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September 24, 2024
As the drive advanced, the 30th Infantry continued moving to the north and northeast through France, fighting through and liberating village after village as the season turned to […]
September 23, 2024
By nightfall on September 23, 1944, Dad’s 30th Infantry Regiment had reached the Moselle River, but they found the waterway swollen by heavy rains. The approach was so […]
September 22, 2024
On the afternoon of 22 September, 1944, General Eisenhower met with his major subordinate commanders, including Generals Devers and Patch, to consider new plans.[1]
September 22, 2024
On 22 September 1944 the “Officers and Men” of the American GI’s of the VI Corps received the following letter signed by General Lucien K. Truscott, […]
September 21, 2024
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 20, 2024
By September 20, the 3rd Infantry Division was now only a short distance from the headwaters of the Moselle River, which rises on the north face […]
September 19, 2024
Inside the tiny French tavern restaurant, Madame Gervaud sat, rocked and knitted, Outside , the rain slanted down on the narrow cobbled street . Now and […]
September 18, 2024
(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
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
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 […]