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List, In an effort to find more details on the two glider photographs from Esvelin’s D-Day Gliders that Pat posted last week, I contacted the...

Back to Normandy… Last week, in response to a request I made four months ago to the U.S. Army Military History Institute (USAMHI), I received...

A few data points in the diary above add to the discussion in this thread as well as the Pratt Crash Site and Road to Lecaudey Farm threads. From...

During a recent Internet search, I stumbled upon Normandy: A Glider Pilot’s Story by George E. Buckley, a Flight Officer with the 74th Troop...

Final five questions from the Cornelius Ryan A Bridge Too Far questionnaire… Question #21: Do you remember any significant experiences you may...

More from the Cornelius Ryan A Bridge Too Far questionnaire… The first eight of the 25 questions were basic demographic-type questions: What is...

Hans, My father was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division HQ Company, G-1. His boss was the G-1, LTCOL Ned Moore, who later served as the...

In the continuing effort to prove/disprove the theory that my father’s glider, Chalk #4 of the Keokuk Mission, landed in the field south of the...

List, In June of 1944, somewhere in Normandy, my father picked up this copy of an Allied appeal to German troops in the Cotentin that they...

I’m going to stray a bit off topic for a moment, but I think it is appropriate. In Part I of this thread on the Battlebus Forum, a few postings...

Don, thanks for information on the bulldozers. Your theory about two (or more) gliders carrying the components of a single bulldozer makes sense...

Pat, I located two sources that indicate that glider landing aids were not located in the center of Pratt Field as your theory suggests. Map # 5...

Pat, Interesting discussion point about the depression in the center of Pratt Field. Frame _4052 reveals what appears to be a Waco in a...

Pat, Don, The Glider Lifts chapter in George Koskimaki’s D-Day with the Screaming Eagles contains an extensive discussion about the Chicago...

Hi List, Thanks, John, for the link to the great story about General Pratt's glider provided by Major Leon Spencer. In addition to the other...

Hi List, Thanks, John, for the link to the great story about General Pratt's glider landing provided by Major Leon Spencer. In addition to the...

All. As Pat mentioned above, before we move forward with Part II of this research effort, I want to re-post this summary of the analysis of my...

Pat, To answer your question; according to the U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command and other sources… Deck Logs A Navy ship's deck log is...