Signees

Today The Log Book contains over 200 signatures from veterans and witnesses of this horrific conflict. Each signature represents a direct link to past and the signer’s individual story which we here try to present in the most respectful and honorable manner attempting to preserve the history and ensure future generations can learn and maintain the legacy others sacrificed so much to give us.

Signees

Marvin Strombo

1 September 2017 Nick Devaux 0

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]

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Haynes Cyril

24 August 2017 Nick Devaux 0

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]

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Arthur Pendleton

28 July 2017 Nick Devaux 0

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]

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Ken Potts

22 July 2017 Nick Devaux 0

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]

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David Bayer

21 July 2017 Nick Devaux 0

DAVID BAYER – Holocaust survivor Auschwitz and Jaworzno Born to Jewish parents Manes and Sarah Bayer in Kozienice in southeastern Poland, David Bayer was the second of 4 children. His life as a teenager attending [Read more]

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Nesse Godin

19 July 2017 Nick Devaux 0

NESSE GODIN – Holocaust survivor Auschwitz and Stuffhof. Holocaust Survivor Nesse Godin nee Galperin was born in Lithuania into a Jewish community of over 10,000 members in Siauliai. On 26 June 1941, the Nazis occupied Siauliai. In [Read more]

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Lester Schrenk

27 May 2017 Nick Devaux 0

The idea that two mortal enemies can somehow be reconciled is a uniquely compelling human condition, Mr Schrenk and Mr Müller showed the way. I was immediately struck by their story and hoped that I might be [Read more]