on the WWII Memorial Registry

Jack E. Anderson

-- from the Legion of Valor Museum (Fresno, CA) web site

Sgt. Wilford C. Anderson

Autobiography of Ben Barrett

Biography of Dave Barry

from Centre Daily Times, State College, PA

From: The Battle of the Bulge in the Salm River valley
From Eddy Lamberty, Belgium

From Dropzone.org: A Night Near Bergeval
by E.W. "Bill" Bolin

Col. William J. Boyle

Gene Brissey

[Well, it turns out the the "Who Lost a Dog Tag?" story previously included here was is just a bit too shortened and embellished by the author. Fortunately, we have received the whole story, just as interesting, from Gene Brissey himself. -- B.B.]
Gene's True Account of the Missing Dog Tags

Capt. Joe Broudy

- Bruce Broudy

Joe David Brown was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1915. In his twenties he worked as a reporter at newspapers across the country. When World War II came, he left his job at the New York Daily News and signed up with the paratroopers, where he became a forward observer with the 460th PFAB, and was eventually awarded a battlefield commission, the Purple Heart, and the French Croix de Guerre with palm. In 1950 he resumed his career by joining Time-Life, where he became a foreign correspondent. His many books include "Paper Moon", "Kings Go Forth", and "Stars in My Crown", all made into major motion pictures. He died in 1976.

"Kings Go Forth", originally called "Combat Mission", is the story of an American GI (Lieutenant) stationed in Nice during 1944, shortly after the invasion of Southern France.  Hmm.

See the movie info. 
And check out the movie trailer:  fast connection  slow connection

From the Schuylkill Republic Herald web site

Antonio Campos

From the U.S. Latinos and Latinas & WWII Oral History Project by the University of Texas

by Carol Wellington

see the monument in Logbierme, Belgium

Master Sergeant Romeo John Castonguay
from the Fort Benning site:  Ranger Hall of Fame

From baseball-reference.com

Designer of the Parachute Rigger badge from the Quartermaster Foundation Web site

Tom Cross awarded Lifetime Member of the Red Hat Chapter (Parachute Riggers)

Biography posted on the US Army Quartermaster Center web site.

PDF version

from "The Golden Age for Mexican Americans", a latino archive from the University of Texas

Radio interview after Leo's 100th jump

Some news clippings about Leo Dean "falling through the clouds again".

SUNY Oswego Students Aid National History Project:  Leo Dean interviewed

Bio of George W. Dunaway,  President of Chapter 51 of the Special Forces Association, Las Vegas NV.

"Former highest ranking soldier reflects on career" from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 15, 2002

SMA Dunaway Dies, 2nd Sergeant Major of the Army 

Also see his notes from the war-front in the alumni collection: Letter of March 14, 1945

Biography from Wikipedia

Richmond County Daily Journal, May 1, 2004

Hal Jeffcoat played 12 seasons in the major leagues, split roughly 50/50 between playing outfield and being a pitcher.

From baseball-reference.com

See Randolph Coleman's story of Hal's carnival event

Memorial Day 2004 at the dedication of the National WWII Memorial

Pvt. Edward J. Henry, Jr.

Lt. Howard E. Hensleigh

Joe Holten

Lou Holzworth (RHq Demo) recounts his Korean War experiences for the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times.

From the Northwest Arkansas Morning News, Memorial Day 2001

William John "Bill" Lewis

Gordon Joseph Lippman

One Soldier's Travels

In Memory of Eugene C. Markle

Daily Sun Newspaper of the Villages - The Villages, FL, November 2003

See also Buck Miller photos: 1 2 3

Ed “Big Ed” Moehrke

" in the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer-Times, May 23, 1998

Also, some recollections from "As You Were", a compilation of accounts by members of the Badger State Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association of their activities during World War II. These documents were recently scanned in from letters on the the history of the 82nd Airborne:
http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/history/82nd/82_23.pdf

from Jim's web site, http://www.n2hos.com/

Clay Nichols

from Alleghany News, Sparta, NC Sept. 4 2003

Greg Oehm

from the Florida Sun-Herald March 04, 2003

Oscar the Dummy

John M. Pastalenic

PFC Nolan Powell

Harlan Roberts

Virgilio G. Roel

Howard W. Ruppel

The records are part of "As You Were", a compilation of accounts by members of the Badger State Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association of their activities during World War II. These documents were recently scanned in from letters on the the history of the 82nd Airborne.

Part 1: http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/history/82nd/82_11a.pdf (local copy)

Part 2: http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/history/82nd/82_11b.pdf (local copy)

Terry Sanford

Richard Seitz

Fayetteville Observer, December 29, 2008: 

A man of vision both past and now

From the Junction City, KS Daily Union:
The Association of the U.S. Army selected retired Lt. Gen. Richard Seitz of Junction City to receive its Creighton W. Abrams Medal.

"Army's biggest booster rehabilitated its reputation" from the Fayetteville (NC) Observer, Oct 2, 2003

At Fort Bragg from the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer-Times, June 18, 1998

9th Cavalry & 10th Cavalry Regiments Honorary Committee Member from the 9th-10th Calvary Regiment web site

From dropzone.org: The Strategic Capture of Hunnage (Task Force Seitz)

Taken from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Full copy of the WWII Musings newletter here.

From the University of Iowa website "A Bird in the Hand"

War News Article

Wikipedia entry fo Peter Sturgeon

Cpl. James Guy Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Turner, Corsicana, born Apr. 20, 1925.  Volunteered May 19, 1944.  Assigned to Army, Airborne, team, 517th Combat (Parachute Inf. known as "Battling Buzzards") which fought with great valor during Ardennes Campaign.  Served overseas Jan., 1945 to Aug., 1945, in E.A.M.E. Theater.  Received ATO; E.A.M.E. with 3 Bronze Stars (France, Belgium and Germany); Airborne Combat Inf. Badge; Expert Rifleman's Badge; Presidential Citation; Purple Heart; Croix de Guierre.  Was discharged Nov., 1945.

Not Ready To Die is the life of a man spent trying to survive in the harsh New Mexico badlands during the 1930s. World War II took him into the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, where he made the famous Dragoon jump. The book contains stories of his survival.

Texas Capital Chapter 1919 Austin, Texas

"Walsh Wassail" Prop Blast Bowl of The 517th Parachute Infantry
The bowl was named in honor of the first commanding officer of the Regiment, LTC Louis A. Walsh, Jr., West Point Class of 1934. He was the originator of the bowl and presented it to the Regiment on March 15, 1943, at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, upon its activation.

From the US Army Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, GA

Fred Richard Wampler

from National Smokejumpers Association

from: Allied WWII Casualties in The Netherlands Remembered, a Tribute site from Stevin Oudshoorn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Also from University of New Hampshire ROTC Hall of Fame