Dr. Walt’s Latest World War II Blogs

On the afternoon of August 11th, the Chief of Staff and other personnel boarded the USS Henrico in the Bay of Naples. Here the Seventh Army […]

After two days of sailing, on August 10, Phil and Ross Calvert were sharing a smoke on their ship’s afterdeck when they noticed a speck in […]

Finally, on August 9, we pushed off, and looking out over the harbor, we saw Winston Churchill, riding around in a speedboat, smoking his cigar, and […]

Final loading of Phil’s 30th Infantry Regimental troops, along with the 3rd Infantry Division troops, was completed on 8 August, 1944.[1]

A final briefing of all commanders of battalions and higher units took place on August 7.[1]

VI Corps was moved from Lt. General Mark Clark’s Fifth Army to Lt General Alexander “Sandy” Patch’s Seventh Army, which was to lead the upcoming amphibious […]

Below is Phil’s second to last letter home before the coming D-Day attack on southern France. It was one of his longer ones. One wonders if […]

While the amphibious operation against the Riviera coast was to be their fifth major landing against a hostile shore by the 3rd Infantry Division, and the […]

The end of the tortuous trail was not yet in sight, but the beginning of the end was. Men of the 3rd Infantry Division, doubly heartened […]

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 […]