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September 21, 2024

September 21, 1944 – Phil’s 30th Infantry began some of the most bitter and exhausting fighting in its entire history

During the period of September 20-26, 1944, the 30th Infantry engaged in some of the most bitter and exhausting fighting in its entire history and contributed […]
September 18, 2024

September 18, 1944 — Phil, his men, and Love Company receive their first Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation

(CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY)The situation for the few remaining soldiers of Love Company along with Phil and a few of the men from hi’s Ammunition and Pioneer […]
September 17, 2024

September 17, 1944 — In the Vosges Mountains every battle was difficult or deadly or both

On September 17, 1944, Dad’s 3rd Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Neddersen, was assigned the objective of liberating the small village of Raddon-et-Chapendu. It […]
September 16, 2024

September 16, 1944 — US GIs now face an obstacle that no army in the history of modern warfare had ever overcome—an enemy defending the Vosges Mountains

As the drive advanced, the 30th Infantry Regiment continued moving to the north and northeast in France, fighting through and liberating village after village as the […]
September 15, 2024

September 15, 1944 – The life expectancy of the front-line men was getting ready to plummet to 21 days 

All battles and all wars are won in the end by the Infantryman. The Infantryman has to use initiative and intelligence in almost every step he moves, every action […]
September 14, 2024

September 14, 1944 – The toughest nut in the Nazi’s long defensive line from the North Sea to the Swiss border lay just ahead of Dad and his men

There could be no question that the Seventh Army’s advance northwards from the Riveria in the summer and early fall of 1944 had been brilliantly executed. […]
September 21, 2024

September 21, 1944 – Phil’s 30th Infantry began some of the most bitter and exhausting fighting in its entire history

During the period of September 20-26, 1944, the 30th Infantry engaged in some of the most bitter and exhausting fighting in its entire history and contributed […]
September 18, 2024

September 18, 1944 — Phil, his men, and Love Company receive their first Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation

(CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY)The situation for the few remaining soldiers of Love Company along with Phil and a few of the men from hi’s Ammunition and Pioneer […]
September 17, 2024

September 17, 1944 — In the Vosges Mountains every battle was difficult or deadly or both

On September 17, 1944, Dad’s 3rd Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Neddersen, was assigned the objective of liberating the small village of Raddon-et-Chapendu. It […]
September 16, 2024

September 16, 1944 — US GIs now face an obstacle that no army in the history of modern warfare had ever overcome—an enemy defending the Vosges Mountains

As the drive advanced, the 30th Infantry Regiment continued moving to the north and northeast in France, fighting through and liberating village after village as the […]
September 15, 2024

September 15, 1944 – The life expectancy of the front-line men was getting ready to plummet to 21 days 

All battles and all wars are won in the end by the Infantryman. The Infantryman has to use initiative and intelligence in almost every step he moves, every action […]
September 14, 2024

September 14, 1944 – The toughest nut in the Nazi’s long defensive line from the North Sea to the Swiss border lay just ahead of Dad and his men

There could be no question that the Seventh Army’s advance northwards from the Riveria in the summer and early fall of 1944 had been brilliantly executed. […]