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by Preston Durrer | 18 Apr 2010
From left to right: Jesse Bowman, Eldon Gracy, Tom Stafford, Tom Burgess, Gene Garrison
The return of WWII veterans of the “Greatest Generation” to former battlefields is always dressed with a lot of emotions and memories. For many US units, the war ended in the Eastern part of Germany, prior to the encounter with Red Army units at the Elbe River.
From Friday, April 16th until Sunday, April 18th, the “Liberty Convoy” drove through the Plauen [more...]
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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 firearms and antique currency. Also missing was a box containing the veteran’s ribbons and other military honors earned in the European Theater.
Charles Eugene “Gene” Broughton of Lake Tansi, Tennessee, a small town outside of Crossville in Cumberland County, had served three years with the 2nd Ammunition Section, Service Battery of the [more...]
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by Mitch Kaidy | 07 Jul 2007
Battle of the Bulge
By Danny S. Parker
Combined Books, Philadelphia
LARGE-PAGE HISTORY LACKS UNDERSTANDING OF BATTLE OF THE BULGE
A striking feature of this book is its size — 8×12 inches and copiously illustrated. And its title, “Battle of the Bulge” promises a comprehensive picture of the month-long battle — the largest in American history.
On illustrative grounds the book delivers. Author [more...]
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by Mitch Kaidy | 08 May 2007
Soldiers to Citizens
By Suzanne Mettler
252 pp.
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by Mitch Kaidy | 22 Sep 2006
Soldiers to Citizens
By David D. Lowman
391 pp.
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by Mitch Kaidy | 22 Sep 2006
F Company, 347th Infantry Regiment 1942-45
By Barbara Anderson Strang
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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...] ⓘ
The Golden Acorn News for the first quarter of 2026 has been published and is accessible in the Members Area.
This issue is dedicated to our 87th Division [more...] ⓘ
The Golden Acorn News for the second quarter of 2026 has been published and is accessible in the Members Area.
In this issue we resume our KIA section [more...] ⓘ
The Golden Acorn News for the second quarter of 2026 has been published and is accessible in the Members Area.
In this issue we resume our KIA section [more...] ⓘ
The Golden Acorn News for the third quarter of 2026 has been published and is accessible in the Members Area.
In this issue our series of articles about [more...] ⓘ
