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April 13, 2025
On April 13, 1945, Phil chose to write his father, knowing that the news would be painful to bear for his mother.[1]
April 12, 2025
On March 27-28, family and friends gathered in Columbus and Fort Benning, GA, for the posthumous induction of Philip B. Larimore, Jr. (my dad) into the […]
April 11, 2025
I have just posted a one-hour video documentary about my father’s WWII exploits and heroics titled: “The Teenage WWII Hero that Bullets Could Not Stop: The […]
April 10, 2025
For the last two days (parts 1-5 of this series), I ‘ve been posting what was published in the 2022 version of my and Mike Yorkey’s […]
April 9, 2025
When Phil woke up, he had no idea where he was. He felt no pain and wondered for a moment if this was heaven. His blurred […]
April 9, 2025
Phil was roused into semi-consciousness when the medic gave him a shot of morphine, removed the tourniquet, field-dressed his wound, and inserted an IV. McGarr and Abe lifted […]
April 8, 2025
On Sunday, April 8, 1945, at 11:30 a.m., Philip Sr. and Ethyl Larimore were attending a worship service at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Memphis. As the […]
April 8, 2025
Phil’s men emerged from behind the protection of the tanks. As he had trained them, his forward troops laid down a torrent of marching fire as […]
April 8, 2025
As Phil and his men slept, Colonel McGarr received orders just after midnight that jump-off was scheduled for 0730 hours the next morning, 8 April 1945. […]
April 7, 2025
After daybreak and a warm, filling breakfast on a chilly spring morning with unlimited visibility, Phil and his men in Company L jumped off from Albertshausen […]