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November 1, 2024
Here are some more of my Dad’s favorite quotes about the Infantrymen he served with and loved (as well as one about horses he rode) that […]
October 31, 2024
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]
October 30, 2024
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 […]
October 29, 2024
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 […]
October 29, 2024
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 […]
October 28, 2024
Within seconds, a trio of German soldiers, each screaming at the top of his lungs, came from nowhere, leaping over the perimeter wire.[1]
October 28, 2024
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 […]
October 27, 2024
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 […]
October 27, 2024
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 […]
October 26, 2024
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 […]