Veterans · 06 June 2021
Paul (Yvon , Achille) CONDRILLIER, est né le 13 avril 1924 à Nice il trouvera la mort tragiquement le 25 août 1997 à l'âge de 73 ans dans un accident de plongée sous-marine en méditerranée. Tout le monde se souviens de Paul comme du pilote de rallye et de circuit Français ou de renommé préparateur automobile dans ses ateliers de Nice. Sa carrière en compétition automobile s'étale de 1951 à 1965. Il fut pilote des usine Renault (sur Dauphine) avec trois participations aux 24...
Veterans · 01 October 2020
Gene FRICE was born in Long Beach, California 9th of september 1925 to Arthur Frice and Ethel Craig. Spending most of his childhood in and out of boys homes, Gene was introduced to discipline and military life by way of the NOTC (Naval Officer Training Corps) in High School. This made the transition from civilian to soldier an easy one for Gene as he enlisted in the U.S. Army at the ripe age of 16 just after the Pearl Harbor attacks. In 1943, Gene volunteered for parachute duty and was sent to...
Histoire · 03 December 2019
The 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated on 26 November 1942 at Fort Kobbe in the Panama Canal Zone. Its initial cadre came from Company C of the 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion, while the rest of that battalion was absorbed into the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. Its first draft of new men was gathered in the Frying Pan Area of Fort Benning, Georgia, on 30 October 1942. Those personnel were trained as paratroopers through the Parachute School Replacement Pool...