amphibious assaults of Bougainville, Guam and Iwo Jima. In the year since his signing, I [Read more]
Herman Zeitchik served with the 4th Infantry Division, landing on Utah Beach on 6 June 1944 (D Day). He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, liberation of Paris, and liberation of Dachau concentration camp. [Read more]
WILLIAM “BILL” PARKER – US Army Staff Sargent, 29th Infantry Division, 116th Infantry’s 2nd Battalion Company E third platoon, D-day veteran Omaha Beach “War is Hell” those 3 words have been used by many veterans [Read more]
JAMES JOLLY – USMS, Ensign On 9 March 1942, German submarine U-161 entered Castries and torpedoed 2 ships, the Lady Nelson and the Umtata. James Jolly arrived in St. Lucia in June 1942 as a [Read more]
The following is condensed from an article by Warren Manger who has kindly allowed me to reproduce it here. Keiichi Kuwahara was 17 when he was recruited to the naval airforce in 1943. By the [Read more]
MARY ELLIS – Air Transport Auxiliary Pilot One of the most enjoyable aspects of the Log Book’s journey is its unfolding in the most random and coincidental of ways. Just as we were getting ready [Read more]
During the summer of 1942, George Johnson was posted to No. 97 Squadron at RAF Woodhall Spa as a reserve gunner, flying numerous operational sorties with different crews. Johnson subsequently elected to train as a [Read more]
DAVID TEJADA – 12th Signal Company, Philippine Scouts. Survivor of the POW Bataan Death March and Camp O’Donnell. On 26 July 1941, the combined defense forces in the Philippines were organized into the US Army [Read more]
Vera Lynn, born Vera Margaret Welch on March 20, 1917, in East Ham, London, emerged as a defining voice of hope and resilience during World War II. Her legacy as the “Forces’ Sweetheart” was not [Read more]
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