DATES CHANGED: The 87th Infantry Division Legacy Association will hold our reunion in conjunction with the Battle of the Bulge Association (BOBA) at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia, PA over the weekend of September 19-21, 2025. The 87th is considering having some of our own activities on Thursday, September 18th and Friday the 19th. Our apologies for posting the dates for the following week, but BOBA was still in negotiation with the hotels and other providers and the weekend of the 19th offered benefits [more...]
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The 2024 Reunion in St. Louis held in conjunction with the Battle of the Bulge Association was a great success. The weekend started Thursday night when four veterans, including Bob Welsh and Jack Moran of the 87th, were on the field to throw out the first pitch at a Cardinals-Pirates baseball game. Friday was highlighted by a Taste of the Region dinner as the festivities kicked off. Saturday was a big day which started with a wreath laying at the Battle of the Bulge monument at the Jefferson Barracks [more...]
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John T. (Jack) Moran K 347
by Executive Editor | 19 May 2024
S/Sgt Jack Moran of K Company, 347th Infantry Regiment, was featured during the 2024 National Memorial Day Concert.
You can view Jack’s story, as narrated by actor Bryan Cranston on YouTube.
The preview is available on PBS’s [more...]
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by Executive Editor | 16 Jan 2023
The 87th Infantry Legacy Association’s mission is to preserve the World War II contributions of the 87th Infantry [more...] ⓘ
by Preston Durrer | 19 Jan 2017
There are two items I’ve wanted to include on our web site for a very long time. One is a roster of the 87th, [more...] ⓘ
Karen in her fathers shirt at the 2015 reunion
by Karen Lilley | 23 Oct 2016
Karen in her father’s shirt at the 2015 reunion.
“The Shirt” is a song written [more...] ⓘ
by Preston Durrer | 22 May 2016
Our old web site served us well for almost 16 years, but technology has changed dramatically since then. Smartphones, [more...] ⓘ
by Preston Durrer | 22 Oct 2013
On October 3, 2013, a monument to the 87th Infantry Division was dedicated at the National Infantry Museum’s [more...] ⓘ
by Preston Durrer | 15 Sep 2011
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Veterans of 87th Infantry Division on Stony Elsterbridge in Plauen
by Preston Durrer | 18 Apr 2010
From left to right: Jesse Bowman, Eldon Gracy, Tom Stafford, Tom Burgess, Gene Garrison
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by James Dee | 30 May 2008
A World War II veteran and his wife returned to their home to find someone had ransacked their home, taking several [more...] ⓘ
by Preston Durrer | 25 Jun 2005
Fred A. Woodress, DivHqs, is the author of a new book of plays, “Slave or Free and 11 Other Problem-solving [more...] ⓘ
by Wayne Luedke | 22 Apr 2004
The following article is © 2004 by The Iola Register of Iola, Kansas, and is reproduced here with permission.
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by Mitch Kaidy | 23 Jul 2003
Under bright blue skies, two huge and colorful 16-feet long signs dedicated to the 87th Infantry Division as well [more...] ⓘ
by Preston Durrer | 19 Oct 2002
Outside, autumn raindrops fell.
Inside, voices cracked and tears moistened the eyes [more...] ⓘ
by Preston Durrer | 30 Dec 2001
The following item was forwarded to us by Dan Williams, son of Francis P. Williams (HQ-345). It was also submitted to The Golden Acorn News by Tom and Gayla Stafford, and appeared [more...] ⓘ
