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Hello, I am writing from Italy. I am
part of a group of reenactors of World War II, and carry the insignia of
the 3rd id. We have participated in many commemorations, Cassino, Anzio,
Salerno and Rome. We would like to contact someone to show our photos
and see if we could get in touch with some veterans of the 3rd id. We
also wanted to know if somehow it was possible to get some proof that we
recognize as a group of historical reconstruction in Italy by the 3rd
id. I ask you because we do not know who to turn to I thank you for your
kindness sorry for my bad english
I'll send you
some pictures
as soon as possible
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I will send
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| Last weekend (January 26, 2013)
the ROTM Association (reenactment group) was in HOLTZWIHR, Saturday and
Sunday for the annual reunion and the ceremony at the Audie MURPHY
Monument. We were 23... It was a big reunion for us - 5 new members. The new President is Guillaume "Will" Werey, Vice President Cyril "Vinny" Rey, Secretary Simon Deleyrole and the treasurer is Michel "Mitchy" Pascal. |
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A new
monument dedicated to the Third Infantry Division in Vosges mountains in France. |
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| ROCK OF THE MARNE Association was in LES ROUGES EAUX (Vosges) on Oct 24, 2010 for the inauguration of a new 3rd ID monument. The day before we (20 members) were near this monument for a reenactment, we dug foxholes in the same place where were the original foxholes. It was a good experience for all the members. | |
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Memorial Day by Children of France 2010
Le Souvenir Français Vesoul, 18 08 2010 Eric D. VANDROUX, in charge of the Memorial Days by the Children of France
8 avenue du Durgeon, Résidence Molière, Appartement 18A,
70000 Vesoul,
- Associate member of the Society of the 3rd
Infantry Division, US Army - Member of the “Rock of the Marne Association” - Member of « Le Souvenir Français » (French Remembrance Society) |
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Excerpts from the official program: Each time, a grave was honored and
saluted by all, and the same ritual was observed : a letter
from Mr Robert Taverni was read near the tomb of his father,
Private Frank Taverni (3rd Infantry Division), fell in
combat during the Liberation of Quenoche. He never forgot
his loving father, taken away from his family too soon. Mr
Robert Taverni comes back regularly in France to visit
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Hello everybody!
From: "Максим" (Maxim) zhumax@rambler.ru
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Valiant-3 Team founded Oct. 1, 2004. From the beginning of 2007 we
have started working on a reenactment of 3 Infantry Division,
U.S. Army, so as to try understand on our self, what feel usual
American guys our own age, performing his duty on the
battlefield. |
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Mission Statement: Fox Company Living History is dedicated to
honoring and preserving the memories of America’s Greatest
Generation: her World War Two veterans. Click Here to go to the Fox company 2nd/BN 30th Infantry Regiment, 3ID website |
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To all our friends, an image of the
ceremony of the anniversary of the liberation of Holtzwihr
(Alsace) this morning |
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I
wish you a Merry Chrismas.
Kind wishes for health, happiness, success and
prosperity in the new year.
Hope your are all fine.
I'm Ok, i will be on duty
for Xmas but not during the night...i will be with my
girl friend. I'm a state trooper.
But i will be on vacation on
31- 1 and 2 January, I will visit my sister and my
father who live in SAVOIE and HAUTE SAVOIE.
Weather is very cold here, we had a lot of snow in
FRANCE especially in Savoie, Hautes Alpes and Alpes
Maritimes, 27 inchs...
We
(ROTM association) will have our next annual meeting the
last weekend of January in HOLTZWIHR (ALSACE). in 2009
we will have in August the 3rd ID tour!!! Hope we
meet many veterans! it will be interesting for us.
Take
care and stay in touch!!!
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ROCK OF THE MARNE ***
MITCH
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OPERATION DRAGOON
Became now a classic of its kind, the traditional
international gathering of collectors of vehicles and
uniforms historical commemorating the 64th anniversary of
the landing in Provence, ran from 12 to 18 August this year,
under a blue sky LONDE of the Moors until CAVALAIRE ... |
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I visited BESANCON last week and i went to Fort de CHAUDANNES (near the city) where is the very nice monument about the 3rd Infantry Division that our association installed with the city of BESANCON. Probably next year, the veterans will visit this place. Hope it will be a very pleasant tour with many veterans.
ROCK OF THE MARNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take care Rich and see you soon (maybe in FRANCE)
Regards
MITCH
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Dear
Veterans and Friends
All the comments are
welcome !!!!!
Take care
Best wishes!!
MITCH
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Memorial Days by Children of France This last may, and for the 4th time, several school children of East of France visited the Epinal American Cemetery… Serge Lecinq, president of “Le Souvenir Français” (French remembrance) for the County of Lure (near Vesoul), Philippe Faivre, representative of ‘Le Souvenir Français” for the County of Saulx de Vesoul, Jean-Marie Siret, historian of the battles for the Liberation of the Vosges Mountains, Etienne Pourcher, president of the Community of the Cities of the County of Brouvelieures (Vosges Mountains), François Jeancolas, president of “Le Souvenir Français” for the County of Brouvelieures, and Eric Vandroux, coordinator and public relation wanted to continue this great adventure with the children from 10 to 11 years old… We wished to explain to them World War Two, the Liberation, the liberators, the Duty for Memory, and why it is important to not forget….
May 03 and 10, the representatives of “Le Souvenir
Français” and the coordinator visited the children of the
classrooms of Velorcey and Roye (near Vesoul), and were the
teachers during these days… We explained the Liberation of
our counties by the US Army, especially by the 3rd and the
36th Infantry Divisions… And of course we spoke about some
soldiers who died for our freedom… About Marnemen like
Dominic Giovinazzo, Earl Silverstein, Gus Kefurt, Victor
Kandle, Frank Taverni, Joseph Ancavage, Frank Strehle,
Albert Tamburine… About some T Patchers like John Kreiner,
Ellis Weicht. And also about soldiers of others units like
the 45th, 28th, 63rd, 70th Infantry Divisions, 442nd RCT,
the US Air Force…
Then decoration and meditation at the Wall for the
Missing In Action… These men who have no graves were not
forgotten too… We had a special thought for the five
soldiers of the 753rd Tank Battalion who died at Saint Vit,
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we celebrate the memory of Dragoon
1944 on the south of France. US camp is reconstituted for this event, several processions of military vehicles are organized, the Reenactment photographs are made. Of course the veterans of this period are thanked and acclaimed by crowd. Come to see all our photographs on http://provence44.free.fr David Tanck |
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To all our friends, an image of the
ceremony of the anniversary of the liberation of Holtzwihr
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Report from Rock of the Marne Association Last October 2007, Our group was in VOSGES Mountains for
reenactment and for several ceremonies.
MITCH
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Re-Enactors at the
French Ceremonies From Michel Mitchy WE were in CAVALAIRE, ROCBARON, GAREOULT, LA ROQUEBRUSSANE, LE MUY, LA MOTTE, STE MAXIME... We participated in several ceremonies, dedicating 6 tablets in honor of the 3rd ID. We were in DRAGUIGNAN at the US cemetery for an official ceremony.We also reenacted the 3rd Infantry Division and 1st airborne task force in the DRAGOON operation. On August 15th at 08 am, we were on Beach Red with our Dodge WC52. We met Adolf HOFFMAN, in 1944 he was in the 7th Inf Rgt (Battle patrol). We met also Joe CICCHINELLI (551st Para Infantry B.) We don't forget what the veterans did for peace and freedom.
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This January 28 2007 was a day of remembrance at Holtzwihr, in the Colmar Pocket. The mayor Bernard Gerber and the citizens of this small city didn’t want to forget January 27 1945, the liberation by the 3rd Infantry Division… And as each year, there were two ceremonies : - firstly at the “place de la Liberation”, between the church and the monument for the citizens of Holtzwihr which were killed during WWII, - secondly at the Monument for Audie Murphy and the soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division US.
In spite of snow and the cold weather, some citizens of Holztwihr, a French flag holder, representatives of French veterans and of course the Rock of the Marne Association took part in these ceremonies… Bernard Gerber spoke about the importance of the duty of memory… He reminded us some episodes of the war and the liberation of his village. And he explained why it was important too to think to all these “Malgré-nous”, these citizens of Alsace and Lorraine who had to join German Army in spite of them, to avoid the persecution of their family… The greatest tragedy of this part of France… Then the first offering of wreaths…
At the Audie Murphy Monument, another speech by the mayor of Holtzwhir… And another offering of wreaths… A very small ceremony, but so impressive… And lastly, Patrick Baumann, historian of this area and well known by a lot of veterans of this division US, explained to us the liberation of Holtzwihr, and the famous action of Audie Murphy…
At the end of the ceremony, the mayor invited everybody to the next ceremonies, next year at this period… We wrote that in our calendar...
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Last weekend the group (ROTM) was in BESANCON, we
stayed 2 days in an old castle. It was probably the
1st house liberated in BESANCON, maybe some of you
remember this place?
We slept in the yard with the individual tents
and moved with jeeps around the city, AVANNE,
CITADELLE, FORT CHAUDANNE, BESANCON Center. It was
a great moment also when the owner of the castle
showed us the original pics taken by his father when
the US troops were there. The GI's stayed 10 days in
the castle it was a Command post for the 3rd and
36th ID. Here are some pics of us.
MITCHY
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Vesoul, October 8, 2006
This September 12 2006 was a special day
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Memorial Day by children of FranceEpinal American CemeteryLast May 16 2006, children from Lure and Mailleroncourt Charrette laid flowers on several graves. It was the “Memorial Day by children of France”…3rd Infantry DivisionKandle Victor L. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army 15th Infantry Regiment Medal of HonorSilverstein Earl Private First Class, U.S. Army 15th Infantry RegimentGill John W. Private First Class, U.S. Army 30th Infantry RegimentSasse Leroy F. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army 10th Engineer Combat BattalionGlanovsky Joseph G. J. Private, U.S. Army 3rd Reconnaissance Troop
36th Infantry DivisionErrico Patsy W. Sergeant, U.S. Army 141st Infantry RegimentWeicht Ellis R. Sergeant, U.S. Army 142nd Infantry Regiment Medal of HonorDerda Harry J. Private First Class, U.S. Army 142nd Infantry RegimentPhillips Lawrence E. Private First Class, U.S. Army 143rd Infantry RegimentOlsen John W. Private First Class, U.S. Army 143rd Infantry Regiment442nd Infantry RegimentFujioka Teruo Private First Class, U.S. ArmyMukai Hachiro Private First Class, U.S. Army45th Infantry DivisionParise Tony Private First Class, U.S. Army 179th Infantry RegimentKeating Thomas F. Private, U.S. Army 179th Infantry RegimentWilliamson Isaac G. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army 180th Infantry Regiment70th Infantry DivisionWallace Jack B. Captain, U.S. Army 274th Infantry RegimentBunstine Harold J. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army 276th Infantry RegimentOster Edwin E. Private First Class, U.S. Army 276th Infantry RegimentMraovich Michael G. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army 276th Infantry RegimentWhaley Leroy Private, U.S. Army 276th Infantry RegimentBrubacher Joshua B. Private, U.S. Army 276th Infantry RegimentPond Leon E. Private, U.S. Army 276th Infantry Regiment79th Infantry DivisionKelly John D. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army 314th Infantry Regiment Medal of Honor80th Infantry DivisionSearby Edmund W. Brigadier General, U.S. Army Division Artillery101st Airborne DivisionMcLaughlin Basil G. Sergeant, U.S. Army 401st Infantry RegimentU.S. Army Air ForcesFlinn William II First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces 555th Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, MediumHicks Wayne D. Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces 555th Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, MediumJohnson Everett G. Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces 555th Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, MediumGrant Gordon R. Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, HeavyHuhtala Robert J. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces 338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, HeavyHill Herbert H. Technician Third Class, U.S. Army Air Forces 811th Medical Air Evacuation SquadronGuerinot Frederick J. Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army Air Forces 196th Medical Dispensary
Women / FemmesJohnston Helen Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces 1400th Army Air Force Base UnitCunningham Jean H. Civilian American Red CrossGuenther Dolores Civilian, U.S. Army Civilian with the Armed ForcesCrowell Helen M. Civilian United States CivilianPressBurns John T. Civilian American War Correspondent« Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God” |
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Last May 16 2006 was a "special day" for Lauriane, Nathalie, Mailys, Jean-Baptiste, Catherine, Quentin, Céline, Madison, Kevin, Max, Clémence, Louise, Océane, Bastian, Mélissa, Alicia, Blandine, Alizée, Romane, Bosra, Jenny, Anthony, Luciane, Julie…. 30 French children from the schools of Lure and Mailleroncourt Charrette (East of France)… They are 9 and 10… And this day was their « Memorial Day by Children of France »… This particular afternoon at the Epinal American Cemetery was the wish of several men, representatives of cities, representatives of french patriotic associations from the East of France.... Some of them : Jean Claude Lachat, first deputy mayor of Saulx de Vesoul, Serge Lecinq and Mr Jean Besançon, president and past president of the "Souvenir Français" of the district of Lure, Eric Vandroux, member of the Rock of the Marne Association.... A team for the work for memory in Saulx de Vesoul and Lure and Vesoul’s areas...
But these persons were not alone this day to guide these schoolboys and schoolgirls... There were too : c Mrs Michèle Didier and Mrs Angélique Sanchez, the teachers of these young children... c Some parents of them... c Mr Philippe Faivre, representative of the "Souvenir Français" of the district of Saulx de Vesoul, c Mr François Bardot, 21 year old, flag holder of the Souvenir Français, c Mr Jean-Claude Besse, president of the "Union National des Parachutistes" of the Haute-Saone Department and 2 flag holders of this association, c Mr Jean-Marie Siret, member on good standing for life in the 180th Infantry association » of the 45th Infantry Division., citizen of Frémifontaine (district of Brouvelieures, Vosges mountains), and co-coordinator of this event for the district of Brouvelieures (near Epinal), c François Jeancolas, president of the "Souvenir Français" of the district of Brouvelieure, c Mrs Bernardette Poirat, vice-president of the "Community of Cities of the district of Brouvelieures", c Mrs Radenne, municipal counsellor at Frémifontaine, And our guide during this afternoon was Mr Jambois, French assistant at the Epinal American Cemetery. 14 00 hours : the beginning of this visit ! At the museum, the organisers and Mr Jambois explained to the children the meaning of this cemetery. Then at the bottom of the large colored glass mosaic map depicting American and Allied military operations they explained to them World War Two, the liberation of France, then the liberation of our area by American troops...These little boys and girls were very interested, and questioned a lot about what they saw in this museum : the several symbols, allegories, the meaning of the US unit insignias, like this one, a blue square with 3 white bars... A lot of questions....
Then the visit of the selected graves (enclosed the list by unit)… Why these tombs ? In fact we wanted to honor the GI’s of the US Divisions who delivered our areas, our cities…The 3rd, the 36th and 45th infantry divisions… As these divisions were in the Vosges mountains too, we wanted to work in this project with representatives of this area… And we included some graves of soldiers of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, the famous Americano-Japanese soldiers… But we wanted to include others units who contributed to the victory…. Like pilots and crews of the US Air Force who died in our sky or on our land during all the war... Like the soldiers of the 70th Infantry Division who began the war during Nordwind operation on December 1944 in north of Lorraine. A great division and great soldiers too... And of course we wanted to honor these 4 women who are in this cemetery… They also served in or for the US Army for our freedom… And we had to have a thought for each of them…
Each time, near each selected grave, 3 French flag holders, the children.. Each time, one of these children laid a rose on this grave… Each time, a thought for this American brave… Each time we explained to these children the encrusted inquiries on the white marble cross… And Mr Jambois explained what he knew about some of them… But for some of them we had more information…
Of course about the
Kandle Victor L. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army 15th Infantry Regiment Kefurt Gus J. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army 15th Infantry Regiment Weicht Ellis R. Sergeant, U.S. Army 142nd Infantry Regiment Kelly John D. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army 314th Infantry Regiment And we could speak about Tony Parise, Thomas Keating and Isaac Williamson of the 45th Infantry Division who died in the Vosges Mountains… About each of them we could show to the children a picture of these soldiers, we could speak more about their war, sometimes a little about their life…What they did for our freedom… We could also speak about Private first class Earl Silverstein, 15 Infantry Regiment, thanks to his squad leader John Shirley : “He was always upbeat and optimistic. He smiled a lot, and was a very pleasant person to be with.”
We had a special thought to Earl Silverstein, not only because he was in the 15th Infantry Regiment, this one who delivered Vesoul, my town… Not only because he passed away in my area… But because thanks to John Shirley, Earl Silverstein, now, is no more unknown for us, citizens of some cities he delivered on September 1944… And because we know that he was a very nice person… These 30 children were so interested by all these inquiries about these soldiers who died for the liberation of their country… For them, now, World War Two is not 3 or 4 page in their history books in their school…There are now stories, anecdotes… There are faces….. Smiling faces… Faces of men who did history in their cities, in their area… A long time ago… Not only soldiers… they were men… These schoolgirls and schoolboys decorated 7 graves of soldiers of the 70th Infantry Division… It was the wish of two veterans of this great division : Andy McMahon and Robert Hays… As John Shirley, veteran of the Third Infantry Division, these veterans visit each time they can these American Cemeteries at Epinal and Saint Avold… They can’t forget their comrades in arms… Then 16 30 hours… The ceremony of lowering of flag…. Mr Jambois explained to the children the meaning of this ceremony, and invited them to help him to lower slowly and ceremoniously this great glory flag … They helped him to fold it… Impressive moment ! Just after, a
meditation at the wall of the Court of Honor… For the memory
of these 424 Missing in Action.
During this afternoon, these 30 French children laid 60 roses on 37 American graves and at the bottom of the wall of the Court of Honor… Men and women… From Private to Brigadier General… From Infantry to Engineer Combat Battalion…From U.S. Air Force to Medical Department… From American Red Cross to the Press… And civilians… Now, this young boys and young girls know that the GI’s were not only fighters… Some of them built bridges, roads… Others took care of others… There were a lot of jobs in this Army…But this afternoon was too short to decorate all the graves we whished…40 others roses were laid on others 34 tombs last may 28, in the morning of the Memorial Day at the Epinal American cemetery. I was helped by 2 citizens of Vesoul : Murielle, my sister and Francis, her boyfriend, who wanted to do something for these GI’s during this special day… These 100 roses laid on these 71 graves were offered by : - “Le Souvenir Français” association of the district of Lure, - Citizens of Vesoul, - Citizens of Saulx de Vesoul, - “Rock of the Marne” Association, - And by the family of Staff Sergeant René Deltieure, Third Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Regiment, Company Mike. These 30 children of Lure and Mailleroncourt Charette were very pleased to do this “Memorial Day”… They were very interested, and wanted to know more about these GI’s…But the representatives of the Cities, of the associations who took part in this event were also very delighted to see by themselves how these children lived this event : a lot of interest, a great respect…This afternoon was so fine thanks to the help of Mr Robert Cavaness and Mr Jambois, who explained very well about his cemetery… A great thank to them… But next year there will be another “Memorial Day by Children of France”…Others children from the districts of Lure and Saulx de Vesoul will visit this cemetery…This project was presented to several mayors of Vosges Mountains and Alsace, and perhaps next year…..But our wish is to continue to honor these GI’s who died during the liberation of our cities…It is impossible for us to know their name, their unit… And to know a few or more about them… And of course to get pictures of them…We need your help for that…We would like to know for Vesoul, Saulx de Vesoul, Noroy le Bourg, Vy les Lure… In fact from Besançon to the Col du Haut Jacques (Vosges Mountains)…If it is possible for you, thank you by advance… During this "Memorial Day by Children of France", I had a particular thought to Robert Hays, veteran of the 70th Infantry Division who passed away last January... A good friend... Several time I was with him and his comrades of the 70th Infantry Division when they visited the Epinal and Saint Avold Cemeteries during their trips in France...I remember that it was important for him to visit his fallen comrades in arms...He wished that French children decorate the grave of some of them...This last may 16, these graves were decorated by these young French children... For him...For us... In our area, the work for memory will continue…God Bless America Eric Vandroux
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Three days of Remembrance in France Last September 10 1996 René Deltieure passed
away...
From left to right : Mr Robert T. Cavaness,
Superintendant of the American Cemetery of Epinal, Mr
Cherpion, member of Parliament, Mr Etienne Pourcher, County
Councillor, Mrs Josette Deltieure, Mr Lalandre, Councillor
of the Region, Mr Bonnard, the ceremony master, Colonel
retired, French Foreign Legion…
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07 may 2006 : 11h30 AM : Vervezelle : dedication of the plaque in memory of Staff Sergeant Rene Deltieure :
Speech by Mrs Deltieure… She spoke about the
meaning of this plaque for her family, for her husband born
in France, for “Frenchy”, for Staff Sergent Rene Deltieure
who was so proud to be soldier in the famous Third Infantry
Division, so proud to have done something for the liberation
of France…
This plaque on the wall of the town hall of Vervezelle…
After the “vin d’honneur” at the town hall
of Vervezelle, after the lunch at Biffontaine, there was the
visit of the others monuments for the soldiers of US Army in
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08 may 2006 : 11h30 AM : Vesoul : Victory in
Europe Day commemoration…
Mrs Josette Deltieure told about the
sacrifice of these young American soldiers… And explained
that her husband was so proud to have been in this Third
Infantry Division… The greatest division of the US Army he
always said…
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08 may 2006 : 13h30 PM : Saulx de Vesoul : Reception by the mayor, the deputy mayors and the citizen of Saulx de Vesoul.
The team of Mr Christian Bresson and Mr
Jean-Claude Lachat, first deputy mayor of Saulx de Vesoul,
did also a lot for the work for memory… The plaque in 2004
for the memory of the soldiers of the Third Infantry
Division who died during the liberation of their village,
the Memorial Day of French Children in 2005 and 2006, and
others events…
Mr Michel Clement was 21 years old at the
liberation of Saint Igny, a part of the Village of Villers
le Sec… He met these American soldiers of the 7th Infantry
Regiment. He remembered very well them…
17h00 PM : visit of Vy les Lure
During his speech, Mr Henri Steinmann read a
part of the book “LURE LIBERE” by Mr Pierre Antoine,
historian of this area. This part was about the battle of Vy
les Lure (September 15 and 16 1944), near the cemetery…
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09 may 2006 : 09.00 AM : Lure
Claude Deltieure asked : “What do you know
about World War Two ?”
Mathilde, Mélanie, Anthony, Alizée, Lauriane, Mailys, Océane and the others children… Then, everybody distributed a lot of chewing
gum “Wrigley’s” to the children, nearly the same that the
American soldiers gave to the European people during World
War Two…
At 11:00 am, end of this event, and end of
these three days of remembrance… The remembrance of S/Sgt
Rene Deltieure, the remembrance of the soldiers of the Third
Infantry Division US… The remembrance of all the American
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A Co. 1-15INF, 3ID from
Czech Republic. This is few pictures from our "action" named Green Barn. It act 17th-19th March this year. Snow was about 5 inches, and at night -5°C. Really "good" weather... We defeat imaginary airfield opposite few OPFOR guys. We dug holes, installed Claymores (models) and... Wait - twenty hours. Mission was success, airfield was guard against everybody. Nightingal, G |
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On January 29, 2006, there were 2 ceremonies at Holtzwihr : One at the monument for the KIA of the City, and the other one at the monument for Audie Murphy and the soldiers of the Third Infantry Division ! Very nice ceremonies... There was the mayor of Holtzwihr, the representatives of the patriotic associations, the people of Holtzwihr, and of course the Rock of the Marne association... Enclosed you'll find some pictures...
Sincerely,
Rock of the Marne !
Eric Vandroux, from the foxhole of Vesoul
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| Chers amis Quel bonheur de vous retrouver. Grand merci pour votre accueil et votre gentillesse. - 7°C un peu de neige, c'était "plus doux" que ce qu'ont connu nos vétérans en janvier 1945 ! J'envoie demain à Mitchy et Chris. un CD de la soixantaine d'images numériques que j'ai faites. Les 3 jointes sont en faible définition pour ne pas encombrer vos mail. Les DVD ne marcheront pas toujours sur les lecteurs d'ordinateurs PC, mais certainement sur les lecteurs de salon, surtout s'ils sont récents. Affectueusement à tous ock of the Marne vos marraine et parrrain Renée et Michel Marlin |
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Our group was near VESOUL during the weekend August 14-15-16 for a reenactment in the forest. we slept the first night outside with a blanket and the second night in a barn with 3 cows!! we 're on the floor with a lot of straw. it was the first time for all...
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These Pictures courtesy of MITCHY taken near
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Photos from John Shirley's Tour to France-August 2004 |
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Also Photos from October
Ceremonies of Liberations in the area of Bruyères
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Olivier Blanc-Brude: ...Finally, I also accompanied John Shirley's group of 12 veterans of the 3rd Infantry Division during their (last?) visit in southern France. On this occasion, they received the 'Légion d'Honneur' medal from the hand of Président Chirac aboard a French aircraft carrier on August 15. I picked them up in Toulon on August 16, travelled with them and organized ceremonies for them in Montélimar with the help of the town hall. I could also help as an interpreter for them for interviews in local newspapers. They were enthused by the reception, and I believe surprised by the warm welcome and how recognized their WW2 efforts are. A lot of clapping and thank you's from all the locals. |
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Some pictures about the last Memorial Day at Dinoze, near Epinal, Vosges Mountains, France. As always, it was a very nice ceremony... My friends of the French "Rock of the Marne Association" were there, as always ! |
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few days, we'll meet some veteran marnemen... We'll be with
them from Besançon to Mutzig, Strasbourg... They will be at
Vesoul, my town.... But you must know that commemorations, ceremonies and others events will continue to next V E anniversary... Next September 12 there will be a dedication of a slab at Saulx de Vesoul (12 km from Vesoul), for the memory of the 15th Infantry Regiment, the Marnemen who died during the liberation of their town, for the John Tominac action. It will be the day of the memory... There will be a walking along the "krauts" areas, the "way of the liberation" taken by the 15th Infantry Regiment, the place where John Tominac earned his medal of honor, the place where the last Sherman was destroyed... Then the dedication of the slab. And a few hours later the same day, at Vesoul, there will be commemoration too for the anniversary of the liberation of Vesoul. There will be jeeps, dodges, GMC and a reenacting group wearing WWII US uniforms, guns (like the morning at Saulx de Vesoul...) If some of the members of your association are interested by these events, please tell me... God bless America, Your friend Eric Vandroux eric.vandroux@libertysurf.fr |
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3rd Division, 7th Infantry Regiment Re-Enactors My name is Rich Farinelli, I am the LT of the 3rd
Div.7th Inf. re-enactors. We are based out of PA/MD/NY/NJ
and have members all over the USA. I would like to get some
of our photos on the 3rd Div web site if possible. We
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| I'm sending you those pictures taken during our last reenactment in Mutzig, Alsace, where the 10th engineer, "C" Company in support of 30th Rgt. was in charge to Breach the Fort still hold by the Germans in the early days of December 1944. | At
this time, 7th Rgt was already in Strasbourg since November
26th, & Headquarters decided to use Engineers after unsuccessful Artillery & aircraft bombing dislodging the Garrison in a Multifort position German built from 1892. |
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With the "Rock of the Marne" Group we
decided this time to honor more specifically those soldiers
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A special thanks I must address is to Mr
Bour from the "Feste Kaiser Wilhelm Zweite" restoring Group
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I'M HOPING THIS FINDS YOU ALL VETERANS
& ACTIVE SOLDIERS, WELL, & SAFE. |
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Ceremony in SAINT JUAN (near BESANCON) Sept.20-21,2003 |
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| I join some pics about our last ceremony in SAINT JUAN (near BESANCON). In this small village was a temporary cemetery (1944-1949). 987 American soldiers were buried there and also some Germans soldiers. On September 20&21, ROCK OF THE MARNE Association was in ST JUAN for the ceremony. A plaque has been inaugurated for the remembrance. | On the group Pic
(in the middle) (left to right) Standing 2nd row : EICHLER
Herman (Major), Captain PEPPER (US consulate STRASBURG),
Samuel BOURQUIN (Sam), ST JUAN Mayor, Roland PRIEUR (EPINAL
cemetery), Jean Remy JACQUIER (JR), Gilles GUIGNARD (Cook) sitting 1st row : Michel PASCAL Michel (Mitchy), Christophe VILLER, Remy REVERDY, Frederic MARCHIZET (Fred), Philippe MARCHIZET (Stiff), REY Cyril (Vinny) and Thierry DALLOZ. |
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Hope everybody is
fine after the 84th annual reunion in ST LOUIS. I have seen
the pics on the website, very nice pics!!! It seems that
this reunion was a great moment for you. I remember last
year when I was in BUFFALO with my friends JULIAN MITCHELL
(7th Inf Rgt), Chris and Fred. I would like to go to Fort
STEWART next year !! Best wishes !!! ROCK OF THE MARNE !!!! MITCHY |
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just coming back from BERCHTESGADEN with a friend, Vincent
we stayed 4 days in GERMANY and in AUSTRIA. We were at the OBERSALSBERG (SS Barracks) and also at the KELHSTEIN (Eagle's nest - 1837 meters).hope you enjoy the pics. see you soon MITCHY |
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I received the
following Email for Giles Guignard who is newsletter editor
of the "Rock of the Marne Living History Association in
Switzerland and France." And I added my response. I also
attach a photo he sent of some members of his group in 3rd
Division WWII garb. I found it to be particularly
heartwarming in view of the recent positions taken by our former European Allies re Iraq. And I thought other 3rd Div. Vets might be interested to know that we haven't been forgotten. Russ Cloer, WWII Cpt, 7th Inf, 3rd Inf Div. |
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Mr Cloer, I hope this email finds you in good health, I don't know if you remember, I sent you an email sometime ago regarding my emotion upon reading your biography and my interest in the 3rd division as well as our "Rock of the Marne" living history association in Switzerland and France. By the way, we attended the reflagging ceremony of the first "big red one" vs 3rd "Rock of the Marne" in Wuerzburg -Germany in '96 and the last division flag was given to us by the commanding general as for our efforts and he said "you are now the only ones to represent our old 3rd division on European soil" and he gave us the flag! We're are so proud of our flag! I'm including a photo of our group (I'm not in it) with our flag. the woods you see behind are the woods of Holtzwihr where Audie Murphy received his CMH. Now, I have been giving the link of your biography to all my members and to other 3rd ID vets with whom I am in touch and everybody is thrilled, they had never heard of your site! |
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with my ww2 researches I also write articles for our
association Newsletter. Would you authorize me to translate
a few anecdotes or chapters and maybe use a couple of photos
that are on your site ?Of course I will let you have a copy
of our newsletter (in French) and will let you know before
which chapter(s) I intend to translate. Is that ok with you
? With best wishes and thanks in advance, your (cadet) brothers in Europe who will never forget your contribution and sacrifices. Gilles Guignard Tel: +41-22-990-03-03 Fax:+41-22-990-03-04 |
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Giles, July 25, 2003 Thank you for your nice Email of 7/25/03 and the photo of your reenactment group. I find it heartwarming to know that there is a "Rock of the Marne" living history association active in Switzerland and France, 60 years after the battles that we fought in Europe. And that young people of those countries still honor and respect us for what we did. You can't imagine how much that means to an 82 year old veteran of the 3rd Division in WWII! Especially in these troubled times! With regard to your use of some of my memoirs and photos which appear on my website in your Association Newsletter, you have my complete agreement under the conditions you describe. In fact, I would feel honored to have you do that and I appreciate your offer to do the translation to French. I was fluent in French during WWII, having recently finished four years of French language study in high school and college. It will be interesting to see how much I remember! Best wishes and thank you! Russ Cloer, WWII Cpt, 7th Inf, 3rd Inf Div |
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Our group "ROCK OF
THE MARNE" was in EPINAL cemetery for the last Memorial Day.
Like every year, we have put down a nice wreath for all the
American soldiers. We have not forgotten your sacrifice to give us freedom and peace. ROCK OF THE MARNE !!!! MITCHY |
i join a pic taken last January in HOLTZWIHR (ALSACE) From left to right : Sebastien MASSON, Fred MARCHIZET, Thierry DALLOZ, MITCHY, Samuel BOURQUIN, Christophe VILLER, CREMAILH J-Pierre and Cyril REY. We are French but we have not forgotten the 3rd INF DIV and the USA !! GOD BLESS YOU!! MITCHY |
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Our group was in SULLY (near DIJON - FRANCE)
for 5 days (From 7 to 11 May). It was a show for public and also schools at the occasion of the anniversary end of the WW2 (May 8th). We were 10 members, with tents and equipments. Hope you like these pics. Mitchy |
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Reenactment in 2002 Michel Mitchy and Eric D. Vandroux |
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Thanks to all of the veterans who have participated at this
landing, ROCK OF THE MARNE association was there for the ceremonies, with 2 WW2 vets Julian MITCHELL (7th Inf Rgt) et John OPPENHIMER (39th FIELD ARTLLERY). the weather was excellent and very hot. we have represented ROCK OF THE MARNE Hope you enjoy. The picture is taken in SIGOLSHEIM last January, |
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OF THE Thanks Mitch for snap of
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A photo of Kevin Mello, 3rd ID reenactor, at a garrison at Fort Morgan, Alabama on the beach with a period Argus C3, in the guise of a 3rd Signal Co. photographer. | |
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