“29er” MAGAZINE INDEX - 29th Division Association
“29er” MAGAZINE INDEX - 29th Division Association
“29er” MAGAZINE INDEX - 29th Division Association
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November 1997<br />
Vol. 41, No. 3<br />
29ers Enjoy 79 th Reunion 1-4<br />
Vet Sees D-Day Vest Again (AP) 5<br />
Normandy Diary (WWII memoir) part 8, by Colin McLaurin (I Co., 115 th Inf.) 6-14<br />
Post 44’s New Headquarters in France 14<br />
Utah Beach on 50 th Anniversary 15<br />
Incident at St. Marguerite, June 14, 1944, by Billy Melander 15<br />
Incident at Les Fermes; First Hot Meal in Battle of Normandy, by Billy Melander 16<br />
D-Day Vets Receive Medals (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) 16<br />
Hal Baumgarten Thanks USN Lt. George Jones for Saving His Life on D-Day 18<br />
With Cross and Shovel (WWII memoir), part 2, by George Metcalf (Chaplin, 115 th Inf.) 20<br />
Hubert “Slugger” Williamson Retires After 43 Years of Military Service 21<br />
Green Devils (book review), by Bill Fedor (CAN Co., 116 th Inf.) 22<br />
Ever Forward (excerpts from 116 th newsletter, 1945) 23<br />
Keynote Speech by Al Unerleider at 29 th Div. Memorial Service 27<br />
116 th Memorial Highway Dedication 28<br />
Mud and Slime Up To Our Ears, June 9, 1944, by Billy Melander 29<br />
National D-Day Memorial Plans Progress 38<br />
Battle of Brest, by Fran Sherr-Davino 39<br />
Combat Medic (poem), by E. J. Hamill 40<br />
Normandy Allies Incorporates 41<br />
Wall of Liberty Update 42<br />
Normandy 1997 (report on trip with 29ers), by Thomas Webb 43-46<br />
Europe 1997, by Marsha Smith 47-51<br />
March 1998<br />
Vol. 42, No. 1<br />
National D-Day Memorial Plans Progress 1-2<br />
The Hell Hole at Nordhausen, by Billy Melander 5-7<br />
Honored at Grand Failly, France, by Hillar L. “Jimmy” Britt (L Co., 115 th Inf.) 7-8<br />
Back From the Front – Between the Lines (WWII memoir)<br />
by James Frick (E Co., 175 th Inf.) 9-15<br />
History of the 116 th Band, by Lester Cundiff 16-19<br />
Story of the 29er Newsletter in the Rhineland, by David Macmillan (B Co., 115 th Inf.) 20<br />
111 th FA Battalion song 21<br />
WWII Memorial in Tennessee 22<br />
Le Carrefour Seen Through German Eyes, by Karl Wegner 24<br />
Remembering Normandy 1994, by Don McCarthy 25<br />
What is a DUKW? (humor) 26<br />
La Chapelle de la Madeleine is Now the 29 th Div. Memorial 34<br />
E Co., 116 th Inf. 24 th Annual Reunion, 1997 37<br />
Plaques for the Wall of Remembrance 38-39<br />
Battle of Normandy, June 6 – August 15, 1944 42<br />
History of the 116 th Infantry, by Robert Walker (HQ, 116 th Inf.) 45<br />
50 th Anniversary in Normandy, speech by mayor of Vire (text) 47<br />
26 th Light Inf. National Guard Unit Changes Command in 1997 48<br />
79 th Ordnance 50 th Reunion in 1997 49