Terry K. Posted May 30, 2016 Share #1 Posted May 30, 2016 I am trying to get this all in a trade. Here is his PH document. No medals, just paperwork. Some pics. Dropped into Normandy, hit by a sniper a few days later. Came back in time for MG. He is a local boy from where I was born. These men are what we are to honor tomorrow on "Decoration Day" as my parents called it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted May 30, 2016 Included in grouping is book "READY" by Langdon, Many of his letters, including from hospital in England after being shot by sniper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted May 30, 2016 Here are a few other items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted May 30, 2016 He went to OCS. I believe he jumped on Sicily, fought in Italy and jumped on D-Day, and Operation Market Garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tke507 Posted May 31, 2016 Share #5 Posted May 31, 2016 Wow very nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted June 1, 2016 tke507, There is much more. Still sorting through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellumbill Posted June 1, 2016 Share #7 Posted June 1, 2016 Very nice grouping! Can't wait to see the rest. Curious, I am a Chicago boy, where was he from, where were you born? Thanks for posting! Very best, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted June 1, 2016 Share #8 Posted June 1, 2016 Very nice group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellumbill Posted June 1, 2016 Share #9 Posted June 1, 2016 Terry - Oh, just reread through all this this morning - too tired to notice last night - Wow!!! Capt. Stefanich was a very popular officer in the 505th, figures prominently in several books on the the 82nd in WWII. He was C company. From Bradley/Bourbonnais/Kankakee (as you know). Wow again - great pick up! I've been reading about him for years. Best, Bill K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted June 1, 2016 Share #10 Posted June 1, 2016 Thanks for sharing and remembering his service. Would love to see more. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share #11 Posted June 2, 2016 As soon as I can I will post more. This stuff was being thrown away and my friend ended up with it. I have been helping baby sit and have not had much time to dig through more. If you know anything about him he was in the NG out of Kankakee, IL. 129th Inf. Regt. He was friends with a Pvt. Boris Ruel from Bradley, IL. Co. "A" 504th Parachute Bn. My brother was good friends with him and I knew him also. He was on of the 1st Paratroopers, in fact I think he is pictured in the book PARATROOPER by Devlin. Here are a couple of other pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share #12 Posted June 2, 2016 inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share #13 Posted June 2, 2016 Here is a list of people that Boris Ruel kept. I don't know how this was in Anthony's stuff but it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted June 2, 2016 Here is the Telegram to his mother after he was "slightly wounded" on 7 June 1944. He was in a hospital in North Ireland because of this slight wound. No KIA telegram found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share #15 Posted December 3, 2016 Sorry for the long absence, just got these printed from negatives. Looks like in Tunisia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share #16 Posted December 3, 2016 more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted December 3, 2016 again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share #18 Posted December 3, 2016 still more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share #19 Posted December 3, 2016 some again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share #20 Posted December 3, 2016 pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share #21 Posted December 3, 2016 photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share #22 Posted December 3, 2016 last for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted December 3, 2016 Share #23 Posted December 3, 2016 WOW! Great & Rare pics! Thanks! Bobgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted December 3, 2016 Share #24 Posted December 3, 2016 Photos are amazing!....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadet Posted December 3, 2016 Share #25 Posted December 3, 2016 These excellent photos were taken at either Oudja, French Morocco or Kairouan, Tunisia (although I think the former). Both locations were used as preparation and staging bases for the 82nd when they arrived in N Africa. Neither of these locations were garden spots, but Oudja was particularly bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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