Histoire · 27 March 2023

Commanding Officer ->Major G.A.R. COULTHARD 2nd I.C : Captain T.B. McMILLEN SSM : W.Off. L.CAWOOD 1st Flight : Officer in command : C. TURNER 1nd I.C. Lieutnant E. HAIN Glider Pilot Roy JENNER glider pilot Sgt A. PATTON 2nd flight : Officer in command : J.B. MOCKRIDGE Glider pilot Harold W.CHAMBERS Glider pilot DILNUT Glider pilot Denis P.GALPIN Glider pilot GRANGERS Glider Pilot James.G.A. PATTISON Glider Pilot PATTON Glider pilot Arthur PRESCOTT Glider pilot Franck WHITE 3rd flight :...

In Memoriam · 23 June 2022

Clarence OLSON was born July 23rd, 1910 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. He is killed in action October 1st, 1944 in the maritimes Alps as part of the 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion.

In Memoriam · 23 June 2022

Arthur LUPONE was one of the three artillery forward observers of "A" Battery, 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion who was killed in Col de la Madone, in the Maritims Alps. Their Jeep Drove over a Tellermine.

In Memoriam · 23 June 2022

Louis LESMEISTER was one of the three artillery forward observers of "A" Battery, 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion who was killed in Col de la Madone, in the Maritims Alps. Their Jeep Drove over a Tellermine.

In Memoriam · 23 June 2022

Louis GREEN was one of the three artillery forward observers of "A" Battery, 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion who was killed in Col de la Madone, in the Maritims Alps. Their Jeep Drove over a Tellermine.

In Memoriam · 22 June 2022

In Memoriam · 22 June 2022

In Memoriam · 22 June 2022

Veterans · 29 August 2020

Frank DUBAY was born in Farrell, state of Pennsylvania on june 29th 1917. Due to great depression he have to quit school in his 9th grade. He find a job at the Sharon Stell in Sharon town PA. When United states entered to war, Franck joined the US army and was volunter to airborne training then attached to the 550th Glider Airborne infantry Battalion "A" company with rank of Sergent. The 550th battalion was under command of Colonel Edward SACHS. In may 1944, the unit was sent to Naples, Italy...

Histoire · 28 June 2020

The 887th Engineer Company was one of the great but virtually unknow outfit of World war tow. Constituted on the 25 of august 1942, in the Army of the United States from men of Company B, 871st Airborne Engineer Battalion. It was officially activated 1 September 1942 at Westover Field, Massachusetts . The company left Westover by train at 9am on the 7th of october 1942, to Langley field Virginia. On the 15th of October the Company left United States at Chesapeare bay by ship on USS Florence...