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Since we already did Iwo related dog tags, I thought it would be interesting to post some dog tags related to the Normandy invasion. Please post some guys!

 

M/SGT Gallant was in headquarters battery, 47th Field Artillery Battalion and landed after D-Day in June, fighting during the Normandy breakout.

 

Shipp was in the 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. He landed on D+2 and fought in the hedgerows in Normandy until being captured July 7.

 

Beach was in Company G, 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division. He jumped into Normandy on D-Day and fought there until mid-July.

 

Hemple was in Headquarters Company, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Landed at Easy Red on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

 

Rooskes was in Headquarters Company, 325th GIR, 82nd Airborne Division. Landed by glider on D+1.

 

Furrer was the commander of Company G, 117th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division. Landed in Normandy on D+8. Received a Silver Star in Normandy on July 7.

 

Henderson was in Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division. Jumped on D-Day and was later wounded in Normandy.

 

Erwin was in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. Landed at Omaha Beach in early July. Began combat in Normandy hedgerows on July 11.

 

Mashlonik was a tank commander of an M4 Sherman tank in Company E, 33rd Armored Battalion, 3rd Armored Division. Began combat in Normandy on July 9.

 

Blakeman was in Company K, 325th GIR, 82nd Airborne Division. Landed by glider on D+1 in Normandy. Later captured in Holland.

 

Young was in the 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division. Landed at Utah Beach on D-Day.

 

McDonnell was aboard the USS Henrico in Normandy. The ship landed troops on D-Day onto Omaha Beach.

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Im going to enjoy this thread. I wish I had one or two to contribute.

In a way you did, Dave. Remember the Gallant tags?!?

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bellasilva

Awesome topic and tags Connor! You may recognize this one :lol: While he didn't land with the initial invasion force, Harvey Bensink landed on Utah Beach in Normandy in August 1944 with the 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion and served throughout the ETO, fighting at the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, the Bridge at Remagen, the Harz Mountains, and helped capture Halle, Germany, where a subcamp of Buchenwald was located.

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twining540

Captain Albert J Allison was with the 15th field artillery regiment. The 15th field artillery made up part of the 9th regimental combat team which landed on Omaha Beach D-Day plus 1. It then fought for 73 days straight in support of the 2nd Division. It continued supporting the 2nd Division until the end of the war. Allison was twice wounded and awarded the bronze star.

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Navy SFCP officer attached to 1st Battalion, 26th RCT landing at Omaha Easy-Red on D-Day. Received a Bronze Star for accurately calling guns on pillboxes holding up the advance.

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Great dog tags everyone!
Twining540 why is one tag of yours different from the other? (Mine is genuine ignorance, no other meanings ;) )

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Great dog tags everyone!

Twining540 why is one tag of yours different from the other? (Mine is genuine ignorance, no other meanings ;) )

One is his officer tag and the other is his enlisted one.

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twining540

USdog beat me to the answer. Not sure if you noticed PFC red, but they also received a new service number when they became an officer.

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twining540

USdog, do you know if enlisted men from all branches of service received a new service number when they became officers? I should have asked that before my previous comment. I just assumed they did.

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Yes, Army, Air Force, USN, and USMC all issued new officer numbers when enlisted men were promoted. At least for WWII that is.

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Thanks USdog! I knew the first tag was officer's (given the O- prefix), but I couldn't make sense of the soldier wearing his Officer and EM tag at the same time... and also I have never seen the "-43" stamped on the first line, after the name, only on the second line referred to the vaccinations year. What does that stand for, given T-41 and -43 are already present? A tetanus vaccination's recall administered again in 1943?

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They wouldn't have been worn at the same time. The "-43" stamped after the name shouldn't be there, it should be where the tetanus dates usually go, you are right. I'm guessing there wasn't enough space on that line so just went above.

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Set of tags to a veteran that was in the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He landed with this unit in July 1944 in Normandy and fought in the hedgerows. Later was captured in the Hurtgen Forest in November.

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Tags to a Lt. that served with the 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion and was attached to the 2nd Armored in Normandy.

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Here's my first addition of a dog tag worn by a soldier with the 3820th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company who landed at the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach on June 6-7th 1944, in support of the 29th Infantry Division.

 

An account of the landing by another member of the 3820th described the carnage he witnessed upon landing. The shelling from the Germans, the mangled bodies of American soldiers strewn about the beach as they struggled to clear from the beach and up the shingle.

 

Some members of the 3820th were recruited by Graves Registration to assist in burying the bodies of dead Americans in temporary graves. Other accounts of the 3820th's actions include facing intense artillery barrages and small arms fire in order to bring fuel to vehicles actively engaged in combat. They slept in foxholes, dodged bullets, shaved out of their helmets, and prayed for a safe return home.

 

This veteran survived the landings on Omaha Beach and went on to serve in the Rhineland and Northern France campaigns. If these tags could speak I'm sure they'd have quite the story to tell. Anyway, I'm extremely happy beyond words to add these to the collection. I have tags to servicemen who landed on the beaches weeks or months afterwards, but these are my first to a man who hit the beach with the initial invasion force..enjoy.

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Here's the latest set..

 

Captain William S. McCauley commanded Troop C of the 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. A few members of this unit were actually the very first US Soldiers to land on French soil on D-Day (McCauley was not one of them), landing offshore of a small island 6 miles off of Utah Beach at 0430 armed only with knives to determine enemy resistance and/or artillery that would've threatened the assault forces. Extremely rough sea conditions prevented the rest of the 4th Cavalry from landing on Utah until June 9th. After landing, the unit linked up with the 101st Airborne Division.

 

After the bitter fighting in the hedgerows throughout Normandy, Captain McCauley's troop was attempting to take enemy held Bogheim, Germany. McCauley himself went forward to scout enemy resistance when German small arms fire opened up and cut Captain McCauley down. He was enroute to a hospital and despite the best efforts of the medical team, he succumbed to his wounds and died that day, December 20th, 1944.

 

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Wanted to give this thread a bump with a new addition to the thread. I have a few more Normandy tags as well I haven't posted but they can wait.

 

Dog tag of SGT Tanner of the 1st Infantry Division's MP Platoon. He landed at Omaha beach at H-Hour on D-Day. He recieved the Silver Star for his actions there as well as a Purple Heart on that day.

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Here are some more I'd like to add.

 

First is to the CO of Company L, 26th Infantry. Served through all of the 1st ID's campaigns... Double Silver Star recipient. Landed at Omaha Beach in the Fox-Green sector of Omaha Beach on D-Day.

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