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On the night of 22 Oct, 1944, Operation Pegasus I was put into action. This was an evacuation of mostly British Airborne troops from the German held territory north of

By Oct 5, 1944, the 506 PIR were positioned along the south of the River Rhine for a distance of about 6 miles on an area known as The Island.

Original footage of the 101st Airborne Division dropping into The Netherlands for Operation Market Garden, which began on Sep 17, 1944, and was a collaboration of the Allied Powers to

Pfc Alex M. Penkala was born Aug 30, 1924, in South Bend, Indiana. His parents, Mary and John, moved to the U.S from Poland in 1907. He was the 10th

A copy of the schedule of the memorial service held on Sunday morning, 27th August, 1944, by the 506th PIR for the men KIA and missing in Normandy. The service

Remembering nurse Augusta Chiwy who passed away Aug 23, 2015. Augusta risked her life many times in many ways during the Battle of the Bulge when she worked in the

Ok this is a long thread on the circumstances of the shooting of Easy Company's Sgt Charles Grant.By mid-May, 1945, the 506th PIR were stationed in Austria. Duties were light,

Remembering the brave civilian nurses, Augusta Chiwy and Renée Lemaire, who volunteered to work in one of the aid stations in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944

Corporal Dewitt "Alabama" Lowrey was born April 22, 1922, near Atmore, Alabama, and grew up on the family farm. Lowrey served in Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne

Ronald Charles "Sparky" Speirs began active duty in the U.S Army on 11 April, 1942. He was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, as a 2nd Lt and assigned to the