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Hi Gary, Thomas Potter from California became friends with Harold Axelson and did a good video interview with him which is now on You Tube....
I concur with Hans. A big thumbs up for the book.
Whoa. That's a very interesting map. I think the Pratt location is incorrect as that puts him around pond field. Chalk #28 of Keokuk interests...
The photograph which I've got clearly shows them marching into Ste Marie du Mont on the D70 as does the footage. The footage however doesn't pan...
So if they travelled from Ste Marie du Mont to Hébert and onto Utah beach, would they have gone down causeway No.1? At the time, the area was...
Pat, If you want to see the footage quickly, I posted the video of the Germans being marched through Ste Marie du Mont on my Troop Carrier...
F/O Werner Birkelbach from the 84th TCS, 437th TCG wrote a very comprehensive interrogation report. He flew Mission Detroit Serial 28 and landed...
Do you think Capt. Henry Hobbs was referring to the 325th GIR when he mentioned Battalion CP? In F/O Ordway Manning 86th TCS, 437th TCG...
John, I'll be doing the route before you guys arrive as I'll be in Normandy from the 31st of May. There's plenty of interrogation reports from...
Yeah, that makes sense. I still believe there should be a CP in the vicinity of LZ W.
Is it on the list of places to visit in June?
Here's a photo of La Couture farm from the collection of F/O Edward Short. [ATTACH]
If anyone is interested, the route is approx 11.5 miles in total. I'm tempted to walk it next June.
That map clears things up brilliantly and explains the route they took. I have another photo of them entering St. Marie du Mont. I'm amazed that...
That's fairly convincing John. I'd still like to find out what and where was the CP? I assumed it was a house at Les Forges but if they were...
This is a photograph from the collection of 76th Troop Carrier Squadron Glider Pilot, F/O Edward Short. Unknown Glider Pilots march German POW's...
Has there been any updates regarding the numbers that will be attending the meet up? I've book the adjacent converted stable block so we'll be...
The young lieutenant from the 319th GFAB that broke his neck during the landing was 2nd Lt Norman Doerges from Colorado. He is buried at the...
I'm reviving the thread as back in August I went to visit 1st Lt Andrew Bates from the 79th Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group. He...
I've had the same hunch about that photo for a while. The lane does look similar and I've wondered if the photographer was Capt George Lage....