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Camp Toccoa, Georgia, was the first training camp of the 506th PIR. Established in 1938 and had been used as a training camp for the National Guard. It was originally

Lieutenant General Omar Bradley presenting Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) medals in Carentan, Normandy, France, on July 2, 1944, to officers of the 101st Airborne Division.1/ L-R: 1. Major General Maxwell

One of the pioneering parachutists of the 20th century, and inventor of the ripcord mechanism, was a 5ft woman by the name of Tiny Broadwick. 1/ Georgia Ann "Tiny" Thompson

The American Red Cross Clubmobile Service was created during WW2 to provide servicemen with food, entertainment, and "a connection home"The original Clubmobiles operated from 1942 - 46, travelling throughout Britain

The house in Aldbourne, England, where some of the Sergeants of Easy Company were billeted on their return from Normandy, summer/fall 1944. It gained the nickname "The Sergeant's House".It was

Eugene Edward Jackson was born July 29, 1922, in Arnold, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Army in Pittsburgh, October, 1940, serving in the Panana Canal, and then the Pacific T.O

Remembering Captain Henry S. "Hank" Jones on the anniversary of his passing on July 21, 1947, aged just 23. Jones served with the 506th PIR (and with Easy Company) during

Little slideshow I made for y'all of Albert Blithe on a post-war training parachute jump while at Fort Bragg, NC, with 82nd Airborne Division, who he served with from 1953

Audie Leon Murphy, the most decorated U.S soldier of WW2, who received every military combat award for valor available from the Army, was born June 20, 1925, in Texas. 1/

Remember boys, it's George Luz's birthday today. T4 Luz, who was described as "one of the pillars of Easy Company" by Major Dick Winters, was born July 17, 1921 in

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