Dr. Walt’s Latest World War II Blogs

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

By mid September, after just one month of operations in France after the D-Day of August 15, 2044, Dad’s VI Corps had driven its advance as […]

Dad’s 3rd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, prepared for an all out attack on Mt. Jesus and Vesoul, moving in from the west.[1]

Dijon, France, was liberated by the Resistance Movement on the 11th of September, 1944. On that day “Dragoon” (the D-Day of 8/15/44) and “Overlord” (the D-Day […]

Then came a momentous and  historic turning point in the European Battles of WWII. It occurred during the night of September 10-11, 1944.[1]

On 9 September General Butler, who had returned to his post as assistant VI Corps commander after Montelimar, noted the declining aggressiveness of the front-line troops […]

It was left of Lieut. Phillip(sic) B. Larimore of 565 S. Holmes [Memphis, TN] recently to rig up an emergency ferry over a French river when […]