April 3, 2025
Takeoff for Operation Lipizzaner, as Phil was calling it, was precisely at 0400 hours on Tuesday, April 3. General O’Daniel and Colonel McGarr were both there […]
April 2, 2025
Phil said, “What can I do?” Major Scott smiled, “I like a man who gets to the point. [1]
April 2, 2025
On a rainy, cold Monday, April 2, the day after Easter, the 30th Regiment was preparing to move by motorized vehicles about twenty miles to a […]
April 1, 2025
Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: Today’s Christian Living column on “A proven formula for increased quantity and quality of life” My presentation at […]
March 31, 2025
On March 31, the weather turned cloudy and cold, but the men of the 30th [Infantry Division] were given a time of rest over the Easter […]
March 30, 2025
The next plan was to cross the Main River, a barrier nearly as wide as the Rhine, which called for another spearhead by the 30th Infantry.[1]
March 29, 2025
I enjoy being penning a bi-monthly column for the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine. In the March 2025 issue, I wrote an article you may enjoy: […]
March 27, 2025
In one village, a German civilian met the GIs with a white surrender flag and escorted them to a large wooden building, where they found a […]
March 26, 2025
Under cloudy skies at Lampertheim, five miles inland from the [Rhine] river, the regrouped enemy offered the most resistance of the day.[1]
March 24, 2025
The 30th Infantry Regiment, with Phil’s 3rd Battalion in the lead, covered sixty miles in three days to assemble directly west of Mannheim and the Rhine […]
March 22, 2025
I started in medical practice in the tiny hamlet of Bryson City, NC (pop. then of 900) in 1981. A tiny seed planted in my heart at […]
March 21, 2025
On March 20, 1945, the 30th Infantry attacked and quickly cleared Zweibrücken, which had been nearly flattened by an Allied bombing raid a few days earlier.[1]
April 3, 2025
Takeoff for Operation Lipizzaner, as Phil was calling it, was precisely at 0400 hours on Tuesday, April 3. General O’Daniel and Colonel McGarr were both there […]
April 2, 2025
Phil said, “What can I do?” Major Scott smiled, “I like a man who gets to the point. [1]
April 2, 2025
On a rainy, cold Monday, April 2, the day after Easter, the 30th Regiment was preparing to move by motorized vehicles about twenty miles to a […]
April 1, 2025
Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: Today’s Christian Living column on “A proven formula for increased quantity and quality of life” My presentation at […]
March 31, 2025
On March 31, the weather turned cloudy and cold, but the men of the 30th [Infantry Division] were given a time of rest over the Easter […]
March 30, 2025
The next plan was to cross the Main River, a barrier nearly as wide as the Rhine, which called for another spearhead by the 30th Infantry.[1]
March 29, 2025
I enjoy being penning a bi-monthly column for the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine. In the March 2025 issue, I wrote an article you may enjoy: […]
March 27, 2025
In one village, a German civilian met the GIs with a white surrender flag and escorted them to a large wooden building, where they found a […]
March 26, 2025
Under cloudy skies at Lampertheim, five miles inland from the [Rhine] river, the regrouped enemy offered the most resistance of the day.[1]
March 24, 2025
The 30th Infantry Regiment, with Phil’s 3rd Battalion in the lead, covered sixty miles in three days to assemble directly west of Mannheim and the Rhine […]
March 22, 2025
I started in medical practice in the tiny hamlet of Bryson City, NC (pop. then of 900) in 1981. A tiny seed planted in my heart at […]
March 21, 2025
On March 20, 1945, the 30th Infantry attacked and quickly cleared Zweibrücken, which had been nearly flattened by an Allied bombing raid a few days earlier.[1]