The grinding, slashing, grueling fight [into Germany] continued for several days, made more difficult when the retreating Germans demolished every bridge in the path of the […]
As a warming sun cleared the eastern horizon, the 30th Infantry received tremendous support from the air. When a 1,600-yard breach had been effected, Phil and his Love […]
On March 14, 1945, the Dogface soldiers gathered behind the border to Germany like an angry rattlesnake, poised and prepared to strike a venomous and final […]
On March 13, 1945, the 30th Infantry began moving by truck to an assembly area sixty miles away near Schmittviller, France, still in the Alsace region […]
At an awards ceremony, 3rd Infantry Division commander, General John W. O’Daniel. paid homage to Phil, saying, “To a helluva fighting man.” Then he smiled and leaned […]
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 […]
Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: Save the Date (3/20/25) – My streaming presentation of “The Teenage WWII Hero that Bullets Could Not Stop” […]
The grinding, slashing, grueling fight [into Germany] continued for several days, made more difficult when the retreating Germans demolished every bridge in the path of the […]
As a warming sun cleared the eastern horizon, the 30th Infantry received tremendous support from the air. When a 1,600-yard breach had been effected, Phil and his Love […]
On March 14, 1945, the Dogface soldiers gathered behind the border to Germany like an angry rattlesnake, poised and prepared to strike a venomous and final […]
On March 13, 1945, the 30th Infantry began moving by truck to an assembly area sixty miles away near Schmittviller, France, still in the Alsace region […]
At an awards ceremony, 3rd Infantry Division commander, General John W. O’Daniel. paid homage to Phil, saying, “To a helluva fighting man.” Then he smiled and leaned […]
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 […]
Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: Save the Date (3/20/25) – My streaming presentation of “The Teenage WWII Hero that Bullets Could Not Stop” […]