Salm valley 1944-1945

ROLL OF HONOR 505th PIR - ARDENNES CAMPAIGN ‘Only those are dead who are forgotten.’ Name A.S.N. Rk. Cpny Date of death Pl. of death Burial Place ADAMS Sr. Ronald F 18109222 Cpl HQ/2 KIA 01-07-45 -------------- USA ADDISON Donald E 35768898 Pvt B KIA...

BULGE MEMORIES by T/Sgt. Chris CHRISTENSEN Company G, 505th PIR 82nd ABN. Div. The defense of Grand-Halleux December 1944 This story will begin Dec. 16,1944, while not over in the Ardennes where the Battle of the Bulge had just begun, but in England....

TRIBUTE TO CAPT. WILLIAM H. NATION 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION William H. NATION, was drafted into the U.S. Army in January 1941 from Arlington, Texas, and was sent to Camp Bowie, Texas, for basic training and incorporation...

December 21, 1944, T rois-Ponts, Belgium by Cpl. Gordon A. WALBERG, A Btry, 80th A.A.A. Bn, 82nd Airborne Division. « After 59 days of combat in Holland and the “Market Garden” mission we returned to Suippes, France. On December 7th, 1944, I received...

John GRABER - 3rd Platoon, I-Company, 291st Infantry Regiment 75th Infantry Division. Courtesy of Steve Graber. The following account was recorded on 15 June 1995 when my father, John "Jack" Graber (I-Co, 291st Regt) and I sat down and recorded his recollection...

PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Armed forces of the United States, I have today awarded THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION (ARMY) FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM...

The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion. "G.O.Y.A." (*) (Great Outstanding Young American) (*) Author, Gregory ORFALEA wrote on page 376 of his book about the 551st: "...Of the close one hundred survivors I have talked to or corresponded with, none said...

Tribute to Colonel (then LTC) Benjamin H. VANDERVOORT. Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Liberation of Goronne. By Colonel (then 1LT) James J. MEYERS, commanding Company D, 505th PIR, 82nd A/B...

Pourquoi un b l og de plus sur la bataille des Ardennes ? Why another blog on the Battle of the Bulge ? Comme beaucoup de familles belges, la mienne a souffert des 5 ans d'occupation nazie. Autant d'histoires, d'anecdotes qui ont éveillé mon intérêt pour...