“29er” MAGAZINE INDEX - 29th Division Association
“29er” MAGAZINE INDEX - 29th Division Association
“29er” MAGAZINE INDEX - 29th Division Association
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November 2004<br />
Vol. 48, No. 3<br />
Our 86 th Annual Reunion and 60 th Anniversary in Normandy 1-3<br />
National Infantry Museum 4<br />
60 th Anniversary of D-Day, by Bob Slaughter 5-7<br />
The Catonsville, MD 4 th of July Parade, by Charles Bury, Jr. 7<br />
A Hobo’s Trip Through France in a Vintage 40 & 8, by Billy Melander 8<br />
D-Day Tried to Claim a Soldier’s Life Three Times(Jack Wilson, 111 th FA),<br />
by John Mitchell (Ventura County Star) 9<br />
World War II Scout (James Lockhart, 115 th Inf.) Recalls D-Day,<br />
by Yvonne Johnson (APG News) 10<br />
Goodbye, Old Soldiers, You Are The Best of Us, by Lewis Grizzard (King Features Syndicate) 10<br />
Convoy-729 Gets Fired UP (MD Nat’l Guard 2004) 11<br />
A Pre-D-Day Story, by Billy Melander 12<br />
Army Unveils New Uniform (Iraq War) 12<br />
For Some, a Final Look at Sites of D-Day, by Tom Infield (Inquirer) 14<br />
Dwindling Band of D-Day Vets Returns 15<br />
D-Day – June 6, 2004 Remarks, by John Barnes (A Co., 116 th Inf.) 15<br />
French Greet Veterans with Gratitude, Friendship, by Bobbi Bowman (Utica Observer Dispatch) 16-17<br />
Blue and Gray Insignia (1941) 17<br />
Thomas Dry Howie, Dead in France – Deathless in Fame (Citadel Military College) 18<br />
The 115 th Infantry Regiment Memorial Highway 19<br />
Company M Reunion (116 th Inf.), by Teresa Welsh (Independent-Messenger, VA) 20<br />
D-Day as Covered by Today’s Media , by William Tobin (Anchorage Times) 21<br />
Raising a Glass to the Americans, by Steve Twomey (Washington Post) 21-22<br />
Fettinger, Ted (G Co., 116 th Inf.), 1944 letter home about D-Day 22-23<br />
60 th Anniversary D-Day Trip to Normandy, by Donald Null (A Co., 115 th Inf.) 24-26<br />
France Pays Tribute to our Fallen Heroes, by Arthur Van Cook (111 th FA) 26-27<br />
Private Heinlein’s D-Day (D Co., 116 th Inf.) Part One, by Jonathan Pitts (Baltimore Sun) 28-34<br />
Soldiers of the 29 th Remember Two KIA in Afghanistan 37<br />
60 th Anniversary Poem, by Simon Finch, Cornwall 37<br />
D-Day Photo [Robert Capa] Continues to Educate, by Carl Yusna 41<br />
Soldier Laid to Rest, KIA in Afghanistan in August` 45<br />
Veteran Recalls Normandy Campaign (Don Miller, F Co., 175 th Inf.)<br />
by Murry B. Shugars (News-Herald, PA) 46<br />
D-Day Special Presentation – June 6, 2004, by Charles Neighbor (E Co., 116 th Inf.) 47<br />
Troops Garner Battle Lessons from Historic Sites, by David Moore (Ft. Dix “The Post”) 48<br />
Our 60 th Anniversary Trip Part One, by Alice Williamson Fentress 49-51<br />
Letter of Thanks to 29ers for liberating France, by Patrice De-Bleeckere 51<br />
60 th Anniversary Trip, by Jody Sherr-Dulude 53-59<br />
60 Years Ago at Normandy, speech by Bob Slaughter(D Co., 116 th Inf.) 59<br />
In The Thick of the D-Day Invasion (John Corkran, (A Co., 175 th Inf.),<br />
by Don Haines(“Yesterdays”) 60<br />
Father and Daughter in England and Normandy (Don Miller, F CO., 175 th Inf.) 60<br />
Normandy Allies International Experience 2004, by Michael Dunning (student) 61<br />
General Charles Gerhardt, II, III, IV, by Tom Linneman (L Co., 175 th Inf.) 63<br />
The 29 th Infantry Returns to Normandy, by Ryan Boyd 64-66<br />
Defender’s Day – the 175 th Inf. Is Remembered, by John Kutcher (HQ1, 175 th Inf.) 67-68<br />
The Westcountry Remembers Our D-Day Heroes, by Georgina Horton (UK) 68