In Memoriam · 11 September 2022

Willis Albert WOODCOCK was born in 1924, in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. He join the paratroops and his shipped overseas as part of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He particpated to the Italian campaign in June 1944, and jump in southern France August 15th, 1944, in "I" Company, 3rd Battalion. On September 11, 1944, the 517th Regiment's combat team planned an attack on the Col de Braus and its surroundings, where the Germans were still very active and valiant. Company G...

In Memoriam · 10 September 2022

Joseph Mc GEEVER was born August 2, 1918, in Anaconda, Montana. He study in Montana state school and was a State college football star in the Bobcat Grid team, from 1938 to 1940. He graduated from the electrical engineering department in 1941.He enlisted in the army in February, 1942, and went overseas in May 1944, serving in Italy before the invasion.

Veterans · 02 January 2022

Né aux Arcs le 13 Avril 1921, il est le frère ainé de Joseph SOLDI. Ensembles ils seront recrutés par le commandant BLANC, et deviendrons des combattants volontaires de la résistance locale sous l'égide du mouvement COMBAT. Ils habitaient tous deux à la ferme familiale des Cognasses au Sud des Arcs, il prendra part avec son frère et le groupe local a des actions de sabotage des voies ferrées.

Veterans · 14 November 2021

Louis AUDIBERT est né aux Arcs sur Argens le 05 septembre 1909 aux Arcs. Louis effectue son service aux armées en 1925, il est affecté à la 7em compagnie de génie du 28em régiment à la caserne de Montpellier. Une fois son service terminé il rejoint Les Arcs . En 1939, la guerre éclate il est mobilisé. Coiffeur de profession, il est contacté dès novembre 1942 par les chefs de la résistance locale sous l'égide de l'A.S.(armée secrète ). De part son magasin au boulevard Gambetta,...

Veterans · 02 August 2021

Famille CHARRIER - Les Arcs : Une famille dans la résistance. Fernande : Une femme de l'ombre restée dans l'ombre .. "j'avais 30 ans, Je n'ai jamais osé demander une reconnaissance du gouvernement car je pensai que seuls les hommes résistants en avaient le droit..." Nous sommes heureux d' avoir pu retrouver le dossier de cette résistante du mouvement "Combat" et par cet article pouvoir lui rendre hommage. Fernande Andrée CHARRIER est née aux Arcs le 16 février 1912. Le 04 janvier 1936,...

In Memoriam · 14 June 2021

William SPEARS is born in Pensylvania in 1925 and served with the 517th Infantry Parachute Combat Team - "C" Company as a Sergent. The night of December 15-16, the Germans launched their last big counter attack during that unusually harsh winter. Three German armored divisions attacked weakened allied positions in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxemburg. The attack achieved surprise, and they broke through our lines. Due to the severe weather, our aircraft were grounded, and air support...

In Memoriam · 10 June 2021

Bruno BARAGLIA is born in Connecticut in 1925 and was a member of company "C" of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The night of December 15-16, the Germans launched their last great offensive during that unusually harsh winter. Three German armored divisions attacked weakened allied positions in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxemburg. The attack achieved surprise, and they broke through our lines. Due to the severe weather, our aircraft were grounded, and air support and supplies...

In Memoriam · 07 June 2021

William Franklin BALDWIN was born on June 13, 1924 in San Antonio, Texas. Technician 5th grade within the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the "Hq" company of the 1st battalion. He was killed on August 16, 1944, barely a day after the start of the airborne operation in the south of France. Even if the circumstances of his death are unknown, everything suggests that he was killed during the German counter offensive in Les Arcs sur Argens, a counter offensive which aimed to retake the...

In Memoriam · 07 June 2021

Edgar ATTEBERY was born on June 9, 1924, and enlisted in the state of Washington. He is a sergeant in the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in company D. He will be killed in action on the front line in the Maritime Alps on September 27, 1944. at the age of 20.

In Memoriam · 07 June 2021

Harry Donald ALLINGHAM was born August 17, 1917, in Michigan. 1st Lieutenant in company D of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, he will be killed on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1944, in Soy, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive. . The objective of this attack was to capture and establish defensive positions on the Soy / Hotton road. The 1st battalion will accomplish its mission in two days of hard fighting and at the cost of heavy losses.