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News
Obituaries
George Phillips Passes Away at Age 100Bill Allen Passes at Age 102
Dr. Arthur Kunin Passes Away Just Shy of His 100th Birthday
Acornette Grace Sherk Passes Away at Age 104
Bob Welsh (K-347) Passes Away at 102
Norbert Dishaw (I-347) passes away at age 99
Bob Zeller Passes Away Just Shy of 100
Walter Pope Passes Away at Age 98
Joe Roes Passes Away at Age 101
Robert Picher Passes Away at Age 99
Camillo DeLellis passes away at age 95
Henry Bradbury (A-345) passes away at age 93
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Memorial Day 2026News
Reunion Dates 10/29-11/1/262026 Tim Higgins Scholarship
New Personal Remembrance Added to Articles
New GAN Published
87th ID Monument at Obergailbach
Josh Headlee passes away at Age 49
New Photo Galleries Added
2024 Reunion
Jack Moran, K-347, Featured During 2024 National Memorial Day Concert
87th Roster and Listing of the Fallen
The Shirt
Welcome to Our New Web Site
Monument Dedication at Fort Benning
Medal of Honor gifted to National Infantry Museum
Liberty Convoy Honors 87th Infantry Division Veterans
87th Veteran’s Military Honors Stolen; Girl Scouts Give the Veteran His Legacy
Book of Plays Published by Fred A. Woodress
Call Him Lucky
Highway I-390 Near Rochester, NY Dedicated to 87th Infantry Division
Survivors Attend 87th Highway Sign Ceremony
We Stand By You
New GAN Published
General
New GAN PublishedFaith, Family, and Friendly Fire Place Brought Me Home
Memorial Day Tribute
Reviews
Book Review: Battle of the BulgeBook Review: Soldiers to Citizens
Book Review: Magic
Book Review: F Company, 347th Infantry Regiment 1942-45
Articles
Reunions
2024 Reunion - St. Louis, MO2023 Reunion - New Orleans. LA
2022 Reunion - Gettysburg, PA
2021 Reunion - Savannah, GA
2019 Reunion - Danbury, CT
2017 Reunion - Columbia, SC
2016 Reunion - Providence, RI
General
2021 Reunion Photos and VideosBiographies
Lester AtwellAlbert A. Da Costa
Robert Epperson
Dorothy Steinbis Davis, R.N.
Robert M. Frank
Richard Manchester
Arthur William (Bill) Jasper
John E. McAuliffe
George E. Ferris
Cecil G. Davis, Jr.
Mitchell Kaidy
Tom Stafford
James R. McGhee
Lt. Colonel William Owen Leach
James P. Hennessey
Commentary
Speech at the Rochefort Reception87th Infantry Division Lost 1,310 Killed, 4,000 Wounded in Three Months of World War II
Lester Atwell: Author of World’s First Non-Fiction Novel About Infantry at War
Though Commended By Friend and Foe, 87th Division Remains Below the Radar
Mail From Home Was the Infantryman’s Oxygen
The General That History Forgot; and One That Popular Lore Created
Tilly: The Sweetheart of the Liberators of Luxembourg
A Tale of Buchenwald — The Stench Still Lingers
“The Eagle” Drops Its Gold During Short Battle Pause; What Was That All About?
Battle of the Bulge Was Longer, Bloodier Than Army Admits
Calling on America to Pay Special Regard to Combat Veterans
Task Force Muir Escapade: It Could Have Been Hollywood
Who Really Liberated Bastogne? A Probe of History
Americans Used Weapons of Past In Defeating Germans and Winning World War II
The 87th and Los Alamos
The Power and the Glory: The 87th Division Attacks
From a Letter Home to My Wife in May 1945
Would We Be Here Today Without Those Two A-Bombs?
Mathilde and Marcel Schmetz and the “Remember 1939-1945” Museum
Solemn Remembrance: Vet Returns to Pay Respects to Former Lieutenant
Personal
As I Remember ItWWII Memoirs: Part 1 – The First Day of Combat
WWII Memoirs: Part 2 – The Bulge
WWII Memoirs: Part 3 – The Siegfried Line
WWII Memoirs: Part 4 – Koblenz
WWII Memoirs: Part 5 – Crossing the Rhine
WWII Memoirs: Part 6 – Going Home
Bill Jasper’s WWII Memoirs
Bloody Sunday – Dec 17, 1944 – A Day in Hell
The Mass Surrender of German Troops to the 347th Infantry Regiment on May 6, 1945 - Pt I
The Mass Surrender of German Troops to the 347th Infantry Regiment on May 6, 1945 - Pt II
Mitch Kaidy’s Combat Log
“Oh Danny Boy”, Italian Style
Mac and the General
The 346th Regiment’s Bloody Capture of Hill 648 and Goldbrick Hill
Celebrating VE-Day with the Russians
Northern France
We Are the Fortunate Ones
ETO Memories
A Daylight Reconnaissance Patrol
He Was Only 18
AWOL in Paris
May This Keep You Safe From Harm
A.S.T.P.
The Last Days of the War
First Day in Combat
The Dash Across Germany
The Bulge, The Siegfried Line and The Rivers
Battlefield Vignettes: Little Things I Remember From Our Sojourn in Europe
Counterattack at Moircy
The Saar
First Combat
Remembering William Schmidt
Battle of the Bulge
Combat Memories
A Toast of Gratitude
OK, Move Out!
Advancing Across Germany
Recollections of Our Time in England
Baptism of Fire
Partial Transcript From a 1993 Conversation
Remembering Delmer Johnson
The Remembered/Will the War Ever End?
Goldbrick Hill
A Letter Written by My Father
A Remembrance
My First Day in Germany
Providing Medical Care to the Sick and Wounded Allied Forces in the European Theater of Operations (ETO)
Missed by a Hare
The Gracious Residents of Leek
Minefield Rescue
My Life As a Scout
Remembering Capt. Kromer
Everyday Is a Bonus
Goldbrick Hill, Germany
The Rhine River Crossing
How I Received My Bronze Star
Good Fortune
Ignored By Tigers
The Mysteries of Life and Death
Password Rejected!
Siegfried Line – February
Remembering My Friend, Malvin Vigneault
What the Heck Kind of Password Is That?
Six Prisoners For Major Usera
An Interview With My Great-Grandfather, Albert Da Costa (H&S-312ENG)
History of the Antitank Companies of the 87th Division in Europe
And Then the President Died
Record Battle Opened 56 Years Ago – Dec. 16, 1944
Call Me Burt
Three Nice Guys Going Off To War
All Combat Deaths are Tragic. The Deaths of Twins, Woeful.
Poetry
The Ardennes Foot Soldier (Winter of 1944-’45)The Boys of the Golden Acorn
The Ardennes Battle (Winter of 1944-’45)
In Memory of My Grandfather, Lt. Colonel William Owen Leach, HQ-345
Facts & Stats
Statistics
CompositionStatistics- Divisional
Statistics – 345th Infantry Regiment
Command Posts
Command PostsWW II Rosters
WWII RostersCommanding Generals
George S. Patton, Jr.Troy H. Middleton
Frank L. Culin, Jr.
John L. McKee
William W. Ford
General Staff
Grant LayngEdwin O'Connor
John F. T. Murray
Arthur L. Gayle
John J. Brown
Overview
Historical OverviewThe Fallen
Introduction
Final Roll CallCreation of the Online List
Key Links
📋 View the List📷 Photo Galleries
Personal Profiles
William Wesley Wilkerson III, A-3452nd Lt. Stanford Lee Arnold, E-345
Dedicated to the Memory of Sgt. Jay Morgan
The Life of a Man Who Hated War – Curtis Shoup
All Combat Deaths are Tragic. The Deaths of Twins, Woeful.
Archives
Maps
MapsDocuments
DocumentsPublications
AN HISTORICAL AND PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE 87th INFANTRY DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II, 1942-1945GAN (Golden Acorn News)
After Action Reports
After Action ReportsResources
Research Room
Getting Started87th- Specific Information
Reference Books
Government Resources
Reference
FINDING YOUR FATHER'S WAR: A Practical Guide to Researching and Understanding Service in the World War II US ArmyU.S. ARMY HANDBOOK 1939 - 1945
FUBAR: SOLDIER SLANG OF WORLD WAR II
Books
AN HISTORICAL AND PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE 87th INFANTRY DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II, 1942-1945COLONEL ROBERT B. COBB, U.S. ARMY RETIRED, A BIOGRAPHY
DIARY OF A SERVICEMAN: From the 87th to 493rd and Home
F COMPANY, 347th Infantry Regiment, 1942-1945
GOLDEN ACORN MEMORIES
THE LITTLE KNOWN FRONT: The Battle of the Bulge in the Communes of Libramont, St. Hubert and Ste. Ode
NAKED HEART
NOW COUNT YOUR MEN, HITLER! Memoirs of an Infantryman
PRIVATE
THAT WHICH WAS ONCE A WAR: A Winter Soldier’s Poems
Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge
TWO FOES TO FIGHT
UNLESS VICTORY COMES: Combat With a Machine Gunner in Patton’s Third Army
A MIDNIGHT CLEAR and DAD
U.S. ARMY HANDBOOK 1939 - 1945
FUBAR: SOLDIER SLANG OF WORLD WAR II
Video
Video ResourcesOnline
World War II HistoryU.S. Government Organizations
87th-Related
Other