The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.[
One iconic image from D-day is one of beached LSTs on Omaha beach. Floating above the ships are silver oval shaped balloons as military vehicles drives off the LSTs. These balloons are known as “barrage [Read more]
Few words that are sufficient to adequately describe the story of Mr Louis Graziano. It is hard to put perspective to the experiences and perils endured. From a stormy Atlantic crossing with his ship nearly [Read more]
GUY WHIDDEN – US Army, 101st Airborne Division, 502nd PIR As Paratrooper Guy Whidden during the early hours of D-day June 6th 1944 jumped out of an airplane over Normandy plastic 1/6th scale toys would [Read more]
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion aka “Six Tripple Eight” was an all-black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and had 855 women serving, both enlisted and officers, under the command of Major Charity [Read more]
As he laid face-down on the snowy ground in a field at the Baugnez crossroads on December 17th 1944 he had to stifle his breath while “playing dead”. A slight movement will result in instant [Read more]
BEN SKARDON – US Army, 92nd Infantry Regiment PA, Bataan Death March and Hell Ship x 2 survivor Colonel Ben Skardon signed the Log book on 10 April 2019. This stoic gracious man – who [Read more]
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]
HERMAN ZEITCHIK – US Army, Sargent, 4th Infantry Division 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, [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]
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]
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