JeffreyT.Armstrong

@ClownshoeTrump

World War 2 Airborne Enthusiast, Dad, That Guy

Louisville, Kentucky
Vrijeme pridruživanja: kolovoz 2012.

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    My West Point visit 2016: Back in June 2016 my wife and I got married and had a joint touristy and Relaxing Honeymoon. We first went to New York, followed by Cancun in Mexico. In New York we were very kindly offered the use of a dear friends apartment about 8 or 9 streets /1

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    THE ORIGINAL BLACK PANTHERS: A STORY IN 50 TWEETS On this , we pay homage to the original Black Panthers, the 761st Tank Battalion who liberated more than 30 towns and villages during WWII.

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    19. sij

    Went to Bradgate Park for a family walk today so took the chance to do a "Then and now", the then showing members of the 82nd Airborne Division (I suspect 504th PIR) with local dignitaries. They are Sir Robert Martin, Sir Cyril Osbourne (Tory MP) and Lady Hazelrigg, wife of /1

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    16. sij

    In August 1944 the 82nd Airborne Division assembled in full at RAF Leicester East near Stoughton (now known as Leicester Airport) in Leicestershire. The airfield was a short distance from two of their Regimental camps; that of the 504th PIR and the 325th GIR (marked on map). /1

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    15. sij

    I think that when researching an engagement it's pretty vital to understand the organization of the unit you are researching, and if time allows have some idea of their enemy. From what I have seen, both the U.S and British Armed Forces used (perhaps still do) a "Table of /1

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    14. sij

    When I was out on the battlefields a few weeks back I came across the grave of a US Doughboy which stood out. It turns out his story is an incredible and tragic one - I'd like to share it here in case you find it of interest. (1)

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    10. sij

    An impressive sunset over the former Special Operations Executive airfield at Tempsford this evening. Hundreds of secret agents were dropped into occupied Europe from this secret airfield during , many never returned.

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    9. sij

    A high-quality copy of one of the most famous 82nd Airborne Division photographs to come out of WWII, and its not of a Paratrooper! In fact, the man shown is PFC Vernon Lee Haught, of Fox Company, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, returning from a shift on an OP. /1

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    7. sij

    OTD 1944: The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion launch an attack from wooded high-ground West of the River Salm on the small village of Richelinval, with the aim of pushing a roughly 500 strong force of Panzer Grenadiers back across the river. Having sustained 400 casualties /1

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    6. sij

    Skeptical McConnell & Graham would actually issue a subpoena, so Bolton is not really in much danger of havig to follow through here.

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    23. pro 2019.

    OTD 1944: Over the night of the 23rd and 24th, (517th) lead scout PFC Melvin Biddle carries out two lone patrols following the course of the rail line West of Soy into the wooded area. He destroys a number of German Machine Gun nests in the process. He /1

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    22. pro 2019.

    OTD 1944: The 517th PIR is finally committed to battle. Those elements of lost when they lose touch with the 1st Batt convoy are sent to Task Force Kane (Lt Col Matthew Kane) of the 3rd Armored Division at Freyneux and committed to an attack on Dochamps /1

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    22. pro 2019.

    OTD 1944: Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, acting Commander of the 101st Airborne Division, gave his definitive and infamous response to the German surrender ultimatum.

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    21. pro 2019.

    OTD 1944: The 517th PIR in camp at Soissons finally receive movement orders to head into the fight in Belgium. Regimental CO, Colonel Rupert Graves, heads off early to meet with Ridgway and get a firm understanding of the situation. He also wants to know where his boys will be /1

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    20. pro 2019.
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    this christmas season I would like to say fuck you to for being able to write like this

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    20. pro 2019.

    Troops of the U.S. 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion are attached to the 82nd Airborne, providing armored support in the area of Werbomont.

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    20. pro 2019.

    OTD 1944: The 82nd Airborne Division are on the move again, further expanding the Divisions area of operations. They move on towns like Trois Ponts, Cheneux, Goronne, Vielsalm, Hebronval and occupy positions on the Thier Du Mont ridge overlooking Salmchateau.

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