“29er” MAGAZINE INDEX - 29th Division Association

November 2000
Vol. 44, No. 3
29 th Div. assoc. Back to Bedford for 83 rd Reunion 1-2
Never Volunteer for Anything (Coast Guard Photog on Omaha, in Japan), by Chuck Wehrle 5-8
Nat’l Exec Committee Meeting 8
Normandy 2000, by Don Boyle (A Co., 175 th Inf.) 9
82 nd National Reunion 10
Tidworth Barracks plaque 11
Colonel Charles Canham (bio), by John Schildt 15
Thanksgiving Day, 1944, by Tom Walls 16
Wartime Memoir of Lester K. Zick (175 th Inf.), Part Two 17
A Tribute to My Father (Robert Harding,D Co., 115 th Inf..), by Bob Harding 18
Ugo Giannini, 1920 – 1993 (29 th Div. artist, bio) 19-20
The Town That Lost Its Sons (Bedford, VA), by Richard Serrano (George Magazine) 21-23
Year 2000 Trip to Normandy, by Robert E. Walker 24
Hill 203 Monument 24
Retracing His Father’s Footsteps (Gerard Parent, C Co., 224 th FA), by Steven Parent 26-27
Golden State Boxers Assoc. Timekeeper Retires (Aaron Koslow, 116 th Inf.) 29
Wall of Remembrance, St. Jean de Savigny 29
From D-Day+2 And Beyond, by Ted Broeckling (B Co., 116 th Inf.) 30-31
A Co., 115 th , In Normandy 2000 31
Bedford Journey (Dedication of Nat’l D-Day Monument), by Stewart Bryant 32-36
29 th Div. French Historical Association (Reenactors) 37
The Gallant Men From the 11 th Amphibious Forces, by Billy Melander 38
56 th Anniversary of D-Day, by Russ Tyson 39
Our Annual Letter From France, by Jean Michel Simoni 40-42
The Family Circle Was Broken (Cousins in WW II), by Bill Rowell (M Co., 116 th Inf.) 44
Invasion Saw a Young German Grow Up in a Hurry, by Franz Gockel 45
Honoring Uncommon Valor, by Richard Sinnreich 49
The Longest Day Left Its Mark on a Generation, by Jack Williams (Boston Herald) 49
Vet Has Vivid Memories of Fateful Invasion of France (George Hurchyinson (SV, 11 th Inf.)
by R.A. Walker (Sun-Gazette,PA) 50
The Passing of the Torch (Opening Ceremony, Nat’l D-Day Museum), by Jam Garamone 52
Letter From Holland (a child remembers the liberation), Nitty Strolenberg 55
Search for 29 th Div. Soldiers Who Were in Dannenberg, Germany in 1945, by Waltraut Waschek 58
My Days in Normandy and Brittany (Replacement story), by Chester J. Buzzelli 61-63
My Experiences of D-Day, by Leonard Jindra (2 nd Bn, 115 th Inf.) 62
The Ultimate Wet Fly – a Stick Grenade, by Ed Youngblood (110 th FA) 62
The Christmas Care Package (Germany, 1945), by Billy Melander 63
Normandy Allies Study Trip 2000, by Marsha Smith 64-65
The National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, by Charles Coll 66
29 th Enters a Valley of Shadows (1965), by Jim Mays (Virginain-Pilot) 66