For this 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, let’s go back to Oberwampach, Luxembourg, one of the 90th Infantry Division’s hot spots during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Wake up sleepy heads! Time for the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week! Following the Battle of the Bulge, 90th Infantry Division soldiers accompany half-tracks of the 6th Armored Division as American forces press the Germans east near Lullange, Luxembourg.
This week, we received a comment from Theresa, daughter of retired Army sergeant, Cecil E. Toole. Her welcome question was in response to a 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week posting on the Saar River crossing at Dillingen, Germany. She wrote, “I would like to know if there are any picture books of this [...]
This edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week takes us to Longvilly, Belgium, on the outskirts of Bastogne, and to an all too familiar sight–the carnage and destruction left behind following the Battle of the Bulge.
Nothing better than a Sectional Basketball Tournament Friday in Indiana. But first, the Weekly History Wrap Up. If you’re raising a teenage boy like my wife and I, you might be familiar with the video game, Assassin’s Creed. Assassin’s Creed III is making the jump to the Revolutionary War. My son will be amped! A [...]
It’s getting to be an all too familiar occurrence–another of our aged World War II heroes has passed away. Edwin Persons, 87, died on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, in Tampa, Florida. Persons served as a medic in World War II with Company B, 502nd Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. With his group he dropped behind [...]
It’s finally here–the final installment of the World War II period article, “90th Pulls a Fast One: Story of How ‘Patton’s Punch’ Baffled the Germans,” recounting the exploits of the 90th Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge. The piece originally ran in newspapers across America and was featured in a January 28, 1945, [...]
We’ve already brought you Part 1 and Part 2 of the World War II period article, “90th Pulls a Fast One: Story of How ‘Patton’s Punch’ Baffled the Germans” on the 90th Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge. Please enjoy Part 3. “Cloaked in a shroud of security, the Division struck again. This [...]
Please enjoy Part 2 of the period article, “90th Pulls a Fast One: Story of How ‘Patton’s Punch’ Baffled the Germans,” on the 90th Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge. “In the still cold of an overcast night, on 11 January, two Battalions of the 359th Infantry, led by Lt. Col. John Smith [...]
This weather brings to mind a certain winter engagement from World War II. Then while going through some old papers, there it was–a Sunday supplement to the 90th Infantry Division publication, “Sniper,” dated January 28, 1945. The piece was titled, “90th Pulls a Fast One: Story of How ‘Patton’s Punch’ Baffled the Germans.” Enjoy. “With [...]