Veterans · 01 June 2024
William J. (Wild Bill) BOYLE was born on Aug. 29, 1917, to William L. and Marie FOLEY BOYLE in Brooklyn, NY and had one brother, Joseph. He was an accomplished track athlete in high school, participating in the 1935 Millrose Games, graduated from St. Augustine High School in 1935. On 1st of july 1935 he entered the famous United States Military Academy of West Point New York and graduated with the other 455 westpointers of the class 1939 on the 12 of june at the age of 22. This was the first...
Veterans · 05 August 2023
Page under construction, please come later. Don H. DILLON was born on the 1st of october 1922 at La Junta , Colorado. He entered in the US Army at Denver on the 28th of april 1943. He voluntered for paratroopers and was graduated on the 27 of september at Fort Benning Georgia. He was attached to the 517th parachute infantry regiment and departed to Europe on the 17th of may arriving in Italy on 31st. He was attached to 3rd platoon, D company, second battalion and took part to operation Dragoon...
Veterans · 05 August 2023
Alexandre BREMONDY est né aux Arcs sur Argens le 06 août 1926, il est chef de sizaine . De sa profession de boulanger au village de Vidauban, une fois recruté dans le groupe d'André CHARRIER il sera désigné comme agent pour le transport des tracts et des messages entre son village natal des Arcs et la boite à lettre de la résistance vidaubanaises. Il se d'un jour alors qu'il arrivait à Vidauban d'une colonne Allemande qui s'était arrêté pour boire a la fontaine voisine. Il réussi a...
Veterans · 19 July 2022
Robert William "Bob" DALRYMPLE was born in Brazil, Indiana, on the 10th of june 1917. He was the younger brother of sister, Ruth, and brother, John. After joining the US army and the corp of Engineers Robert DALRYMPLE had been asked to join the airborne troops as the US army was planing to activate some airborne Engineer units attached to the infantry. He was at that time, C company commander of C company, 139th Airborne Engineer battalion at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. Then he attended with...
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