World War II Blogs

I’m continuing a blog on most days until mid 2025 following my father’s exploits and adventures during WWII. Each blog will represent what he and the […]

Then on November 1, they took Phil to the operating room to further debride and suture up both leg wounds (the bullet entrance wound, and the […]

Phil was transported by a hospital train ninety miles south to the Army’s 46th General Hospital in Besançon. The trip took six hours.[1]

After his surgery, Phil first wrote a letter to his mother (see yesterday afternoon’s blog), hoping against hope it would get to her before the Army […]

As Phil moved through the military medical triage system, he felt he was on an assembly line. And he was. The remarkable recovery rate for wounded […]

The next thing Phil knew, one end of his stretcher was strapped to one of his A&P mules, and the other end was carried by Private […]

Within seconds, a trio of German soldiers, each screaming at the top of his lungs, came from nowhere, leaping over the perimeter wire.[1]

When dawn broke, Happy made his way among the dead Germans to gather their guns, grenades, and ammo. When finished, he distributed the arms and the […]

Just after midnight, Greer’s raiders were attacked by dozens of fanatical enemies, who charged again and again from the west, south, and east of their south-facing […]

Just after midnight, Greer’s raiders were attacked by dozens of fanatical enemies, who charged again and again from the west, south, and east of their south-facing […]

On October 26, Task Force Greer, headed by Captain Harold E. Greer, assistant to Regimental S-3 Ross Calvert, moved the regimental right flank into a gap […]

After a cold, fitful night, the 3rd Battalion pushed forward on the morning of October 25th to the northeastern edge of the woods and seized the […]