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...

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...

Histoire · 03 December 2019

the 551st Parachute Infantry battalion 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 in...