https://delawarewwiifallen.com/list-of-delaware-world-war-ii-fallen/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/joseph-keith-dpa.jpgJoseph Keith DPAOn the other hand, the Public Archives Commission was unable to reach family for Ship’s Cook 3rd Class Joseph H. Keith (1913–1943), but still included him in the memorial volume and at Veterans Memorial Park (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bellow-letter-dpa-2.jpgBellow Letter DPA 2Bellow’s mother’s letter requesting that her son be honored in Delaware (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bellow-letter-dpa-1.jpgBellow Letter DPA 1A copy of the state archivist’s letter to Private Bellow’s mother (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/boggs-dpa.jpgBoggs DPAWalter Moore Boggs, Jr. was born, raised, and lived nearly his entire life in Delaware, but the Public Archives Commission dismissed him as “Not a Delawarean.” (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/giletti-dpa.jpgGiletti DPAResponse from the state Selective Service headquarters confirming that Giletti was from Delaware and had served (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/prattis-dpa.jpgPrattis DPAFred Prattis was a lifelong Delawarean but the Public Archives Commission left him failed to honor him because they were unable to locate his next of kin. (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/white-dpa.jpgWhite DPAA copy of the state archivist’s letter to Captain White’s parents (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hirzel-2.jpgHirzel-2J. H. Tyler McConnell made a compelling argument that made the state archivist change his mind, but only in this particular case (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hirzel-1.jpgHirzel-1Hirzel’s father had to fight for his son to be included at Veterans Memorial Park (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2026-04-02T17:49:56+00:00weekly0.6https://delawarewwiifallen.com/briefs/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/holstein-harvey-iii-dpa.jpgHolstein Harvey III DPA2nd Lieutenant Holstein Harvey, III (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/benjamin-s-steelman-jhsd.jpgBenjamin S Steelman JHSDB. Sidney Steelman (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/william-c-fox-dpa.jpgWilliam C Fox DPAWilliam C. Fox (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/3967th-qm-trk-co-1944-station-list.jpg3967th QM Trk Co 1944 station listSome of the 3967th Quartermaster Truck Company stations in Europe in 1944. Of course, truck drivers moved even more frequently, shuttling supplies from depots to the front. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/joseph-levan-dpa.jpgJoseph LeVan DPAJoseph M. Le Van (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/roemer-wilmington-morning-news-1942-12-07.jpgRoemer Wilmington Morning News 1942-12-07Roemer in a portrait printed in the Wilmington Morning News on December 7, 1942. He wears Infantry rather than Chemical Warfare Service branch insignia, dating this photo as no later than 1939 (Courtesy of The News Journal)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/odaniel-c.1916.jpgO'Daniel-c.1916John W. O’Daniel (far left) c. 1916 (Courtesy of Jean Keith Derickson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/111-sc-115614-2lt-roemer-1920s.jpg111-SC-115614 2LT Roemer 1920sRoemer as a 2nd lieutenant at Fort Thomas sometime between 1923 and 1925 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-115614, National Archives courtesy of War Department Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dill-francis-c-qmp.jpgDill, Francis C QMPDill’s personnel file was destroyed in the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire. One of the few extant records pertaining to him is his last pay voucher (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/francis-c-dill-dpa.jpgFrancis C Dill DPAPrivate Francis C. Dill c. 1942 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2026-03-27T21:52:27+00:00weekly0.6https://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/02/21/private-1st-class-augustus-g-zografos-1919-1942/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/aleutians-map-rg-038_66953719_12_01-cropped.jpgAleutians-map-RG-038_66953719_12_01-croppedDetail of the same U.S. Navy map with Japanese-held Attu and Kiska circled in red and Adak circled in blue (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/navy-map-alaska-october-1942.jpgNavy Map Alaska October 1942October 1942 annotated U.S. Navy map of Alaska (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/zografos-1942-09-30-roster-d-71st-ir.jpgZografos-1942-09-30-roster-D-71st-IRThe September 1942 Company “D” roster mentioning Zografos, now a private 1st class (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/zografos-1941-11-30-d-71st-ir-roster-mos-746-duty-521.jpgZografos 1941-11-30 D-71st IR roster MOS 746 Duty 521Excerpt from the November 1941 Company “D,” 71st Infantry roster mentioning Private Zografos (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/111-sc-120194-co-e-71st-inf-fort-dix-change-guard-1941-03.jpg111-SC-120194-Co-E-71st-Inf-Fort-Dix-change-guard-1941-03Men of Company “E,” 71st Infantry on guard duty at Fort Dix in March 1941 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-120194, National Archives)2026-03-26T19:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/updates/2026-03-25T02:37:47+00:00weekly0.6https://delawarewwiifallen.com/2026/03/24/cadet-staff-sergeant-james-walter-taylor-iii/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cap-banner.jpgCAP-banner2026-03-25T02:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/03/24/2nd-lieutenant-charles-a-higgins-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/higgins-go-38-hq-1aab-silver-star-citation.jpgHiggins GO 38 HQ 1AAB Silver Star citationHiggins’s Silver Star citationhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/44-77581-higgins-questionnaire.jpg44-77581-Higgins-QuestionnaireQuestionnaire about Lieutenant Higgins filled out by Technical Sergeant Edward J. Gardner, Jr. (“Missing Air Crew Report No. 13420,” National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/44-77581-higgins-survivor-statement.jpg44-77581-Higgins-Survivor-StatementStatement by Technical Sergeant Edward James Gardner, Jr., the sole survivor of C-46D 44-77581’s crew (“Missing Air Crew Report No. 13420,” National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/111-sc-203238-17th-ab-cropped.jpg111-SC-203238-17th-AB-croppedThe original caption identifies these men as paratroopers of the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment taking cover during Operation Varsity. The man at left has a curious mixture of British and American uniform and equipment. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-203238, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/44-77581-higgins-map.jpg44-77581-Higgins-MapMap of the route Higgins’s plane took to Drop Zone “X” (“Missing Air Crew Report No. 13420,” National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/44-77581-higgins-paratroopers.jpg44-77581-Higgins-ParatroopersRoster of the stick of 513th Parachute Infantry paratroopers led by 1st Lieutenant Ray F. Laney. These men jumped safely from Higgins’s plane before it was hit (“Missing Air Crew Report No. 13420,” National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/111-sc-203659-s-17th-ab.jpg111-SC-203659-S-17th-ABA C-46 hit by enemy fire during Operation Varsity on March 24, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-203659-S, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/111-sc-253924-17th-ab-cropped.jpg111-SC-253924-17th-AB-croppedParatroopers board a C-46 before Operation Varsity (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-253924, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/111-sc-253923-17th-ab.jpg111-SC-253923-17th-AB17th Airborne Division paratroopers disembark from trucks to board their C-46s on the morning of March 24, 1945. The man standing on Jeep at left may be a Signal Corps photographer. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-253923, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/varsity-banner-2.jpgVarsity-Banner-22026-03-24T22:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2026/03/19/technical-sergeant-harry-n-russell/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/russell-crew-1943-11-22.jpgRussell-crew-1943-11-22The crew as of November 22, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/radar-map-china-1944-10.jpgRadar Map China 1944-10Detail from a Fourteenth Air Force map c. October 20, 1944. Circled areas are estimated coverage areas for known Japanese radar installations, including Hainan Island (center) and Hong Kong (upper right). Russell and his crew were based near Kunming (upper left).https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/russell-harry-1944-04-26-sec-e-111th-aafbu-sent-overseas.jpgRussell,-Harry-1944-04-26-Sec-E-111th-AAFBU-sent-overseasMorning report for when Russell and his crew were dispatched overseas (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rush-crew-nov-1943.jpgRush crew Nov 1943The Rush crew included Russell but was not full as of November 13, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/russell-harry-1944-04-09-so-98-hq-1st-search-atk-gp-prom-ssg.jpgRussell, Harry 1944-04-09 SO 98 HQ 1st Search Atk Gp prom SSGSpecial orders mentioning that Russell was promoted to staff sergeant (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/russell-harry-n-service-summary.jpgRussell, Harry N Service SummaryRussell’s stateside service summary (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/russell-a0594-leaflet.jpgRussell-A0594-leafletLeaflet included in a 375th Bomb Squadron history intended for Chinese civilians (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)2026-03-20T03:03:50+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2026/02/10/lieutenant-colonel-louis-e-roemer/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/enoura-maru-tako-1945-01-09.jpgEnoura Maru Tako 1945-01-09The raid on Takao on January 9, 1945, as seen from a plane launched from U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12). Enoura Maru is identified as one of the ships smoking at lower right (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/takao-target-chart.jpgTakao-Target-ChartDetail of a January 1945 American target chart for Takao (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/battle-of-the-points-1944-map.jpgBattle-of-the-Points-1944-mapAnother map, this one created in 1944, depicting the Battle of the Points (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/battan-map-detail.jpgBattan-map-detailDetail of the same map with the 301st Chemical Depot Company marking the location of Roemer’s C.W.S. subdepot on Bataan (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/roemer-ud-yearbook.jpgRoemer-UD-yearbookRoemer’s college yearbook entry (The Blue Hen 1920-1921)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/111-sc-98995-fort-howard-ccc.jpg111-SC-98995 Fort Howard CCCC.C.C. men working at Fort Howard (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-98995, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/roemer-fendall-diary.jpgRoemer Fendall diaryExcerpt of a typed copy of Major E. Reed Fendall’s diary mentioning Colonel Roemer (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/111-sc-60207-edgewood-arsenal-1918.jpg111-SC-60207-Edgewood-Arsenal-1918A laboratory at Edgewood Arsenal in 1918. The facility researched and manufactured chemical weapons. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-60207, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/111-sc-92421-fort-davis.jpg111-SC-92421 Fort DavisUndated photo of Fort Davis, Canal Zone (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-92421 by Trowers, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/fort-william-mckinley-1925-02-17-165-mc-60.jpgFort-William-McKinley-1925-02-17-165-MC-60Aerial photo of Fort William McKinley dated February 17, 1925 (Official U.S. Army photo 165-MC-60, National Archives)2026-03-04T12:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/12/01/sergeant-martin-eisenman/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/nichols-field.jpgNichols-FieldNichols Field, near Manila, where Eisenman's squadron was based when the Pacific War began (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/martin-eisenman-with-p-26-enhanced-repaired-banner.jpgMartin-Eisenman-with-P-26-Enhanced-Repaired-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/eisenman-bros.jpgEisenman-BrosIsrael Eisenman (left) and his brother Harry (center) sometime between 1905 and 1912 (Courtesy of the Eisenman family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/eisenman-family.jpgEisenman-familyMartin Eisenman (standing at center) around 1934 with his younger siblings Etta, Herbert, and Norman (Courtesy of the Eisenman family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/knudson.jpgKnudsonSergeant Knudson (right) with an unidentified major or lieutenant colonel at New Castle Army Air Base on April 21, 1945. Knudson seems to be pointing at the city of Digos, located southwest of the Davao Penal Colony (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/martin-eisenman-probably-panama-2-levels-enhanced-repaired-retouched.jpgMartin-Eisenman-probably-Panama-2-levels-Enhanced-Repaired-retouchedEisenman, probably in Panama (Courtesy of Eisenman family, enhanced using MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/martin-eisenman-with-p-26.jpgMartin-Eisenman-with-P-26Eisenman working on a Boeing P-26 Peashooter, likely in the Philippines (Courtesy of the Eisenman family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/martin-eisenman-sailing.jpgMartin-Eisenman-sailingEisenman on the high seas, likely while traveling to or from Panama (Courtesy of the Eisenman family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/martin-eisenman-service-letter.jpgMartin-Eisenman-service-letterLetter by Colonel Charles D. Carle summarizing Sergeant Eisenman's military service (Courtesy of the Eisenman family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/martin-eisenman-gatun-locks.jpgMartin-Eisenman-Gatun-Locks2026-03-03T17:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2026/02/25/technician-5th-grade-john-w-fullman-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sc1352-vinyard-dpa.jpgSC1352 Vinyard DPASC-1352, a submarine chaser manufactured at Vinyard (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/fullman-1943-04-28-g-518th-qm-tk-prom-pfc.jpgFullman-1943-04-28-G-518th-QM-TK-prom-PFCMorning report recording Fullman’s promotion to technician 5th grade (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/fullman-1944-03-02-3967th-qm-trk-co-prom-t5.jpgFullman 1944-03-02 3967th QM Trk Co prom T5Morning report recording Fullman’s promotion to technician 5th grade (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/fullman-lost-in-action-3967th-qm-trk-co-1944.jpgFullman-lost-in-action-3967th-QM-Trk-Co-1944Excerpt from the 3967th Quartermaster Truck Company history for 1944 mentioning Fullman (National Archives)2026-02-25T17:17:46+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2026/01/29/staff-sergeant-dougal-m-beatson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatson-banner-2.jpgBeatson-banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/raf-mendlesham-drawing-reel-b0114.jpgRAF-Mendlesham-drawing-REEL-B0114Contemporary drawing of Mendlesham. Runway 28 is the one running from the southwest side of the base to the northeast. (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatson-banner.jpgBeatson-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/b-17-waist-gunner-k2162.jpgB-17-waist-gunner-K2162A gunner manning a B-17 waist gun (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatson-crew-assigned-extracted-pages-from-reel-b0114.jpgBeatson-crew-assigned-extracted-pages-from-REEL-B0114A document mentioning the assignment of Beatson’s crew to the 18th Bomb Squadron (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatson-crew-crash.jpgBeatson crew crashInjuries to Beatson’s crew (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatson-b-file-mission-slip.jpgBeatson-B-file-mission-slipA slip for Beatson’s first and only combat mission is preserved in his B-file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatson-b-file.jpgBeatson-B-fileBeatson’s service record booklet was severely charred in the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/goodell-statement-beatson-accident-report.jpgGoodell statement Beatson accident reportGoodell’s statement from the accident report (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatson-b-file-induction-paperwork.jpgBeatson B-file induction paperworkBeatson’s induction paperwork is preserved in his B-file, a personnel file that was salvaged after the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire (National Archives)2026-02-17T23:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2026/02/04/private-charles-r-wilson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/mystery-wilson-roster.jpgMystery-Wilson-RosterRosters prove the service number listed in the initial Project Cedar morning report was erroneous (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/mystery-wilson-1942-03-21-project-cedar-jd.jpgMystery-Wilson-1942-03-21-Project-Cedar-jdA clerical error in this 1942 morning report, which listed Private Wilson’s service number (bottom line) for an entry pertaining to another Charles R. Wilson, only became possible to find in 2024 when the National Archives began uploading digitized and partially searchable morning reports to their catalog. It ended up being quite the research rabbit hole. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cr-wilson-banner.jpgCR Wilson Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wilson-court-martial-extract-morning-report.jpgWilson Court-Martial extract morning reportExtract of a morning report which was presented at Wilson’s court-martial but never formally entered as evidence (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Berdak Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wilson-court-martial-letter.jpgWilson Court-Martial letterA puzzling letter in Wilson’s court-martial file that he wrote after surrendering at Fort DuPont. It is true that authorities had difficulty contacting the 306th Materiel Squadron but it is less clear what Wilson had to gain in writing the letter and why the pass would have been for his previous unit, the 58th Pursuit Squadron (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Berdak Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wilson-court-martial-coy-testimony.jpgWilson Court-Martial Coy testimonyTestimony from F.B.I. Special Agent Shirley D. Coy in Private Wilson’s court-martial file (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Berdak Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wilson-court-martial-disapproved.jpgWilson Court-Martial disapprovedPrivate Wilson’s court-martial conviction was quashed by higher authorities (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Berdak Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/charles-r-wilson-dpa.jpgCharles R Wilson DPAThis photo was in Charles R. Wilson’s file at the Delaware Public Archives, but the man wears corporal’s stripes. There is no evidence that Wilson was ever promoted above the grade of private. See the Notes section for further details. (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2026-02-17T23:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2026/02/13/private-francis-c-dill/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/111-sc-180239-1943-08-04-cerami-op-shelling-of-troina.jpg111-SC-180239 1943-08-04 Cerami OP shelling of TroinaSoldiers at an observation post near Cerami observing the bombardment of Troina on August 4, 1943. Private Dill was killed in action on the road between those two towns. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-180239 by Sergeant Groshon, National Archives via War Department Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/111-sc-188763-1943-08-14-view-nne-from-west-of-troina.jpg111-SC-188763 1943-08-14 view NNE from west of TroinaThis photo, dated August 14, 1943, was taken “from road, approximately 1 kilometer west of Troina, Sicily.” Although Dill was killed closer to Cerami, it illustrates the terrain in the area where he was killed. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-188763, National Archives via War Department Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sicily-obstacles-banner-3.jpgSicily-obstacles-banner-3https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dill-1942-12-f-39th-ecr-payroll-jd.jpgDill 1942-12 F-39th ECR payroll jdPayroll record after Private Dill joined Company “F,” 39th Engineer Combat Regiment (National Archives)2026-02-17T23:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/18/private-1st-class-james-m-padley-1923-1944/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/padley-banner.jpgPadley-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/james-m-padley.jpgJames M PadleyJames M. Padley (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2026-02-16T22:30:15+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/10/20/private-arthur-stamm/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/111-c-628-1943-07-01-nissen-huts-iceland.jpg111-C-628 1943-07-01 Nissen huts IcelandNissen huts at an American base in Iceland, July 1, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-C-628, National Archives via War Department Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/stamm-parents.jpgStamm parentsStamm’s parents, Alwine and Louis (Courtesy of Jennifer Abraham)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/josef-wirmer-strase-7.jpgJosef-Wirmer-Straße-7Josef-Wirmer-Straße 7, formerly Mittelstraße 7 (Wikimedia Commons by user GeorgDerReisende, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/stamm-stolpersteine.jpgStamm StolpersteineAlwine, Louis, and Edith Stamm are commemorated outside Josef-Wirmer-Straße 7 on Stolpersteine, plates at the last residences of Nazis’ victims. Alwine and Edith are also honored at a memorial at Warburg’s Jewish cemetery (Wikimedia Commons by user GeorgDerReisende, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/arthur-stamm-passport-enh.jpegArthur Stamm passport enhDetail of Arthur Stamm’s German passport, used when he fled to America in 1938 (Courtesy of Jennifer Abraham)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/fred-stamm-courtesy-of-jennifer-abraham.jpgFred Stamm (Courtesy of Jennifer Abraham)Fred L. Stamm c. 1942 (Courtesy of Jennifer Abraham)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/arthur-stamm.jpgArthur-StammA photo from the Stamm family collection which almost certainly depicts Arthur Stamm c. 1941. Uniform details such as the hat, tie, and belt suggest this photo was taken stateside, probably no later than early 1942. Stamm’s niece advised that the soldier looks related to her father but is not him. It also appears to be the same man as the one in the passport photo above. By the time Fred Stamm entered the service, Army ties were brown and the belt was no longer standard issue for enlisted men, as seen below. Interestingly, in a letter to his brother dated December 15, 1943, Arthur Stamm wrote of the men from his unit, many of whom had been together since 1941: “We also are the only ones who wear a black necktie and get away with it.” (Courtesy of Jennifer Abraham)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/stamm-1941-11-27-394th-engr-co-jd.jpgStamm 1941-11-27 394th Engr Co jdA morning report recording that Private Stamm had joined the 394th Engineer Company (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/stamm-1943-07-394th-edc-payroll.jpgStamm 1943-07 394th EDC payrollA detail from the July 1943 payroll for the 394th Engineer Depot Company listing promotions for Stamm and his buddy, Edgar M. Rosenthal. Note that all the men listed are Regular Army but have service numbers beginning in 2 or 3, showing they were originally either federalized National Guard or draftees respectively (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/358th-op-order-stamm-1944-11-24.jpg358th-op-order-Stamm-1944-11-24Colonel Clarke’s orders for November 24, 1944 (National Archives)2026-02-13T22:27:45+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/26/technician-5th-grade-robert-stafford/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/forester-william-c-atlanta-federal-penitentiary-index-to-prisoners.jpgForester, William C Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Index to PrisonersForester’s prisoner cards (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bryant-tracey-atlanta-federal-penitentiary-index-to-prisoners.jpgBryant, Tracey Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Index to PrisonersBryant’s prisoner card (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/stafford-letter-in-greatful-memory.jpgStafford-Letter-in-Greatful-MemoryLetter in the name of President Franklin D. Roosevelt commemorating Technician 5th Grade Stafford (Courtesy of June Nicole Stafford Whitaker)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/stafford-war-department-letter.jpgStafford-War-Department-LetterThe War Department letter inaccurately summarizing the investigation into Technician 5th Grade Stafford's death (Courtesy of June Nicole Stafford Whitaker)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/flaxley-green-site-martin-j-richards-2.jpgPoW Camp 16 Flaxley GreenAerial view of the former site of the Flaxley Green Camp on January 25, 2021, with Hednesford Road visible in the middle of the image (Courtesy of Martin J. Richards)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/flaxley-green-site-martin-j-richards.jpgPoW Camp 16 Flaxley GreenSite of former Flaxley Green Camp on January 25, 2021 (Courtesy of Martin J. Richards)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/m4-tank-crew-fort-knox-owi-banner.jpgM4-tank-crew-Fort-Knox-OWI-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/m4-tank-crew-fort-knox-owi.jpgM4-tank-crew-Fort-Knox-OWIA tired tank crew standing in front of an M4 medium tank at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in June 1942 (Photo by Alfred T. Pamer. Office of War Information photo, Library of Congress)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/black-engineers-honor-guard-banner.jpgBlack-Engineers-Honor-Guard-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/black-engineers-honor-guard.jpgBlack-Engineers-Honor-GuardHonor guard from a black engineer unit during World War II (Office of War Information photo, Library of Congress)2026-02-09T20:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/11/06/private-1st-class-john-ernest-adams-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/adams-john-e-jr-enlistment-record.jpgAdams-John-E-Jr-enlistment-recordAlthough much of Adams’s personnel file was lost in the Philippines, his enlistment paperwork was preserved (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/adams-japanese-pow-card.jpgAdams Japanese POW cardA Japanese data card preserved in Adams’s personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/adams-j-1942-03-a-803rd-engr-bn-last-payroll.jpgAdams J 1942-03 A-803rd Engr Bn last payrollExcerpt of the last Company “A” payroll to make it out of the Philippines, the month of March 1942, including Adams and his signature. Each enlisted man was paid only $10 a month leading up to the fall of the Philippines. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/adams-j-1941-07-08-a-803rd-engr-initial-roster.jpgAdams J 1941-07-08 A-803rd Engr initial rosterPage from the initial roster for Company “A,” 803rd Engineer Battalion, mentioning Private 1st Class Adams (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/corregidor-island-map-1941.jpgCorregidor-Island-map-1941Map of Corregidor in 1941 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/miller-veterans-memorial-park.jpgMiller-Veterans-Memorial-ParkSeymour Miller's name displayed at Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware (Author's photograph)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/battle-of-the-points-316-fall-of-philippines.jpgBattle-of-the-Points-(316-Fall-of-Philippines)Map of the Japanese amphibious operation that led to the Battle of the Points. Company “A,” 803rd Engineer Battalion was involved in fighting at Quinauan Point. (The Fall of the Philippines)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/paddle-attack-diagram.jpgPaddle-Attack-DiagramDiagram of U.S.S. Paddle's attack on the convoy. The tanker Eiyo Maru No. 2 is labeled "MEDIUM AO" and the Shinyo Maru as "MEDIUM AK"https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/prisoners-of-japan.jpgPrisoners-of-JapanAllied prisoners with Japanese guards following the fall of Bataan (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/corregidor-training.jpgCorregidor-TrainingFilipino soldiers and U.S. Marines training on Corregidor early in the war (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo, National Archives)2026-01-30T19:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/12/16/technician-5th-grade-max-victor-schwitzgold/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/schwitzgold-joins-b-285th-faob-1943-12-21.jpgSchwitzgold joins B-285th FAOB 1943-12-21Morning report recording that Schwitzgold had joined Battery “B,” 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/crossroads_map-detail.jpgCrossroads_map detailDetail of a map of the massacre field. The blue arrow identifies where Schwitzold, victim no. 26, was found. (National Archives, courtesy of Danny Park, with annotation by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/crossroads_map.jpgCrossroads_mapMap of the massacre site (National Archives, courtesy of Danny Parker)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/schwitzgold-uniform-2.jpgSchwitzgold-uniform-2Schwitzgold in uniform (Courtesy of Michael Goldsmith)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/schwitzgold-wife-baby-retake.jpgSchwitzgold-wife-baby-retakeSchwitzgold with his wife and daughter (Courtesy of Michael Goldsmith)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/schwitzgold-wife-baby.jpgSchwitzgold-wife-babySchwitzgold with his wife and daughter (Courtesy of Michael Goldsmith)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/schwitzgold-baby-car.jpgSchwitzgold-baby-carSchwitzgold and his baby daughter in 1933 (Courtesy of Michael Goldsmith)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/serge-lemaire-baugnez-8-dec-2022.jpgSerge Lemaire Baugnez 8 Dec 2022Schwitzgold’s name on the memorial at Baugnez, Belgium, on December 8, 2022 (Courtesy of Serge Lemaire)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/serge-lemaire-baugnez-12-dec-2022.jpgSerge Lemaire Baugnez 12 Dec 2022Memorial in Baugnez on December 12, 2022 (Courtesy of Serge Lemaire)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/schwitzgold-dpa-cropped.jpgSchwitzgold-DPA-croppedMax V. Schwitzgold (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2026-01-30T18:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/08/18/master-sergeant-andrew-gorman/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/803rd-engineer-losses-1944-09-01.jpg803rd Engineer losses 1944-09-01Statuses of 803rd Engineer Battalion men known as of September 1, 1944. This is another document saved by Captain Herbert V. Ingersoll and submitted after liberation in 1945. (National Archives, courtesy of Wes Injerd)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gorman-ingersoll-roster.jpgGorman Ingersoll rosterGorman mentioned in a roster dated October 15, 1942, evidentially using stationary originally printed for making veterinary records. The roster was among documents that Captain Herbert V. Ingersoll submitted after liberation in 1945. (National Archives, courtesy of Wes Injerd)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/pontoon-bridge-2-courtesy-of-the-delaware-state-parks-cultural-resources-unit.jpgPontoon bridge 2 (Courtesy of the Delaware State Parks Cultural Resources Unit)Completed pontoon bridge (Courtesy of the Delaware State Parks Cultural Resources Unit)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/pontoon-bridge-construction-courtesy-of-the-delaware-state-parks-cultural-resources-unit.jpgPontoon bridge construction (Courtesy of the Delaware State Parks Cultural Resources Unit)The 1st Engineers building a pontoon bridge. During the interwar period, they used the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal for such training. The canal is now far wider and deeper. (Courtesy of the Delaware State Parks Cultural Resources Unit)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/d-1st-engr-courtesy-of-the-delaware-state-parks-cultural-resources-unit.jpgD-1st-Engr-(Courtesy-of-the-Delaware-State-Parks-Cultural-Resources-Unit)Unidentified soldiers with a vehicle from Company “D,” 1st Engineers during the interwar period (Courtesy of the Delaware State Parks Cultural Resources Unit)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/fort-dupont-1936-05-01-courtesy-of-the-delaware-state-parks-cultural-resources-unit.jpgFort-DuPont-1936-05-01-(Courtesy-of-the-Delaware-State-Parks-Cultural-Resources-Unit)Aerial view of Fort DuPont dated May 1, 1936, after fire damaged barracks there (Courtesy of the Delaware State Parks Cultural Resources Unit)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gorman-last-hq-co-803rd-eab-payroll-1942-03-31.jpgGorman-Last-HQ-Co-803rd-EAB-payroll-1942-03-31Remarkably, the last payroll of Headquarters Company, 803rd Engineer Battalion made it out of the Philippines by air or sea shortly before the fall of the Philippines. Dated March 31, 1942, it was mere days before Gorman and the other men who signed this payroll would become prisoners of the Japanese. Gorman and the others were paid only a fraction of the wages they were due leading up to the collapse of the Philippines, presumably due to a shortage of currency on hand in the besieged archipelago. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gorman-803rd-engr-bn-avn-1942-02-28-nco-roster.jpgGorman-803rd-Engr-Bn-Avn-1942-02-28-NCO-rosterMaster Sergeant Gorman listed on a February 1942 enlisted roster for the 803rd Engineer Battalion (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gorman-803rd-engr-bn-avn-sept-1941-07-08-initial-roster.jpgGorman-803rd-Engr-Bn-Avn-Sept-1941-07-08-initial-rosterInitial roster for Headquarters Company, 803rd Engineer Battalion (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gorman-ny-service-abstract.jpgGorman-NY-service-abstractSummary of Gorman’s World War I service (New York State Archives)2026-01-30T18:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/12/31/private-john-j-bukowski/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-ph-cib.jpgBukowski PH & CIBDocumentation for Bukowski’s posthumous decorations (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-banner.jpgBukowski-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-reopened-investigation.jpgBukowski reopened investigationInstructions for a 1946 forensic investigation which soon confirmed the accuracy of Gibson’s account (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-qualification-card-2.jpgBukowski Qualification Card 2The other side of Bukowski’s qualification card. Among the relative handful of U.S. Army personnel files to survive the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire, intact qualification cards are relatively uncommon (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-6922023_box124_folder3-077.jpgBukowski-6922023_Box124_Folder3-077https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-6919353_box116_folder6-114-str.jpgBukowski-6919353_Box116_Folder6-114-strGerman document about Private Bukowski, erroneously identified as Private Kennedy, with translation below (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/gibson-letters-from-bukowski-b-file-1.jpgGibson-letters-from-Bukowski-B-file-1First page of John W. Gibson’s first letter to the War Department, which were critical to the identification of Bukowski’s body and the circumstances of his death. His two letters can be viewed here. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-missing-report.jpgBukowski missing reportA report purporting to describe the circumstances by which Private Bukowski became missing in action (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-and-kennedy-jd.jpgBukowski-and-Kennedy-jdMorning report listing Bukowski and Kennedy joining Company “A,” 60th Infantry (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bukowski-service-record-booklet.jpgBukowski service record bookletExcerpt of Bukowski’s service record booklet, with fire damage to the top and apparently water damage from fire suppression operations in 1973 (National Archives)2026-01-30T18:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/08/21/sergeant-robert-l-barnes/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/dorothy-barnes-commendation.jpgDorothy-Barnes-commendationAn award that Dorothy Barnes received for her service at Fort George G. Meade (Courtesy of Dorothy Binder Donohoe)2026-01-17T20:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/02/04/technician-4th-grade-william-h-allen/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/111-sc-190506-weymouth-1944-06-06.jpg111-SC-190506 Weymouth 1944-06-06Port at Weymouth, England, in a photo dated June 6, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-190506, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/111-sc-311482-ss-catalina-1946-02-04.jpg111-SC-311482 SS Catalina 1946-02-04The 321st Port Company moved three times aboard S.S. Catalina, seen here docking at Camp Stoneman shortly after the end of World War II on February 4, 1946 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-311482, National Archives)2026-01-10T13:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/12/19/private-herbert-rubenstein/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/hill-504-2025.jpgHill 504 2025Private Rubenstein was killed on or near Hill 504, seen here in December 2025 (Courtesy of Martin Kloosterman)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ritchie-letter-sketch-1.jpgRitchie letter sketchIn this remarkable 1992 sketch, Richard R. Richie illustrated the events leading to Rubenstein’s death (Courtesy of Faith and Ruth Tomases and the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/schoenberg-aerial-rg373_287411908_d10843_on011138_us31_4166_vv_5182_01-rotated-2.jpgSchoenberg-aerial-RG373_287411908_d10843_on011138_us31_4166_vv_5182_01 rotated 2Aerial view of Schönberg, Belgium, on February 16, 1945. Rubenstein was killed in action during fighting in the wooded area southeast of the town (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/rubenstein-ret-jhsd.jpgRubenstein-ret-JHSDHerbert Rubenstein (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/106th-id-bulge-map-2.jpg106th ID Bulge Map 2A map depicting the 422nd and 423rd Infantry Regiments after their encirclement (National Archives, courtesy of Jim Wentz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/106th-id-bulge-map-1.jpg106th ID Bulge Map 1A map depicting 106th Infantry Division positions before the Battle of the Bulge, included with a January 1945 after action report (National Archives, courtesy of Jim Wentz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/wingate-letter-1945.jpgWingate Letter 1945Gayle B. Wingate’s 1945 letter (Courtesy of Faith and Ruth Tomases and the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/rubenstein-change-of-mos.jpgRubenstein change of MOSMorning report documenting Rubenstein’s M.O.S. changing to 861, surgical technician (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/tomases-pow-jhsd.jpgTomases-POW-JHSDCaptain Ralph Tomases after his capture (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/rubenstein-1944-12-21-med-det-423rd-inf-mia-roster.jpgRubenstein 1944-12-21 Med Det 423rd Inf MIA rosterRubenstein on a roster of missing enlisted men from Medical Detachment, 423rd Infantry as of December 21, 1944 (National Archives)2026-01-10T12:49:53+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/11/08/technician-5th-grade-harold-t-hitchens/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/111-sc-270902-26th-id-levels.jpg111-SC-270902-26th-ID-levelsSoldiers from the 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division, in combat in France on December 2, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-270902 by Private 1st Class James A. Ryan, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hitchens-1944-10-28-kia-mr-b-104th-ir.jpgHitchens 1944-10-28 KIA MR B-104th IRMorning report recording the deaths of Hitchens and Nolan (National Archives, courtesy of Autumn Hendrickson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/nolan-north-carolina-small.jpgNolan North Carolina smallNolan (circled at center) with a group of civilians and soldiers, at least some of them from Company “B,” in North Carolina (Courtesy of the Nolan family) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/nolan-north-carolina-banner.jpgNolan North Carolina bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bob_novotny_statement.jpgBob_Novotny_statementNovotny’s letter (Courtesy of the Nolan family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/nolan-guidon.jpgNolan guidonGeorge E. Nolan with the Company “B” guidon, presumably in North Carolina or Florida. Nolan and Hitchens served together for over two years before being killed in the same incident (Courtesy of the Nolan family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hitchens-and-paisley-jd-b-104-ir.jpgHitchens and Paisley jd B-104 IRList of men including Hitchens and Paisley who joined Company “B,” 104th Infantry on April 9, 1942 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hitchens-to-t5-payroll.jpgHitchens to T5 payrollPayroll entry mentioning that Hitchens had been promoted to Technician 5th Grade on March 9, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/harold-hitchens-dpa.jpgHarold Hitchens DPAHarold T. Hitchens (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2026-01-07T20:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/12/28/private-1st-class-edgar-w-stevenson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/stevenson-qmp.jpgStevenson QMPStevenson’s final pay voucher (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Berdak Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/port-lyautey-cemetery-banner.jpgPort-Lyautey-cemetery-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/342-fh-3a28448-60840ac-port-lyautey-cemetery-detail.jpg342-FH-3A28448-60840AC-Port-Lyautey-cemetery-detailDetail of the cemetery from the previous photo. 76 American graves are visible, representing most of the 79 Americans killed during the Battle of Mehdia–Port Lyautey. Only one permanent American military cemetery was established in North Africa after the war and consolidated all fallen whose next of kin did not request repatriation. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/342-fh-3a28448-60840ac-port-lyautey-cemetery.jpg342-FH-3A28448-60840AC-Port-Lyautey-cemeteryAerial view of the cemetery at the kasbah, where Stevenson was initially buried, with the Sebdou River in the background Battle of Mehdia–Port Lyauteyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/80-g-30458-george-clymer.jpg80-G-30458 George ClymerU.S.S. George Clymer in port at Casablanca, Morocco, November 1942 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-30458, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/stevenson-1942-01-31-e-60th-ir-roster-.jpgStevenson 1942-01-31 E-60th IR rosterJanuary 1942 Company “E,” 60th Infantry Regiment roster listing Stevenson (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/e-60-casualties-operation-torch.jpgE-60 casualties Operation TorchCompany “E,” 60th Infantry enlisted fatalities during Operation Torch, most of which occurred the first day of the battle. The last entry misspells Leo Glisczynski’s name and repeats Stevenson’s service number instead of the correct one, 6919857 (National Archives)2026-01-07T17:09:40+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/08/16/sergeant-wallace-s-wroten-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/wroten-mr-1944-10-28.jpgWroten-MR-1944-10-28Morning report recording that Wroten was killed in action on October 24, 1944 (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Berdak Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/go-30-hq-29th-id-wroten.jpgGO-30-HQ-29th-ID-WrotenGeneral Orders No. 30, Headquarters 26th Infantry Division, dated November 1, 1944: Citation for the Silver Star awarded to Wroten and the Bronze Star awarded to Vincent J. Gagliano (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/26th-id-banner-bar.jpg26th-ID-banner-BARhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/111-sc-270912-26th-id.jpg111-SC-270912 26th IDSoldiers of the 26th Infantry Division ride on an armored car in Germany on March 22, 1945. The man sitting at center is a B.A.R. gunner like Wroten (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-270912 by Private T. R. Romero, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hannibal-hamlin-hall-fire.jpgHannibal Hamlin Hall fireWroten was in the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Maine when a fire claimed the life of two of his comrades at Hannibal Hamlin Hall on February 13, 1944 (Photo by Ralph Shirak, courtesy of the University of Maine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/wallace-s-wroten-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgWallace S Wroten (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Wallace S. Wroten (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2026-01-07T12:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/12/30/ships-cook-3rd-class-joseph-h-keith/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/myrtle-keith-letter.jpgMyrtle-Keith letterLetter from Myrtle Keith to the Navy (National Archives)2025-12-30T21:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/22/private-1st-class-lawrence-j-anderson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/big-red-one-111-c-1258.jpgBig-Red-One-111-C-12581st Infantry Division soldiers in England waiting to ship out for the Normandy invasion (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/larry-anderson-banner.jpgLarry-Anderson-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/lawrence-j.-anderson-gold-star-citation.jpgLawrence J. Anderson Gold Star CitationLawrence J. Anderson Gold Star citation (Courtesy of Janice Tunell)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/lawrence-j.-anderson-headstone.jpgLawrence J. Anderson headstonePrivate 1st Class Anderson's headstone at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (Courtesy of Janice Tunell)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/larry-anderson-western-union-death-notification.jpgLarry Anderson Western Union Death NotificationTelegram to Charlotte Anderson notifying her that her husband had been killed in action (Courtesy of Janice Tunell)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/war-department-telegram-stating-anderson-had-returned-to-duty-after-going-m.i.a.-in-north-africa.jpgWar Department telegram stating Anderson had returned to duty after going M.I.A. in North AfricaWar Department telegram stating that Anderson had returned to duty after going M.I.A. in North Africa (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/larry-anderson-obituary-unknown-paper-courtesy-of-janice-tunell.jpg.jpgLarry Anderson obituary unknown paper (Courtesy of Janice Tunell).jpgLawrence J. Anderson obituary from an unknown paper (Courtesy of Janice Tunell)2025-12-28T14:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/23/private-1st-class-george-c-beebe/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/beebe-1944-newspaper.jpgBeebe-1944-newspaperPrivate 1st Class Beebe's photo from the July 12, 1944 Wilmington Morning News (Courtesy of The News Journal)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/beebe-banner.jpgBeebe Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/george-c.-beebe-headstone.jpgGeorge C. Beebe headstoneGeorge C. Beebe headstone (Courtesy of Jon Strupp)2025-12-28T14:06:24+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/19/private-william-verderamo/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/medical-personnel-111-c-1248.jpgMedical-Personnel-111-C-1248Medical personnel preparing to ship out for the Normandy invasion (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/banner-111-c-1248.jpgBanner-111-C-1248https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sc-192575.jpgSC-192575Medical personnel treating wounded at sector Fox Green on Omaha Beach (Signal Corps photograph from the National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sc-192575-banner.jpgSC 192575-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/william-verderamo.jpgWilliam VerderamoWilliam Verderamo (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-12-28T14:03:12+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/07/21/staff-sergeant-george-isadore/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/80-g-30488-jw-mcandrew.jpg80-G-30488-JW-McAndrewU.S.A.T. J. W. McAndrew at Casablanca, Morocco, in November 1942 (National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mcandrew-banner.jpgMcAndrew-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/oran-landings-banner.jpgOran-Landings-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/hagelshaw-negatives-oran.jpgHagelshaw-Negatives-OranOran, Algeria, in 1943 (Courtesy of the Hagelshaw family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/isadore-citation.jpgIsadore-CitationSilver Star citation (First Division Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/111-sc-172589-unloading-near-oran.jpg111-SC-172589-Unloading-Near-OranLandings near Oran on November 8, 1942 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-172589, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/george-isadore-drawing-by-daria-milka-small.jpgGeorge Isadore Drawing by Daria Milka smallGeorge Isadore c. 1942 (Drawing by Daria Milka, author’s collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/111-sc-320894.jpg111-SC-320894https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rangers-banner.jpgRangers-Banner2025-12-28T14:02:54+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/10/14/water-tender-1st-class-herbert-h-dugan-2/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dugan-navy-discharge.jpgDugan-Navy-DischargeWater Tender 2nd Class Dugan’s honorable discharge paperwork in his personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/leedstown-cruising-order.jpgLeedstown-Cruising-OrderDiagram depicting the convoy cruising order beginning the evening of November 7, 1942, with Leedstown labeled 73 in the first column (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/leedstown-beaches.jpgLeedstown-BeachesChart depicting where Transport Division 11 would launch landing craft and the course they would take to their assigned beaches (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/080-g-474788-torch.jpg080-G-474788-TorchAerial photo of a convoy bound for Casablanca, Morocco, during Operation Torch (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-474788, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/19-n-34063-leedstown.jpg19-N-34063-LeedstownU.S.S. Leedstown on September 12, 1942 (National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/19-n-34061-leedstown.jpg19-N-34061-LeedstownU.S.S. Leedstown near New York City on September 12, 1942, heavily loaded with landing craft following her conversion to a transport (National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nh-63530-concord-circa-1935.jpgNH-63530-Concord-circa-1935U.S.S. Concord (CL-10) c. 1935. Dugan served abord her from 1930 to 1935. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dugan_herbert_hasting-retocuhed.jpgDUGAN_Herbert_Hasting-retocuhedDugan in his U.S. Navy identification photo (National Archives)2025-12-28T14:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/12/27/private-1st-class-paul-h-rigdon/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/rigdon-1944-09-15-c-423rd-ir-mos-change-746-cropped.jpgRigdon-1944-09-15-C-423rd-IR-MOS-change-746-croppedMorning report noting Rigdon’s M.O.S. change to automatic rifleman (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/rigdon-1944-12-23-c-423rd-mia-roster.jpgRigdon 1944-12-23 C-423rd MIA rosterRigdon on a roster of missing enlisted men from Company “C,” 423rd Infantry as of December 21, 1944 (National Archives)2025-12-28T03:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/12/14/aviation-radioman-3rd-class-george-a-quigg-1924-1944/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/quigg-transcript.jpgQuigg transcriptQuigg’s high school transcript is preserved in his Navy personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/quigg-ompf-death.jpgQuigg OMPF deathExcerpt from Quigg’s personnel file recording his death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/george-jack-quigg-home.jpgGeorge & Jack Quigg homeAviation Radioman 3rd Class George A. Quigg (left) with his brother, Jack, during his last leave. Quigg wears the air gunner distinguishing mark on his right sleeve. (Courtesy of the Quigg family)2025-12-14T18:41:16+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/09/26/2nd-lieutenant-harold-n-sheaffer/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sheaffer-initial-burial.jpgSheaffer Initial BurialSketch of where Sheaffer was initially buried after his death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sheaffer-banner-1.jpgSheaffer-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sheaffer-bracelet-back-courtesy-of-the-sheaffer-family.jpgSheaffer bracelet back (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)Front of a bracelet that belonged to Lieutenant Sheaffer (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/harold-n.-sheaffer-bracelet-front-courtesy-of-the-sheaffer-family.jpgHarold N. Sheaffer bracelet front (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)Front of a bracelet that belonged to Lieutenant Sheaffer (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2nd-lieutenant-harold-newton-sheaffer-article-11-oct-1945-courtesy-of-the-newark-post.jpg2nd Lieutenant Harold Newton Sheaffer Article 11 Oct 1945 (Courtesy of The Newark Post)October 11, 1945, issue of The Newark Post, including a story reporting the death of Lieutenant Sheaffer (Courtesy of The Newark Post)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/harold-n.-sheaffer-m.i.a.-telegram-courtesy-of-the-sheaffer-family.jpgHarold N. Sheaffer M.I.A. telegram (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)Telegram reporting 2nd Lieutenant Sheaffer as missing in action (Courtesy of Sheaffer family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sheaffers-crew-prob-europe-courtesy-of-the-sheaffer-family.jpgSheaffer's crew prob Europe (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)Lieutenant Sheaffer (third from left), probably in England (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/harold-newton-sheaffer-bombardier-deming-nm-class-43-4-graduation-courtesy-of-the-sheaffer-family.jpgHarold Newton Sheaffer Bombardier Deming NM Class 43-4 graduation (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)Bombardier Class 43-4 graduation announcement (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/haston-crew-cropped-enhanced-courtesy-of-the-sheaffer-family.jpgHaston Crew cropped enhanced (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)2nd Lieutenant Sheaffer with his crew in July 1943 during training in Ephrata, Washington. Standing, from left to right: Gordon D. Fisher, Royce D. Taylor, Robert W. Haston, Harold N. Sheaffer, Foy R. Clingman, Kenneth E. Raack. Kneeling, from left to right: Thomas Grange, Robert Spisak, Lester B. Adriansen, James W. Bittenback (Courtesy of the Sheaffer family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2nd-lieutenant-harold-newton-sheaffer-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpg.jpg2nd Lieutenant Harold Newton Sheaffer (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives).jpg2nd Lieutenant Harold Newton Sheaffer (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-12-10T13:15:28+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/11/26/private-louis-h-way-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/lakeside-park-banner.jpgLakeside Park bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/way-1942-09-06-b-11th-itb-died.jpgWay 1942-09-06 B-11th ITB diedMorning reports mentioning Way’s death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/lakeside-park-2.jpgLakeside Park 2Another historic postcard of Lakeside Park (Courtesy of Scott Thompson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/lakeside-park.jpgLakeside ParkHistoric postcard depicting Lakeside Park (Courtesy of Scott Thompson)2025-12-06T20:26:03+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/07/30/flight-sergeant-eric-ramsay/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/lancaster-landing.jpgLancaster LandingAn R.A.F. Lancaster landing in England on May 3, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo 65803, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/lancaster-banner.jpgLancaster Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/eric-ramsay-photo-1-silverman-family-collection.jpgEric Ramsay Photo 1 (Silverman Family Collection)Flight Sergeant Ramsay (Author's collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/eric-ramsays-fathers-letter-1-silverman-family-collection.jpg.jpgEric Ramsay's Father's Letter-1 (Silverman Family Collection).jpghttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/eric-ramsay-letter-to-gert-nelson-1-silverman-family-collection.jpgEric Ramsay Letter to Gert Nelson-1 (Silverman Family Collection)First page of Eric Ramsay's letter to Gert Nelson. Click here to view the entire letter. (Author's collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/eric-ramsay-entry-in-david-tolls-address-book-silverman-family-collection.jpgEric Ramsay entry in David Toll's address book (Silverman Family Collection)Eric Ramsay entry in David Toll's address book (Author's collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/eric-ramsay-photo-2-silverman-family-collection.jpg.jpgEric Ramsay Photo 2 (Silverman Family Collection).jpgFlight Sergeant Eric Ramsay (Author's collection)2025-12-06T16:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/12/03/boatswains-mate-1st-class-theodore-w-simpler/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/26-lg-20-8-elbow-of-cross-ledge-1915-04-27-ret.jpg26-LG-20-8 Elbow of Cross Ledge 1915-04-27 retElbow of Cross Ledge Light in a photo dated April 27, 1915 (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo 26-LG-20-8, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/theodore-simpler-cg-app-photo-ret.jpgTheodore Simpler CG app photo retTheodore W. Simpler in a photo submitted with his enlistment application for the U.S. Coast Guard in 1941 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/simpler-cg-app.jpgSimpler CG appSimpler’s application for enlistment in the U.S. Coast Guard (National Archives)2025-12-03T13:16:26+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/12/01/private-1st-class-nathan-balick/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/balick-bridge-jhsd.jpgBalick-Bridge-JHSDPrivate Balick on a bridge, likely in Florida. He is wearing only a helmet liner, suggesting that no trouble is anticipated. (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/nathan-balick-c.-1942-jhsd.jpgNathan-Balick-c.-1942-JHSDPrivate Balick stateside c. 1942 (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/balick-b-file.jpgBalick-B-fileAn excerpt from Balick’s service record booklet, which shows little damage from the fire that destroyed the majority of the U.S. Army’s personnel files from the era. Balick was a member of the Company “K” in three different infantry regiments. (National Archives)2025-12-01T23:38:43+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/11/30/private-william-r-mccabe/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/truscott-photo-ompf.jpgTruscott photo OMPFGeneral Lucian K. Truscott planned the assault on Cisterna (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/c-1st-rangers-mia-list.jpgC-1st Rangers MIA listList of Company “C” men, including Private McCabe, recorded missing in action after the Battle of Cisterna (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cisterna-map-158-i.jpgCisterna map 158-IA contemporary U.S. Army Map Service 1/50,000 scale map, itself a copy of a 1908 Italian map. Evidently the railroad had not yet been built when the map was made. (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collections, University of Texas at Austin)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cisterna-51747ac.jpgCisterna-51747AC2025-11-30T22:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/25/private-john-w-odaniel-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/odaniel-death-mr.jpgO'Daniel death MRCompany morning report recording Private O'Daniel's death, albeit with an erroneous date of death (National Personnel Records Center, courtesy of Thulaï van Maanen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mcmurchy.jpgMcMurchyWilliam D. McMurchy wrote to General O'Daniel about Private O'Daniel's death (Courtesy of the McMurchy family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/odaniel-banner.jpgODaniel-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/odaniel-collection-dress-uniform-retouched.jpgO'Daniel-Collection-Dress-Uniform-retouchedJohn W. O'Daniel, Jr. (Courtesy of Brynn Spiegel)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/odaniel-collection-with-family-retouched.jpgO'Daniel-Collection-with-Family-retouchedPrivate O'Daniel with his mother and sister after graduating from airborne school (Courtesy of Brynn Spiegel)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/odaniel-collection-jump-wings-retouched.jpgO'Daniel-Collection-Jump-Wings-retouchedPrivate O'Daniel's mother pinning his jump wings on during his graduation from airborne training (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, courtesy of Brynn Spiegel)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/map-with-overlay-of-505th-parachute-infantry-regiment-positions-on-september-18-1944-at-1245-hours-courtesy-of-thulai-van-maanen.jpg.jpgMap of 505th positions on September 18, 1944 (Courtesy of Thulaï van Maanen)Map with overlay of 505th P.I.R. positions on September 18, 1944 (Courtesy of Thulaï van Maanen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/john-w-odaniel-jr.jpgJohn-W-ODaniel-Jr2025-11-29T03:29:15+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/12/31/private-robert-l-gamble/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/gamble-1943-12-31-b-610th-td-bn-tranf-to-30th-inf-div.jpgGamble 1943-12-31 B-610th TD Bn tranf to 30th Inf DivMorning report stating that Gamble had been transferred to the 30th Infantry Division (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/gamble-1943-01-05-b-610-jd-and-later-hosp.jpgGamble 1943-01-05 B-610 jd and later hospMorning report recording that Gamble joined Company “B,” 610th Tank Destroyer Battalion on January 5, 1943, and was hospitalized the following night (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/robert-gamble-drawing-by-darla-milka-small.jpgRobert Gamble drawing by Darla Milka smallRobert Gamble c. 1944 (Drawing by Daria Milka, author's collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/gamble-banner.jpgGamble-Banner2025-11-21T15:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/02/07/aviation-ordnanceman-3rd-class-james-c-walker/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/walker-banner.jpgWalker-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/walker-james-c-dog-tag-nara-st.jpgWalker,-James-C-dog-tag-NARA-StWalker’s dog tag is preserved in his personnel file at the National Archives in St. Louis (Photograph by the author)2025-11-19T03:34:14+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/11/11/aviation-radioman-3rd-class-anthony-s-montour/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/montour-vb-85-1944-06-10.jpgMontour-VB-85-1944-06-10Officers and enlisted men of VB-85 on June 10, 1944, with Montour kneeling on the wing, third from the right (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/todds-point-2025.jpgTodds Point 2025The accident site, now Reid State Park, seen in 2025 with the Little River at right (Courtesy of the Bath Historical Society)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/practice-rocket.jpgPractice rocketEven decades after the war, practice rockets like this have been discovered at the former rocket range site (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/georgetown-rocket-range-map.jpgGeorgetown Rocket Range map2021 map depicting the rocket range and modern Reid State Park (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/montour-1930.jpgMontour 1930Montour dressed as a sailor in 1930 (The Evening Journal)2025-11-12T18:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/07/29/staff-sergeant-william-t-stewart-iii/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/william-t-stewart-grade-memo.jpgWilliam T Stewart grade memoMemorandum discussing the discrepencies about Stewart’s grade (William T. Stewart Individual Deceased Personnel File, courtesy of U.S. Army Human Resources Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wiener-neustadt-factory-interior.jpgWiener Neustadt factory interiorA captured German photograph of Bf 109s on the assembly line at Wiener Neustadt (National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/42-30127-in-flight.jpg42-30127 in flightAn aerial photo of 32nd Bomb Squadron B-17F, serial number 42-30127, photographed in flight during a mission on July 29, 1943. This plane was one of four 301st Bomb Group B-17s lost during the same mission that cost Staff Sergeant Stewart his life (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/42-5145-29-july-1943.jpg42-5145 29 July 1943A 32nd Bomb Squadron B-17F, serial number 42-5145, photographed in flight during a mission on July 29, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/32nd-bs-banner.jpg32nd BS bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/terni-italy-11-aug-1943-32nd-bs.jpgTerni, Italy 11 Aug 1943 32nd BSAerial photo of 32nd Bomb Squadron ordnance exploding during a raid against the railroad marshalling yards at Terni, Italy, on August 11, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/stewart-last-mission-extracted-from-reel-b0209.jpgStewart-last-mission-extracted-from-REEL-B0209Narrative report summarizing Stewart’s final mission (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/william-t-stewart-iii-sunny-hills.jpgWilliam-T-Stewart-III-Sunny-HillsWilliam T. Stewart III in his 1937 yearbook (The Chrysalis 1937)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/william-thompson-stewart-and-barbara-kelsey-wedding.jpgWilliam-Thompson-Stewart-and-Barbara-(Kelsey)-weddingWilliam T. Thompson and Barbara Kelsey wedding photo (Collection of Dorothy Belcher Makin, courtesy of Jean Makin Brown)2025-11-10T20:23:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/10/10/2nd-lieutenant-walter-m-boggs-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boggs-1943-09-08-usnr.jpgBoggs 1943-09-08 USNRAviation Cadet Walter M. Boggs, Jr. in a photo dated September 8, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/snv-fl-banner.jpgSNV FL bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/snv-valiants-80-g-11274.jpegSNV Valiants 80-G-11274U.S. Navy Vultee SNV Valiant trainers in Florida in a photo dated May 10, 1942 (Official U.S. Navy 80-G-11274, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boggs-telegrams.jpgBoggs telegramsCopies of telegrams in Boggs’s Navy personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boggs-v-5-application.jpgBoggs V-5 application Boggs’s application for naval aviator training (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boggs-naval-aviator.jpgBoggs Naval AviatorBoggs’s naval aviator certificate, preserved in his Marine Corps personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boggs-ompf-commission.jpgBoggs OMPF commissionBoggs’s commissioning document, from his Marine Corps personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boggs-crash-report.jpgBoggs crash reportDetails of Boggs’s crash, from his Navy personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boggs-walter-dpa.jpgBoggs, Walter DPAWalter M. Boggs, Jr. at the University of Virginia (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-11-10T20:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/03/19/private-1st-class-joseph-a-mcgrath/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mcgrath-burial-map-idpf.jpgMcGrath burial map IDPFMap of McGrath’s initial burial in Réchicourt-la-Petite, a document included in his individual deceased personnel file. Note that south is at the top of the page. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mcgrath-1945-04-25-neumann-statement-idpf.jpgMcGrath 1945-04-25 Neumann statement IDPFEyewitness statement of McGrath’s death included in his individual deceased personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1946-mcgrath-wife-and-son.jpg1946-McGrath-wife-and-sonMcGrath’s wife and son in 1946 (Courtesy of the McGrath family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1945-maybe-ellen-irene-mcgrath.jpg1945-maybe-Ellen-Irene-McGrathEllen Irene McGrath c. 1945 (Courtesy of the McGrath family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mcgrath-mia-mr.jpgMcGrath-MIA-MRMorning report listing McGrath as missing in action (National Personnel Records Center, courtesy of Roberta Russo)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mcgrath-banner.jpgMcGrath-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/35th-infantry-division-mg-team-111-sc-364318-1.jpg35th-Infantry-Division-MG-team-111-SC-364318A 35th Infantry Division machine gun team in Luxembourg on January 11, 1945. They are equipped with the same M1917 .30 machine gun that McGrath's squad would have used. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-364318 by Technician 5th Grade A. H. Herz, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/111-sc-332159-35th-id-cropped.jpg111-SC-332159-35th-ID-cropped35th Infantry Division soldiers in the ruins of Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France, on September 15, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-332159 by Salvas, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mcgrath-war-dept-1949-letter.jpgMcGrath-War-Dept-1949-letterWar Department letter about McGrath’s identification (Courtesy of the McGrath family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mcgrath-letter.jpgMcGrath-letterLetter to McGrath’s mother giving circumstances of his death (Courtesy of the McGrath family)2025-11-10T19:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/23/captain-stephen-mcgregor/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mcgregor-1942-08-14-report-of-change.jpgMcGregor 1942-08-14 report of changeThis report of change recording McGregor’s return from temporary duty at Fort Hayes was included in the Culver Military Academy detachment morning reports. Such paperwork was surely common at the time but was rarely included with the morning reports microfilmed after the war. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mcgregor-1942-08-24-1508th-prom-to-cpt-str.jpgMcGregor-1942-08-24-1508th-prom-to-CPT-strMorning report mentioning McGregor’s promotion to captain (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mcgregor-certificate-of-capacity.jpgMcGregor-certificate-of-capacityCertificate of capacity indicating that McGregor was qualified for advancement to 1st lieutenant (Courtesy of Michael McGregor, Jr.)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mcgregor-pistol-grip.jpgMcGregor-pistol-gripMcGregor’s pistol grips installed on his son’s M1911 (Courtesy of Michael McGregor)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mcgregor-1941.jpgMcGregor-19411st Lieutenant McGregor in a 1941 2nd Cavalry Division book, showing him as 3rd Cavalry Brigade S-1 (Historical and Pictorial Review, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Division of the United States Army, courtesy of Michael McGregor)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mcgregor-december-1939-roster.jpgMcGregor December 1939 rosterRoster of December 1939 V Corps area R.O.T.C. personnel (National Personnel Records Center via FamilySearch)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/111-sc-192599-cropped.jpg111-SC-192599-croppedOmaha Beach in the aftermath of D-Day. Multiple D.U.K.W.s are visible; ones with markings from 460th and 453rd Amphibian Truck Companies are visible. A D.U.K.W. and halftracks ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/111-sc-189989-cropped.jpg111-SC-189989-croppedA D.U.K.W. and halftracks ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dukw-336-h-02-d40.jpgDUKW-336-H-02-D40...and on land (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dukw-336-h-02-d33.jpgDUKW-336-H-02-D33D.U.K.W. in the water...2025-11-05T19:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/11/02/2nd-lieutenant-belford-s-dunn/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/127-gr-2-16-127505-marine-helldiver.jpg127-GR-2-16-127505 Marine HelldiverA Marine SB2c Helldiver in flight over the Pacific Ocean (Official Marine Corps photo 127-GR-2-16-127505, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/127-gr-2-38773-el-toro.jpg127-GR-2-38773 El ToroMarine Corps Air Station El Toro (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GR-2-38773, National Archives courtesy of Geoff Roecker)2025-11-02T15:34:11+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/04/staff-sergeant-clarence-e-weible/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/clarence-weible-collection-awards.jpgClarence-Weible-Collection-awardsClarence Weible awards presented posthumously to his family (U.S. Army photo courtesy of Sandra Weible Beakes)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/clarence-weible-collection-frederick-receiving-bronze-star-army-photo.jpgClarence-Weible-Collection-Frederick-receiving-Bronze-Star-Army-PhotoFrederick Weible (accompanied by his wife Edna) receiving Clarence's Bronze Star Medal from Major General Robert B. McClure (U.S. Army photo courtesy of Sandra Weible Beakes)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/clarence-weible-collection-77th-infantry-division-cemetery-okinawa-cropped.jpgClarence-Weible-Collection-77th-Infantry-Division-Cemetery-Okinawa-cropped77th Infantry Division cemetery on Okinawa (Courtesy of Sandra Weible Beakes)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/an-april-13-1945-photo-of-a-beachhead-on-okinawa-u.s.-coast-guard-photo-national-archives.jpgAn-April-13,-1945-photo-of-a-beachhead-on-Okinawa-(U.S.-Coast-Guard-photo,-National-Archives)An April 13, 1945, photo of a beachhead on Okinawa (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/clarence-weible-collection-weible-last-v-mail-cropped.jpgClarence Weible's Last V-mail to Edna WeibleClarence Weible's April 28, 1945 V-mail to his sister-in-law (Courtesy of Sandra Weible Beakes)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ie-shima-seen-in-an-april-15-1945-aerial-photograph-collection-of-admiral-h.w.-hill-via-naval-history-and-heritage-command.jpgIe-Shima-seen-in-an-April-15,-1945-aerial-photograph-(Collection-of-Admiral-H.W.-Hill-via-Naval-History-and-Heritage-Command)Ie Shima seen in an April 15, 1945 aerial photograph (Collection of Admiral H.W. Hill via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/japanese-suicide-boats-on-okinawa-u.s.m.c.-photo-national-archives.jpgJapanese-suicide-boats-on-Okinawa-(U.S.M.C.-photo,-National-Archives)The Kerama Islands had “suicide boat” bases similar to this one on nearby Okinawa (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal A. Sarno, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/clarence-weible-collection-with-jeep.jpgClarence-Weible-Collection-with-jeepClarence Weible with jeep, date and location unknown (Courtesy of Sandra Weible Beakes)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/clarence-weible-collection-weible-circa-november-1942-cropped.jpgClarence-Weible-Collection-Weible-circa-November-1942-croppedClarence Weible at a stateside installation circa November 1942 (Courtesy of Sandra Weible Beakes)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/clarence-weible-collection-weible-wedding.jpgClarence-Weible-Collection-Weible-weddingClarence and and his wife Hazel at their wedding on August 16, 1942 (Courtesy of Sandra Weible Beakes)2025-10-29T12:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/11/1st-lieutenant-wallace-c-forbush-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/forbush-collection-forbush-rankin-wedding-retouched-comparison.jpgForbush Collection Forbush-Rankin wedding retouched-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/forbush-collection-forbush-england-nov-13-1942-comparison.jpgForbush Collection Forbush England Nov 13 1942-Comparisonhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/forbush-banner-2-1.jpgForbush-Banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/forbush-banner-1-1.jpgForbush-Banner-12025-10-27T12:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/16/private-george-g-barnett/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/barnett-b-file-mia-letter.jpgBarnett-B-file-MIA-letterLetter confirming that Barnett was missing in action. Unusually, Barnett chose his father as his emergency contact rather than his wife. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/barnett-b-file-co-letter.jpgBarnett-B-file-CO-letterCopy of a condolence letter from Barnett’s commanding officer (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/barnett-b-file-death-letter.jpgBarnett-B-file-death-letterCopy of the letter confirming Barnett’s death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/barnett-b-file-qualification-card-2.jpgBarnett-B-file-qualification-card-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/barnett-b-file-qualification-card-1.jpgBarnett-B-file-qualification-card-1Barnett’s U.S. Army qualification card is one of relatively few to survive the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire, albeit with some fields at the edge of the card rendered illegible, including some information about work history and weapons qualifications (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/barnett-b-file-dng-statement-of-service.jpgBarnett-B-file-DNG-statement-of-serviceBarnett’s Delaware National Guard summary lists only two enlistments (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/barnett-b-file-statement-of-service.jpgBarnett-B-file-statement-of-serviceBarnett’s service summary shows charring from the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/111-sc-195533-609th-td.jpg111-SC-195533 609th TDA woman from the Red Cross handing out coffee and donuts to a crew from Company “B,” 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion, on October 1, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-195533 by Miller, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/m18-banner.jpgM18-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/m18-805th.jpgM18-805thA 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18, this one from the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Courtesy of the Newton family)2025-10-20T14:15:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/02/08/aviation-machinists-mate-2nd-class-william-j-mcquiston/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/80-g-279382-vp-14-pby-5s.jpg80-G-279382-VP-14-PBY-5sPBY-5 Catalinas from VP-14 in off Hawaii c. November 1941 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-279382, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)2025-10-14T11:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/07/16/1st-lieutenant-joseph-f-myers/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2-401-officers-banner.jpg2-401-Officers-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2-401-officers-may-1944-courtesy-of-dorsey-wilkin.jpg2-401-Officers-May-1944-(Courtesy-of-Dorsey-Wilkin)2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment officers in May 1944. Lieutenant Myers is in the back row, fourth from the right. (Courtesy of Dorsey Wilkin)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/myers-lewis-letter.jpgMyers-Lewis-LetterColonel Lewis’s letter is preserved in Myers’s R-file, though it was likely submitted by the Myers family during an inquiry years ago (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/joe-f-myers-seated-courtesy-of-the-myers-family.jpgJoe-F-Myers-seated-(Courtesy-of-the-Myers-family)Joseph F. Myers (Courtesy of Erin Hevesi and the Myers family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/myers-1944-06-07-g-401st-gir-sia.jpgMyers 1944-06-07 G-401st GIR SIAMorning report noting Myers’s injury (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/myers-1943-12-05-g-401st-gir-prom-1lt.jpgMyers 1943-12-05 G-401st GIR prom 1LTMorning report documenting Myers’s promotion to 1st lieutenant (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/myers-1943-01-28-g-401st-gir-to-ranger-school.jpgMyers 1943-01-28 G-401st GIR to Ranger SchoolMorning report mentioning Myers’s departure for Ranger training (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/myers-1944-07-08-go-7-hq-90th-gh-ph.jpgMyers 1944-07-08 GO 7 HQ 90th GH PHGeneral orders listing Myers’s Purple Heart (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/myers-1944-06-26-g-401st-gir-lost-to-hosp.jpgMyers 1944-06-26 G-401st GIR lost to hospList of men in Company “G,” 401st Glider Infantry dated June 26, 1944, listing men lost to the hospital during the Normandy campaign. Long as this list is, it does not include fatalities. (National Archives)2026-01-23T19:00:09+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/10/01/1st-lieutenant-richard-p-richards/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/richards-1942-10-06-fitness-report.jpgRichards 1942-10-06 fitness reportExcerpt from Richards’s first officer fitness report after entering combat (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/richards-wrestling-team.jpgRichards wrestling teamRichards (seated, second from the left) with the Williams College wrestling team (The Gulielmensian 1941, courtesy of Williams College Special Collections)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lewis-b-puller-1940-10-18.jpgLewis B Puller 1940-10-18Major Lewis B. Puller, Richards’s future battalion commander, in a photo dated October 18, 1940 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/127-gr-89-108572-henderson-field.jpg127-GR-89-108572 Henderson FieldControl of Henderson Field, seen here in a photo dated December 10, 1942, was a key objective of both sides during the Battle of Guadalcanal (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GR-89-108572, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/127-gr-88-51338-guadalcanal.jpg127-GR-88-51338 GuadalcanalMarines march through the jungle west of the Matanikau (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GR-88-51338, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/haruna-nh-73073-small.jpegHaruna NH 73073 smallJapanese battleship Haruna (Collection of Hando Kazutoshi, U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-7-marines-map-2nd-matanikau.jpg1-7 Marines Map 2nd MatanikauMap accompanying the contemporary report about the Second Battle of the Matanikau illustrating both the landing beach and pocket on Hill 84 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/127-gr-14-88-50831-matanikau-river.jpg127-gr-14-88-50831-Matanikau-RiverA Marine patrol crosses a river, variously identified as the Matanikau or Lunga (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GR-88-50831, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/matanikau-river-banner.jpgMatanikau-River-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/127-gw-879i-61607-guadalcanal-by-ashman-cropped.jpg127-GW-879I-61607-Guadalcanal-by-Ashman-croppedA Marine dive bomber destroyed by Japanese naval gunfire on Guadalcanal in late 1942 (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GW-879I-61607 by Ashman, National Archives courtesy of Geoff Roecker)2025-10-01T15:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/07/07/private-1st-class-samuel-r-evans/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/evans-casualty-letter.jpgEvans-Casualty-LetterCondolence letter to Scott Evans preserved in his personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/111-sc-335571-prum-1945-03-01.jpg111-SC-335571-Prum-1945-03-01Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division marching through the ruins of Prüm on March 1, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-335571 by Halkias, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/111-sc-269183-cropped.jpg111-SC-269183 cropped8th Infantry Regiment soldiers trudge through Luxembourg on January 21, 1945, shortly before Evans rejoined the unit (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-269183 by Technician 4th Grade Mastrosimone, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/rg373_287411908_d10843_on011138_us31_4166_vv_5065_01-olzheim-1945-02-16-crop-1.jpgRG373_287411908_D10843_ON011138_US31_4166_VV_5065_01-Olzheim-1945-02-16-cropAn aerial photo of Olzheim dated February 16, 1945, looks bucolic, despite the recent combat (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/evans-1944-06-26-f-8th-ir-jd.jpgEvans-1944-06-26-F-8th-IR-jdMorning report documenting that Evans joined Company “F,” 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division on June 26, 1944 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/111-sc-190810-s_001-cropped.jpg111-SC-190810-S_001-croppedEvans first saw action at Cherbourg, France, shortly before its German garrison surrendered (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-190810-S by Gallo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/evans-1943-09-10-hq-co-2nd-bn-133th-ir-reoganization-roster.jpgEvans 1943-09-10 HQ Co 2nd Bn 133th IR reoganization rosterRoster after Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry was reorganized. Evans was on detached service at the time but still listed. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/evans-fleetwood-atch-list-111-1-1944-04-20.jpgEvans-&-Fleetwood-Atch-List-111-1-1944-04-20Evans listed on Attachment List 111-1 as attached to Company “D,” 14th Replacement Battalion. The next man on the list, John Francis Fleetwood (1919–1947), was another Delawarean who went overseas in the same shipment and was severely wounded in combat. It appears his premature death was related to those wounds, albeit after discharge. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/evans-1941-11-30-at-113th-ir-roster.jpgEvans-1941-11-30-AT-113th-IR-rosterAntitank Company, 113th Infantry Regiment roster dated November 30, 1941 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/evans-1944-07-015-f-8th-ir-swa.jpgEvans-1944-07-015-F-8th-IR-SWACompany “F” suffered significant casualties on the last day of its drive on Périers, including Evans (National Archives)2025-09-26T18:27:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/03/11/private-jerome-j-cichocki/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/iwo-bar-banner.jpgIwo-BAR-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/127-gw-306-111252-by-ragus-24th-marines-iwo-1945-02-21.jpg127-GW-306-111252-by-Ragus-24th-Marines-Iwo-1945-02-21Men of the 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, on the cliffs near the East Boat Basin in a photo dated February 21, 1945. Private Cichocki went into combat fairly close to this location several days later (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GW-306-111252 by Sergeant N. Ragus, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cichocki-medals.jpgCichocki-medalsCichocki’s decorations (Courtesy of Karen Hall)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cichocki-ompf-service-summary.jpgCichocki-OMPF-service-summaryCichocki’s service summary (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/127-gw-306-114680-iwo-jima-by-dreyfuss.jpg127-GW-306-114680-Iwo-Jima-by-DreyfussMarines advance cautiously on a Japanese position on Iwo Jima in a photo dated March 12, 1945 (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GW-306-114680 by Dreyfuss, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cichocki-ompf-qualification-card-2.jpgCichocki-OMPF-qualification-card-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cichocki-ompf-qualification-card-1.jpgCichocki-OMPF-qualification-card-1Cichocki’s Marine Corps qualification card (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cichocki-ompf-service-record-book-cropped.jpgCichocki-OMPF-service-record-book-croppedCichocki’s service record book is preserved in his personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/4th-mardiv-map-iwo-jima-amphibious-epic.jpg4th MarDiv Map Iwo Jima Amphibious EpicMap of the 4th Marine Division which shows both the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines positions along the coast (labeled “8 MAR”) and its later advance west of Higashi (Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cichocki-ompf-id-photo.jpgCichocki-OMPF-ID-photoJerome J. Cichocki’s Marine identification photo, dated June 27, 1944 (National Archives)2025-09-26T18:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/02/15/flight-officer-theodore-e-hearne/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/robert-inglis.jpgRobert Inglis2nd Lieutenant Robert W. Inglis (The Capital Journal)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hearne-dfc-card.jpgHearne DFC cardCard documenting that Flight Officer Hearne received the Distinguished Flying Cross per General Orders No. 184, Headquarters Twelfth Air Force, dated October 6, 1944 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/george-parrott-radar-plot-hearne-inglis.jpggeorge-parrott-radar-plot-hearne-inglisFlying Officer George Parrott saved this remarkable map depicting the positions of Inglis and Hearne’s Beaufighter (Wastenot 77) as they intercepted a German plane (Hostile 372). The large island to the north is Elba, while the smaller islands are Pianosa and Montecristo to the south. (Courtesy of Jackie Foster)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/observers-instruction-4-hearne-story.jpgObservers instruction 4 Hearne storyTraining schedule for the last week of Observers Class 43-K, the first stage of Hearne’s night fighter training (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ted-hearne-aviation-cadet.jpgTed-Hearne-Aviation-Cadethttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/theodore-hearne-delaware-public-archives.jpgTheodore Hearne (Delaware Public Archives)Flight Officer Theodore Hearne c. 1944 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-09-26T18:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/03/14/private-1st-class-lynn-e-ritter-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ritter-1943-10-24-a-310th-mb-roster.jpgRitter 1943-10-24 A-310th MB rosterRoster of men who joined Company “A,” 310th Medical Battalion on October 24, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/b-35-mtb-cropped.jpgB-35-MTB-croppedUnit photo of Company “B,” 35th Medical Training Battalion, 8th Medical Training Regiment at Camp Grant (Courtesy of Lacey Lafferty)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ritter-death-310th-medical-battalion-journal-2.jpgRitter-Death-310th-Medical-Battalion-Journal-2Excerpt of the 310th Medical Battalion journal from October 4, 1944, confirming Ritter’s death occurred while riding in a jeep from the Medical Detachment, 337th Infantry Regiment (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ritter-death-310th-medical-battalion-journal-1.jpgRitter-Death-310th-Medical-Battalion-Journal-1Excerpt of the 310th Medical Battalion journal mentioning Ritter’s death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_20221120_090807783_mf_portrait-lynn-ritter-1-comparison.jpgIMG_20221120_090807783_MF_PORTRAIT Lynn Ritter-1-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right). I further retouched the picture due to the damage caused by age.https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ritter-panorama.jpgRitter-panoramaRitter and the members of an unknown unit, possibly Company “A,” 310th Medical Battalion (Courtesy of Lacey Lafferty)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lynn-ritter-color-restored-enhanced-retouched.jpgLynn-Ritter-Color-Restored-Enhanced-retouchedDetail of a portrait of Lynn Ritter (Courtesy of Lacey Lafferty, enhanced using MyHeritage)2025-09-26T18:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/04/14/corporal-caleb-o-simpler/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/simpler-h-61-prom-cpl-tranf-ocs-1942-05-26.jpgSimpler H-61 prom CPL tranf OCS 1942-05-26Morning report recording that Simpler was promoted to corporal and departed Battery “H” for Antiaircraft Artillery Officer Candidate School on May 26, 1942 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/simpler-h-61-joined-1941-12-11.jpgSimpler H-61 joined 1941-12-11Morning report recording that Private Simpler joined Battery “H,” 61st Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) on December 11, 1941 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/simpler-idpf-banner.jpgSimpler-IDPF-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/simpler-1937_03_classes-60-enhanced.jpgSimpler-1937_03_Classes-60-EnhancedSimpler in The 1937–1938 Blue Hen (Courtesy of the University of Delaware, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/simpler-1937_03_classes-60-comparison.jpgSimpler 1937_03_Classes-60-ComparisonComparison of the original (below) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (bottom)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/caleb-o-simpler-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgCaleb O Simpler (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Caleb O, Simpler in 1941 or early 1942 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-09-26T18:09:14+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/12/28/sergeant-robert-d-lightsey/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/williamwgalt.jpgwilliamwgaltWilliam W. Galt, seen here as a lieutenant in the 168th Infantry Regiment on December 9, 1943, boarded Sergeant Lightsey's M10 during the assault on Villa Crocetta. (Courtesy of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/jarvie-crew-mia-mr.jpgJarvie-Crew-MIA-MRMorning report of June 1, 1944, stating that the M10 crew was missing in action as of May 29, 1944. The June 2, 1944, morning report stated that Perkins and Conner were seriously wounded in action, and the following day's listed Park as killed in action. However, Jarvie and Lightsey's status would not officially be changed for months to come. (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lightsey-promoted-to-sergeant-mr-april-1943.jpgLightsey-promoted-to-sergeant-MR--April-1943Morning report which mentioned Lightsey's promotion to sergeant (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lightsey-change-of-duty-june-26-1943.jpgLightsey-Change-of-Duty-June-26,-1943Document mentioning that Sergeant Lightsey had become a section leader (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lightsey-banner-2.jpgLightsey-Banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/701sttd.jpg701stTD701st Tank Destroyer Battalion M10s serving as self-propelled artillery in Italy (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. National Archives, courtesy of TankDestroyer.net)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/fifth-army-history-part-v-map-no-14.jpgfifth-army-history-part-v-map-no-14A map that illustrates the terrain around Villa Crocetta clearly. Company "C" was assigned to 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment (the unit icon at the bottom of the map). Two Hill 203s are labeled, though the one described in the action is to the west of Hill 209. (Fifth Army History)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/c-894-banner.jpgC-894-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/co-c-894th-tank-destroyer-battalion-panorama-fort-bragg-nc-1942-small.jpgCo C 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion Panorama Fort Bragg NC 1942 smallJuly 3, 1942, photo of Company “C,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Note the M3 tank destroyers. (Courtesy of the Newton family)2025-09-26T18:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/07/25/private-howard-w-hill/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/hill-h-1944-12-03-k-335-ir-kia.jpgHill H 1944-12-03 K-335 IR KIAA morning report recording Hill’s death in combat. Infantry units in combat rarely recorded such detailed accounts of individual casualties as on this page. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sterner-fraternity-group-banner.jpgsterner-fraternity-group-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/howard-hill-3rd-birthday.jpgHoward Hill 3rd birthdayAn article about Hill's third birthday printed on September 8, 1926 (The Evening Journal)2025-09-21T19:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/18/private-robert-d-henderson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/henderson-letter-navy-ompf.jpgHenderson letter Navy OMPFExcerpt from a letter that Henderson wrote the Navy after he joined the Army, trying to obtain ribbons earned during his prior service. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/henderson-kia-mr.jpgHenderson KIA MRMorning report dated December 10, 1944, listing Henderson as killed in action. It lists his M.O.S. code as 745 and his place of death as the vicinity of Süggerath, though he was killed in nearby Müllendorf. (National Archives)2025-09-04T02:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/02/25/sergeant-amedeo-j-vincenti/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/vincenti-1944-03-31-so-91-hq-seymour-johnson-field-nc.jpgVincenti 1944-03-31 SO 91 HQ Seymour Johnson Field NCSpecial Orders No. 91, Headquarters Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, mentioning that Private Vincenti had completed mechanic training and was being sent to aircraft gunnery training (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/vincenti-missing-mr.jpgVincenti missing MRMorning report recording that Vincenti and his crew were missing (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Berdak Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grier-rescue.jpgGrier rescueExcerpt of U.S.S. Sealion’s war patrol report mentioning the rescue of Sergeant Grier (“U.S.S. SEALION – Report of War Patrol Number FIVE,” National Archiveshttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tanker-attack-58111ac.jpgTanker attack 58111ACA Japanese tanker being strafed by a 345th Bomb Group B-25 off the Chinese coast in a photo dated April 6, 1945 (Official Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/345th-bomb-group-banner.jpg345th Bomb Group bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/57314ac-345th-bg-b-25.jpg57314AC 345th BG B-25Surviving 345th Bomb Group combat photos include a remarkable number of dramatic photos taken during the unit’s aggressive low-level attacks, including this photo dated April 6, 1945, of a B-25 attacking a Japanese escort ship (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/a57122ac-345th-bg.jpgA57122AC 345th BGA Japanese freighter sinks in the South China Sea during one of the 345th Bomb Group’s antishipping strikes in a photo dated March 1, 1945. One of the group’s B-25s is visible at upper left. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/68962ac-b-25-nose.jpg68962AC B-25 noseA 345th Bomb Group armorer working on machine guns in the nose of a B-25 in a photo dated June 25, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/brace-position.jpgBrace positionDrawing illustrating the flight engineer brace position in a 1944 manual (Pilot Training Manual for the B-25 Mitchell Bomber)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/vincenti-from-widow-files.jpgVincenti from widow filesVincenti as a corporal c. 1944 (Files of Sara White Vincenti Welsh, courtesy of Sandra White Milledge)2025-09-02T18:07:28+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/09/14/yeoman-1st-class-william-l-schrader/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/schrader-dpa-2a-enhanced-retouched.jpgSchrader-DPA-2a-Enhanced-retouchedWilliam L. Schrader (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/schrader-dpa-2-comparison-small.jpgSchrader DPA 2-Comparison smallComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/schrader-dpa.jpgSchrader DPASchrader as a yeoman 2nd class c. 1944 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-09-02T18:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/05/13/chief-machinists-mate-thomas-h-marvel/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rooks-nh-97916.jpgRooks NH 97916Captain Albert H. Rooks c. 1940, shortly before he took command of the Houston (Official U.S. Navy photo, U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)2025-09-02T18:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/06/24/corporal-john-a-mlynarczyk/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/111-sc-364530-37-mm.jpg111-SC-364530 37 mmA 37 mm antitank gun crew fires canister at Japanese soldiers on Luzon, June 2, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-364530, via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/382nd-inf-map-oct-28-1944.jpg382nd Inf Map Oct 28 1944Map of the 382nd Infantry Regiment on the night of October 28, 1944 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mlynarczyk-kia-mr.jpgMlynarczyk KIA MRMorning report listing Corporal Mlynarczyk as killed in action (National Personnel Records Center, courtesy of Alex Mlynarczyk)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1943-12-26-camp-white-or-4-mlynarczyk.jpg1943-12-26-camp-white-or-4-mlynarczykMlynarczyk and his comrades at Camp White in a photo dated December 26, 1943 (Courtesy of Alex Mlynarczyk)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mlynarczyk-comparison.jpgMlynarczyk comparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)2025-09-02T18:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/11/26/sergeant-harry-fineman/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/hearn-today-courtesy-of-paul-f.-whitman.jpgHearn today (Courtesy of Paul F. Whitman)Battery Hearn today (Courtesy of Paul F. Whitman)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fineman-banner-1.jpgFineman-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fineman-corregidor-levels-courtesy-of-the-jewish-historical-society-of-delaware.jpgFineman-Corregidor-levels-(Courtesy-of-the-Jewish-Historical-Society-of-Delaware)Fineman (left) with two unidentified men sitting on the barrel of the 12-inch gun at Battery Hearn, Corregidor, in 1940 or 1941 (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/delaware-boys-who-died-over-seas-wwi-dpa.jpgDelaware-Boys-Who-Died-Over-Seas-(WWI,-DPA)Dr. Leon H. Cork (left) was among the black soldiers from Delaware who died overseas during or immediately after World War I (Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/caballo-island-banner.jpgCaballo-Island-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/corregidor-caballo-islands-1945-map.jpgCorregidor-Caballo-Islands-1945-mapMap of Corregidor, with Caballo Island at lower right. The positions penned onto the map concern the recapture of the Philippines in 1945, rather than the earlier campaign that Sergeant Fineman participated in. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bertha-fineman-parade.jpgBertha-Fineman-ParadeBertha Fineman (right) and May O'Cork, who lost her son during World War I, represent Gold Star Mothers at a parade sometime between 1942 and 1944. Mayor of Wilmington Albert James (left) and Governor of Delaware Walter W. Bacon are standing with them on the platform. (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/caballo-island-march-1945.jpgCaballo-Island-March-1945Caballo Island seen in March 1945. In Japanese hands by that point, the island had come under heavy air and naval bombardment during the recapture of the Philippines. Note the gun emplacements at center left. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fineman-dpa-2.jpgFineman-DPA-2Fineman (right) with an unidentified man (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-09-02T18:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/21/seaman-2nd-class-charles-l-caulk-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/diagram-of-torpedo-attack-on-juneau.jpgDiagram of Torpedo attack on JuneauDiagram of I-26's torpedo attack on U.S.S. Juneau from the report “Battle Experience: Solomon Islands Actions December 1942 – January 1943.” (National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/caulk-purple-heart-letter.jpgCaulk Purple Heart LetterPurple Heart letter dated February 25, 1944 (Courtesy of Patti Abernethy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/caulk-secnav-letter.jpgCaulk SecNav LetterLetter from the Secretary of the Navy to Seaman 2nd Class Caulk's father dated July 19, 1943 (Courtesy of Patti Abernethy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/helena-tracer-plot.jpgHelena Tracer PlotClick to enlarge U.S.S. Helena's tracer plot of the November 13, 1942 action (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/swenson-nh-52360.jpgSwenson NH 52360Captain Lyman K. Swenson (left) shaking hands with Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews during U.S.S. Juneau's commissioning ceremony on February 14, 1942 (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/daniel-j-callaghan.jpgDaniel J CallaghanDaniel J. Callaghan commanded Task Group 67.4 during the battle off Guadalcanal early on November 13, 1942 (Official U.S. Navy photo, Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/juneau-19-n-31264.jpgJuneau-19-N-31264https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/juneau-banner.jpgJuneau-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/juneau-19-n-28143.jpgJuneau-19-N-28143U.S.S. Juneau (CL-52) in New York Harbor on February 11, 1942, the day before Apprentice Seaman Caulk joined her crew (National Archives via Naval Heritage and History Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/charles-caulk-oval-2.jpgCharles-Caulk-oval-22025-09-02T18:02:56+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/10/20/seaman-1st-class-james-a-tull/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/indianapolis-banner-2.jpgIndianapolis-Banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/james-albert-tull-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives-enhanced-repaired-cropped.jpgJames-Albert-Tull-Courtesy-of-the-Delaware-Public-Archives-Enhanced-Repaired-croppedJames A. Tull (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives, enhanced using MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/uss-indianapolis-19-n-76904-national-archives-via-naval-history-and-heritage-command.jpeg.jpgUSS Indianapolis 19-N-76904 (National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command).jpegU.S.S. Indianapolis seen on December 9, 1944, two days after James A. Tull joined her crew (National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/indianapolis-banner.jpegIndianapolis-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/james-albert-tull-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpg-comparison.jpgJames Albert Tull Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives.jpg-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)2025-09-02T18:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/07/21/chief-pharmacists-mate-paul-l-larson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/uss-tang-nh-42273.jpegUSS Tang NH 42273U.S.S. Tang (SS-306) near Mare Island on December 2, 1943 (Official U.S. Navy photo, Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/80-g-425602-uss-dale.jpg80-G-425602 USS DaleLarson served aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Dale (DD-353) for over a year, including the opening months of the Pacific War (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-425602, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/uss-tang-torpedo-damage-before-escape-attempt.jpgUSS Tang Torpedo Damage before escape attemptTang’s position during escape attempts, with ascending line and buoy illustrated (“Submarine Report Depth Charge, Bomb, Mine, Torpedo and Gunfire Damage Including Losses in Action 7 December, 1941 to 15 August, 1945 Volume 1,” Bereau of Ships via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/uss-tang-torpedo-damage-after-intial-hit.jpgUSS Tang Torpedo Damage after intial hitDiagram illustrating Tang immediately after sinking (“Submarine Report Depth Charge, Bomb, Mine, Torpedo and Gunfire Damage Including Losses in Action 7 December, 1941 to 15 August, 1945 Volume 1,” Bereau of Ships via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/uss-tang-torpedo-damage.jpgUSS Tang Torpedo DamageIllustration of Tang's damage following torpedo hit (“Submarine Report Depth Charge, Bomb, Mine, Torpedo and Gunfire Damage Including Losses in Action 7 December, 1941 to 15 August, 1945 Volume 1,” Bereau of Ships via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/paul-lewis-larson-2-shelby-county-historical-museum.jpgPaul Lewis Larson 2 Shelby County Historical MuseumPaul Lewis Larson (Courtesy of the Shelby County Historical Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/paul-lewis-larson-4-shelby-county-historical-museum.jpgPaul Lewis Larson 4 Shelby County Historical MuseumPharmacist's Mate 1st Class Paul Lewis Larson (right) in Hawaii (Courtesy of the Shelby County Historical Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/paul-lewis-larson-1937-irwin-high-school-shelby-county-historical-museum.jpgPaul Lewis Larson, 1937 Irwin High School Shelby County Historical MuseumPaul Lewis Larson in his 1937 Irwin High School photo (Courtesy of the Shelby County Historical Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/paul-lewis-larson-shelby-county-historical-museum.jpgPaul Lewis Larson Shelby County Historical MuseumPaul Lewis Larson (Courtesy of the Shelby County Historical Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/tang-banner.jpgTang-Banner2025-09-02T18:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/02/23/1st-lieutenant-joseph-a-dugan/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mckay-courtesy-of-the-chadwell-family-cropped.jpgMcKay-(Courtesy-of-the-Chadwell-family)-cropped2nd Lieutenant Paul M. McKay survived the mission that claimed Lieutenant Dugan's life, only to die in a plane crash two months later (Courtesy of the Chadwell family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/p-47-20-apr-1945-over-luzon-311th-fs.jpgP-47-20-APR-1945-over-Luzon-311th-FSA 58th Fighter Group P-47 over Luzon, Philippine Islands, on April 20, 1945. This example is from a different squadron than Dugan's, the 311th Fighter Squadron. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/lee-chadwell-1942.jpgLee-Chadwell-1942Lee Chadwell as an aviation cadet in 1942 (Courtesy of Julie Diehl)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/dugan-drawing-cropped-retouched-courtesy-of-charles-j-dugan.jpgDugan-drawing-cropped-retouched-(Courtesy-of-Charles-J-Dugan)A portrait of Lieutenant Dugan, apparently drawn by a Chicago Tribune war correspondent overseas (Courtesy of Charles J. Dugan)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/captured-ki-44-luzon-1945.jpgCaptured-Ki-44-Luzon-1945The Ki-44, a captured example seen here in 1945 on Luzon painted in American colors, bore a resemblance to P-47 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/joseph-a-dugan-individual-combat-report-jan-7-1945-courtesy-of-charles-j-dugan.jpgJoseph-A-Dugan-Individual-Combat-Report-Jan-7-1945-(Courtesy-of-Charles-J-Dugan)Dugan's report of the engagement in which he shot down an enemy bomber (Courtesy of Charles J. Dugan)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/dugan-air-medalcourtesy-of-charles-j-dugan.jpgDugan-Air-Medal(Courtesy-of-Charles-J-Dugan)Dugan's Air Medal citation. Despite what this letter states, his first Air Medal was awarded on September 25, 1944, not posthumously (Courtesy of Joseph A. Dugan)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/tuman-dugan-kia-letter-courtesy-of-charles-j-dugan.jpgTuman-Dugan-KIA-letter-(Courtesy-of-Charles-J-Dugan)Letter from Dugan's squadron commander after his death was confirmed (Courtesy of Charles J. Dugan)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/tuman-dugan-mia-letter-courtesy-of-charles-j-dugan.jpgTuman-Dugan-MIA-letter-(Courtesy-of-Charles-J-Dugan)Letter from Dugan's squadron commander after he went missing in action (Courtesy of Charles J. Dugan)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/58th-fighter-group-p-47s-mindoro-61211ac-levels-str.jpg58th-Fighter-Group-P-47s-Mindoro-61211AC-levels-str58th Fighter Group P-47s on Mindoro in August 1945 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)2025-09-02T18:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/03/staff-sergeant-horace-c-brown/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/84th-id-banner.jpg84th-ID-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/84th-infantry-division-belgium.jpg84th-Infantry-Division-Belgium84th Infantry Division soldiers marching in Belgium during the winter of 1944–5. These men are form the 333rd Infantry Regiment rather than Staff Sergeant Brown's 335th. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/horace-carl-brown.jpgHorace-Carl-BrownHorace Carl Brown (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-08-28T20:58:04+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/07/private-1st-class-charles-w-keith-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/map-of-combat-command-bs-advance-to-the-german-border-the-10th-us-armored-division-in-the-saar-moselle-triangle.jpg.jpgMap of Combat Command B's advance to the German border Command B's advance to the German border https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10th-armored-division-organizational-chart-fall-1944-the-10th-us-armored-division-in-the-saar-moselle-triangle.jpg.jpg10th Armored Division Organizational Chart Fall 194410th Armored Division organizational chart fall 1944 https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/keith-with-his-mother-and-younger-sister-1.jpgKeith, Mother, and SisterKeith with his mother Helen and sister Jean, circa April 19442025-08-28T20:03:52+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/15/staff-sergeant-charles-w-greer-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/130th-inf-banner-2.jpg130th-Inf-Banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/greer-lwa-mr.jpgGreer LWA MRMorning report mentioning that Greer was wounded in action (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/111-sc-172580-m7-north-africa.jpg111-SC-172580-M7-North-Africahttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/111-sc-206277-f-130-23-mar-1945.jpg111-SC-206277-F-130-23-Mar-1945https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/111-sc-183074-3rd-bn-168th-inf.jpg111-SC-183074-3rd-Bn-168th-Inf3rd Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment soldiers marching through an Italian town on October 21, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-183074, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/111-sc-345132-130th-inf-24-feb-1945.jpg111-SC-345132-130th-Inf-24-Feb-1945Soldiers from Company “G,”130th Infantry, fill their canteens south of Baguio on February 24, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-345132 by Private Archie Stone, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/greer-march-1942-roster.jpgGreer March 1942 rosterGreer listed in a March 1942 roster for Company “B,” 130th Infantry Regiment (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/greer-promoted-again.jpgGreer promoted againPayroll record mentioning that Greer was promoted back to corporal effective August 13, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/greer-promoted-to-pfc-dec-1942.jpgGreer promoted to PFC Dec 1942https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/130th-inf-hill-1802-operation.jpg130th Inf Hill 1802 operationMap overlay depicting 1st Battalion, 130th Infantry during the battle for Hill 1802 (National Archives)2025-08-28T20:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/06/sergeant-woodrow-w-gravenor/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gravenor-banner.jpgGravenor-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/excerpt-from-general-order-no.-1-headquarters-137th-infantry-january-1-1945-courtesy-of-roberta-russo.jpgExcerpt from General Order No. 1, Headquarters 137th Infantry, January 1, 1945Excerpt from General Order No. 1, Headquarters 137th Infantry, January 1, 1945, indicating that Sergeant Gravenor had been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (National archives, courtesy of Roberta Russo)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/company-l-137th-infantry-regiment-morning-report-december-28-1944-courtesy-of-roberta-russo.jpgCompany “L,” 137th Infantry Regiment Morning Report, December 28, 1944Company “L,” 137th Infantry Regiment morning report recording that Sergeant Gravenor was seriously wounded in action on December 28, 1944 (National Personnel Records Center, courtesy of Roberta Russo)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a-and-d-report-clearing-station-110th-medical-battalion-28-december-1944..jpgAdmission & Disposition Report, Clearing Station, 110th Medical Battalion, December 28, 1944Admission & Disposition Report, Clearing Station, 110th Medical Battalion, December 28, 1944 (National Archives, courtesy of Roberta Russo)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/woodrow-w.-gravenor-the-newark-post-june-11-1942-courtesy-of-the-newark-post.jpgWoodrow W. Gravenor, The Newark Post, June 11, 1942 (Courtesy of The Newark Post)News item about Corporal Gravenor printed in The Newark Post on June 11, 1942 (Courtesy of The Newark Post)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/woodrow-w-gravenor-dpa.jpgWoodrow W Gravenor DPAWoodrow W. Gravenor (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-08-28T20:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/10/11/auxiliary-alice-l-brittingham/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/brittingham-a-last-pay-voucher.jpegBrittingham A last pay voucherBrittingham’s last pay voucher, one of a handful of documents pertaining to her military service that survived the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/alice-brittingham-enhanced-repaired.jpgAlice-Brittingham-Enhanced-RepairedAlice L. Brittingham (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/waac-training-342-c-k-111.jpgWAAC-training-342-C-K-111W.A.A,C.s training (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/waac-poster-17-0787a.gifWAAC-poster-17-0787aW.A.A.C. recruiting poster (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/waac-banner-2.jpgWAAC-banner-22025-08-23T18:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/10/28/private-1st-class-gilbert-b-bryan/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/gilbert-bryan-color-restored-enhanced-retouched-cropped-2.jpgGilbert-Bryan-Color-Restored-Enhanced-retouched-cropped-2Detail of a painting depicting Gilbert Bryan. Curiously, the artist painted his uniform (and in another painting, of his brother) with Air Corps collar discs even though both men were in infantry divisions. (Courtesy of W. T. Bryan, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/gilbert-bryan-comparison.jpgGilbert Bryan ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right); I further retouched the painting due to the reflections due to the glass frame.https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/111-sc-272428-80th-inf-div-road-near-frankenstein-germany-21-march-1945-cropped.jpg111-SC-272428-80th-Inf-Div-road-near-Frankenstein,-Germany-21-March-1945-croppedA soldier from the 80th Infantry Division crouches on a road near Freankenstein, Germany, on March 21, 1945, as a German armored vehicle burns on the road ahead. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-272428, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/111-sc-333937-80th-inf-div-near-frankenstein-germany-21-march-1945-cropped.jpg111-SC-333937-80th-Inf-Div-near-Frankenstein,-Germany-21-March-1945-cropped80th Infantry Division soldiers marching near Frankenstein, Germany, on March 21, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-333937, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/111-sc-272428-80th-inf-div-banner.jpg111-SC-272428-80th-Inf-Div-banner2025-08-20T12:32:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/10/staff-sergeant-clarence-o-deakyne-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mr-33chemdeconco-1-may-1944.jpgMR-33ChemDeconCo-1-May-1944Morning report listing Staff Sergeant Deakyne as missing in action (Courtesy of Brian Siddall)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/deakyne-cenotaph.jpgDeakyne-CenotaphCenotaph to Staff Sergeant Deakyne at Barratts Chapel Cemetery in Frederica, Delaware, on December 20, 2021 (Courtesy of Rose Mary Woodrow Rutt)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4th-platoon-33rd-cml-decon-co-1944-brian-siddall-5.jpg4th-Platoon-33rd-CML-Decon-Co-1944-Brian-Siddall-54th Platoon, 33rd Chemical Company in a February or March 1944 photograph. Deakyne is in the middle row, second from the left. (Courtesy of Brian Siddall)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mary-coble-and-corporal-deakyne.jpgMary-Coble-and-Corporal-DeakyneCorporal Deakyne with his fiancée, Mary Coble (Courtesy of Rose Mary Woodrow Rutt)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/deakyne-kia-telegram.jpgDeakyne-KIA-telegramTelegram confirming Staff Sergeant Deakyne's death (Courtesy of Rose Mary Woodrow Rutt)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/deakyne-mia-telegram.jpgDeakyne-MIA-telegramTelegram from the War Department to Staff Sergeant Deakyne's parents informing them that their son was missing in action (Courtesy of Rose Mary Woodrow Rutt)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/deakyne-and-niece.jpgDeakyne-and-nieceDeakyne with his young niece, Rose Mary Woodrow—who provided many of the photos accompanying this article—and his dog, Nancy, shortly before he went overseas in 1943 (Courtesy of Rose Mary Woodrow Rutt)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sgt-twilliger-deakyne.jpgSgt-Twilliger-&-DeakyneDeakyne with a Sergeant Twilliger (left) during training stateside (Courtesy of Rose Mary Woodrow Rutt)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lst-507-banner.jpgLST-507-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lst-507-navsource.jpgLST-507-NavsourceLST-507 at Brixham, England, on April 27, 1944 (Courtesy of Eugene Kyle and NavSource)2025-08-19T22:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/24/sergeant-herman-cohen/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/herman-cohen-april-23-1943-jhsd-levels.jpgHerman-Cohen-April-23,-1943-JHSD-levelsProbably taken at the same time as the previous photo, this picture is dated April 23, 1943, placing the probable location as Fort Dix, New Jersey (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/crisbecq-banner.jpgCrisbecq-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/crisbecq-111-sc-275907.jpgCrisbecq-111-SC-275907One of the guns at Crisbecq photographed after its capture (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/herman-cohen-delaware-public-archives.jpgHerman Cohen (Delaware Public Archives)Herman Cohen as a private 1st class (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-08-15T20:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/07/02/fireman-1st-class-joseph-l-hoodock-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/hoodock-id-photo.jpgHoodock-ID-photoJoseph L. Hoodock, Jr.’s Coast Guard identification photo (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/80-g-333131-menges-casualties.jpg80-G-333131-Menges-casualtiesMenges casualties being transferred to a tug off the coast of Algeria (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-333131, a copy of an official U.S. Coast Guard photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/80-g-333129-menges-damaged-1944-05.jpg80-G-333129-Menges-damaged-1944-05Damage to the stern of U.S.S. Menges after the torpedo explosion that killed Fireman 1st Class Woods and 30 others (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-333129, a copy of an official U.S. Coast Guard photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/menges-banner.jpgMenges-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/80-g-333125-mccabe-1944-05.jpg80-G-333125-McCabe-1944-05Commander Frank M. McCabe on the bridge of U.S.S. Menges in May 1944 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-333125, a copy of an official U.S. Coast Guard photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/80-g-333126-menges-damaged-1944-05.jpg80-G-333126-Menges-damaged-1944-05Stern of Menges after the torpedo explosion (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-333126, a copy of an official U.S. Coast Guard photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/80-g-333128-menges-1944-04.jpg80-G-333128-Menges-1944-04Stern of Menges in mid-April 1944 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-333128, a copy of an official U.S. Coast Guard photo, National Archives)2025-08-15T02:57:46+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/10/06/major-clinton-f-schoolmaster/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/schoolmaster-a-20-damage-2.jpgSchoolmaster A-20 damage 2The collapsed nosewheel (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/schoolmaster-a-20-damage.jpgSchoolmaster A-20 damageThe A-20C after the accident (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/north-sea-map-detail.jpgNorth-Sea-Map-detailDetail from a 1943 Army Map Service map of the North Sea. Schoolmaster most likely crashed in the Wash (upper left) during his return flight to Halesworth (lower right, inland from Southwold) (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collections, University of Texas at Austin)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/53373ac-p-47.jpg53373AC-P-47Major Schoolmaster had flown B-24s for most of his career, but his final flight was in a P-47D fighter similar to this one (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/schoolmaster-yearbook.jpgSchoolmaster-YearbookSchoolmaster's entry in The 1941 Blue Hen (Courtesy of the University of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/janet-balster-blue-and-gold-yearbook-1940-schoolmaster-wife.jpgJanet Balster Blue and Gold yearbook 1940 (Schoolmaster wife)1940 Blue and Gold yearbook page with Janet Balster, future wife of Clinton F. Schoolmaster (apparently first column, second row) (Courtesy of the University of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/schoolmaster-banner.jpgSchoolmaster-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/major-schoolmaster-portrait-dpa.jpgMajor-Schoolmaster-Portrait-DPAMajor Schoolmaster in a 1944 portrait. Curiously, he is not wearing any of his ribbons. (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-08-15T02:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/06/14/private-raymond-w-pierson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pierson-joined-roster.jpgPierson joined rosterRoster of replacements including Private Pierson who joined Company “K,” 168th Infantry on January 17, 1944 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cassino-tank-banner.jpgCassino-tank-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/111-sc-212639-756th-tb-cassino-tank.jpg111-SC-212639 756th TB Cassino tankAn M4 medium tank from the 756th Tank Battalion bogged down in the mud near Cassino. This unit supported the 168th Infantry’s attack across the Rapido in late January 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-212639, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/map-160-i-excerpt.jpgMap 160-I ExcerptDetail from 1/50,000 map 160-I, a copy of a 1928 Italian map. The town is labeled Cairo rather than Caira and the hills to the south are labeled 241 and 167 rather than 213 and 56. (McMaster University Library)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/map-160-i-sw-excerpt.jpgMap 160-I-SW excerptDetail from a contemporary map depicting the area of the 168th Infantry assault. Road Junction 74 is labeled at upper right, the town of Caira at upper left, Hill 213 in the center, and Hill 56 at lower right. (McMaster University Library)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/111-sc-288259-cassino-aerial-annotated-small.jpg111-SC-288259 Cassino aerial annotated smallThe Cassino area seen from the south, a view approximated by this map today. Hill 213, which Private Pierson’s battalion assaulted, is labeled in yellow. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-288259, National Archives, annotated by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pierson-yearbook-photo.jpgPierson yearbook photoRaymond W. Pierson high school yearbook photo (The Pierrean January 1940)2025-08-15T02:54:23+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/11/17/staff-sergeant-fred-j-harper/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fred-bowdsen-1941-seaford-high-school-yearbook-courtesy-of-jim-bowden.jpgFred-Bowdsen-1941-Seaford-High-School-yearbook-(Courtesy-of-Jim-Bowden)Harper in the 1941 Seaford High School yearbook (Courtesy of Jim Bowden)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/harper-banner-2.jpgHarper-banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/txu-pclmaps-oclc-6624417-marche-13-str-with-annotations.jpgtxu-pclmaps-oclc-6624417-marche-13-str-with-annotationsDetail from a 1/100,000 U.S. Army map illustrating events involving the 400th Armored Field Artillery Battalion’s role in the Battle of the Bulge. The hills of the Amblève Valley confined the German armored force to the roads. Driving southwest from Malmedy, Kampfgruppe Peiper pushed through Stavelot (1), but were blocked at Trois-Ponts (2) when American engineers destroyed bridges over the river. The Germans diverted north and west through La Gleize and Stoumont (3). After traveling all night from Germany, the 400th’s M7s took up positions west of Stoumont in support of the 119th Infantry. The German drive was stopped further west at Stoumont Station (4), and they retreated to La Gleize (5). American forces retook Stavelot, eventually encircling the Germans around La Gleize. The 400th moved (via a roundabout route off this map) to the area of Neuville (6), where they supported the reduction of the German forces in the area. When other German forces proved unable to break through to La Gleize, the remnants of Kampfgruppe Peiper eventually broke out of the pocket on foot without their vehicles or wounded. (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collections, University of Texas at Austin, annotated by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/400th-armd-fa-loading-cropped.jpg400th-Armd-FA-loading-croppedPosed photo of a 400th Armored Field Artillery Battalion crew loading their howitzer (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sergeant-fred-harper-delaware-public-archives.jpgSergeant-Fred-Harper-(Delaware-Public-Archives)Sergeant Harper at a stateside installation (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/elizabeth-black-artist-courtesy-of-john-black.jpgElizabeth-Black-artist-(Courtesy-of-John-Black)Elizabeth Black drawing a portrait (Courtesy of John Black)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/harper-1938-or-1939.jpgHarper-1938-or-1939Fred J. Harper in 1938 or 1939 (Courtesy of Fred J. Harper, Jr.)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/harper-july-1923-courtesy-of-fred-harper-jr.jpgHarper-July-1923-(Courtesy-of-Fred-Harper,-Jr)Harper in July 1923 (Courtesy of Fred J. Harper, Jr.)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/harper-sawing-wood-courtesy-of-fred-harper-jr.jpgHarper-Sawing-Wood-(Courtesy-of-Fred-Harper,-Jr)Harper sawing wood, apparently outside his cabin in Germany, around November 1944 (Courtesy of Fred J. Harper, Jr.)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/harpers-1944-courtesy-of-fred-harper-jr.jpgHarpers-1944-(Courtesy-of-Fred-Harper,-Jr)2025-08-15T02:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/09/19/sergeant-steiner-s-straw-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/steiner-straw-dpa.jpgsteiner-straw-dpaSteiner S. Straw (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-08-15T02:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/07/08/sergeant-clyde-h-breckenridge/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/chb-high-school-2.jpgCHB-High-School-2Breckenridge as a high school student (Courtesy of Heather Saum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/murray-crew-overseas.jpgMurray Crew overseasCrew list for the overseas journey (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/clyde-telegram-funeral-courtesy-of-heather-saum.jpgClyde Telegram Funeral (Courtesy of Heather Saum)Telegram with information about Sergeant Breckenridge's funeral (Courtesy of Heather Saum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/breckenridge-banner-2.jpgBreckenridge-Banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/murray-crew-492nd-bg-courtesy-of-ken-schwartz.jpgMurray-Crew-492nd-BG-(Courtesy-of-Ken-Schwartz)Breckenridge (kneeling at far left) with his crew in front of a B-24. Standing from left to right: Alvin M. Murray, Kermit W. Anderson, Kenneth A. Schwartz, Glen R. Rosenberry. Kneeling from left to right: Clyde H. Breckenridge, Wesley F. McMullen, Brownie (crew mascot), Waukeen C. Gatlin, Elias M. Hernandez, Anthony G. Hruscik, Lowell S. Sillflew. Master Sergeant Hruscik (1919–1984) was a crew chief. Although not a member of the flight crew, he did accompany the crew on their transatlantic journey. As a result, Richard E. Statham, who traveled to the United Kingdom by sea, is not in the photo. (Courtesy of Ken Schwartz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/clyde-breckenridge-retouched-courtesy-of-heather-saum.jpgClyde-Breckenridge-retouched-(Courtesy-of-Heather-Saum)Private 1st Class Breckenridge (Courtesy of Heather Saum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/breckenridge-family.jpgBreckenridge-FamilyThe Breckenridge family (Courtesy of Heather Saum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/chb-child.jpgCHB-ChildBreckenridge as a young child (Courtesy of Heather Saum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/chb-citation-of-honor.jpgCHB-Citation-of-HonorCitation of Honor from the U.S. Army Air Forces (Courtesy of Heather Saum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/chb-ving.jpgCHB-ving2025-08-15T02:52:19+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/17/private-1st-class-walter-s-brinton/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/private-1st-class-walter-s.-brinton-retouched.jpgPrivate-1st-Class-Walter-S.-Brinton-retouchedPrivate 1st Class Walter S. Brinton (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/brinton-banner.jpgBrinton-Banner2025-08-15T02:51:04+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/11/08/private-louis-w-bellow/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/28th-camp-gordon-johnston-banner.jpg28th-Camp-Gordon-Johnston-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/staff-sergeant-alex-l.-horishny.jpgStaff-Sergeant-Alex-L.-HorishnyStaff Sergeant Horishny in a detail from a company photo c. 1942 (Courtesy of Thomas Brady)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/112th-infantry-rgmt-co-i-morning-reports-aug-1944-30-enhanced.jpg112th-Infantry-Rgmt-Co-I-Morning-Reports-Aug-1944-30-enhancedMorning report recording Private Bellow's death. The station may be the company clerk's location, but Margueray was well behind the lines by that point. (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bellow-mens-chorus-1945-serpentine.jpgBellow Mens Chorus 1945 SerpentineMemorial page in the West Chester State Teachers College yearbook (The 1945 Serpentine, courtesy of Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bellow-sinfonietta-serpentine-1942.jpgBellow Sinfonietta Serpentine 1942Bellow (apparently tenth from the left) in a West Chester State Teachers College Sinfonietta photo (The 1942 Serpentine, courtesy of Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bellow-freshman-class-serpentine-1942.jpgBellow Freshman class Serpentine 1942Bellow and the rest of the freshman class at West Chester State Teachers College (The 1942 Serpentine, courtesy of Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/111-sc-192392-a-28th-id-medic-and-litter-08-03-1944.jpg111-SC-192392-A-28th-ID-medic-and-litter-08-03-1944Soldiers place a wounded 28th Infantry Division ammunition bearer on a litter in Courson, France, on August 3, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-192392, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/111-sc-192269-109th-inf-28th-id-bar-man-taking-door-in-percy-08-02-1944.jpg111-SC-192269-109th-Inf-28th-ID-BAR-man-taking-door-in-Percy-08-02-1944A Browning Automatic Rifle gunner from the 109th Infantry, another of the 28th Infantry Division's regiments, preparing to clear a house in Percy on August 2, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-192269, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/111-sc-257548-28th-id-camp-gordon-johnston-03-23-1943.jpg111-SC-257548-28th-ID-Camp-Gordon-Johnston-03-23-1943Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division training at Camp Gordon Johnston on March 23, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-257548, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/112th-infantry-report-august-10-1944-nara.jpg112th Infantry Report August 10, 1944 (NARA)Regimental daily report for August 10, 1944 (National Archives)2025-08-13T16:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/08/10/private-1st-class-morton-wolson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/wolson-1944-12-17-md-346th-inf-kia.jpgWolson 1944-12-17 MD 346th Inf KIAMorning report recording Wolson’s death (National Archives, courtesy of Matt LeMasters)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/wolson-prom-to-pfc-1944-07-04.jpgWolson prom to PFC 1944-07-04Company order documenting Wolson’s promotion to private 1st class (National Archives, courtesy of Matt LeMasters)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/346th-ir-aar-excerpt-national-archives.jpg346th IR AAR excerpt (National Archives)Excerpt from the December 1944 346th Infantry Regiment after action report (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/76th-id-medics-banner.jpg76th ID medics bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/111-sc-201378-1945-02-25-76th-id-medics.jpg111-SC-201378 1945-02-25 76th ID medicsMedical personnel from the 76th Infantry Division evacuate a casualty in a photo dated February 25, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-201378, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)2025-08-10T19:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/11/14/2nd-lieutenant-edward-w-ruyter/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ruyter-map-6a.jpgRuyter map 6aMap with 1944 geographic boundaries depicting where Ruyter was killed over Odertal (1), where his body fell from the plane at Kojetín (2), where the rest of the surviving crew eventually bailed out and the B-24 crashed near Bleiburg (3), well short of their base at San Giovanni Field (4). (OpenHistoricalMap, annotated by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/odertal-map-ruyter-crew-last-seen.jpgOdertal-map-Ruyter-crew-last-seenMap from Missing Air Crew Report No. 9130 depicting where the Ruyter and his crew’s B-24 was last seen over Odertal, Germany. In fact, the pilots managed to fly the heavily damaged plane hundreds of miles southwest before the surviving crew bailed out over Austria. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ruyter_edward_o-776804_idpf-letter-from-school-1.jpgRUYTER_EDWARD_O-776804_IDPF-letter-from-schoolOne of two copies of a letter from a school in Kojetín that was turned over to American authorities after the war with photos and memorabilia for the Ruyter family (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ruyter_edward_o-776804_idpf-burial-map.jpgRUYTER_EDWARD_O-776804_IDPF-burial-mapMap of where Ruyter was buried in Kojetín (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ruyter-aviation-cadet.jpgRuyter Aviation CadetRuyter as an aviation cadet (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ruyter-am-card.jpgRuyter AM cardCard documenting Ruyter’s Air Medal (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/62020ac-455th-b-24.jpg62020AC 455th B-24A 455th Bomb Group B-24 during a mission against Bucharest, Romania, on April 4, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo by Russo, National Archives via Fold3)2025-08-10T15:38:19+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/11/19/fireman-1st-class-howard-j-woods/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/paul-hamilton-explosion.jpgPaul Hamilton explosionWoods likely witnessed the explosion of the S.S. Paul Hamilton on April 20, 1944, as seen in this photo taken from his ship. Note the cargo ship at lower left, demonstrating the massive size of the fireball (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Arthur Green)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/howard-woods-3-courtesy-of-the-woods-family.jpgHoward Woods 3 (Courtesy of the Woods family)Woods’s parents with flowers sent at condolences in a photo dated May 14, 1944 (Courtesy of the Woods family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/howard-woods-2-courtesy-of-the-woods-family.jpgHoward Woods 2 (Courtesy of the Woods family)Woods, likely during his time serving in Florida (Courtes of the Woods family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/howard-woods-1-courtesy-of-the-woods-family.jpgHoward Woods 1 (Courtesy of the Woods family)Woods (left) with Joe Samuels during their time on the Wilmington High School football team (Courtesy of the Woods family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/howard-woods-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgHoward Woods (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Fireman 2nd Class Woods in a photo likely taken during his visit home on leave during April 22–29, 1943 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/menges-rescuing-survivors-1.jpgMenges-rescuing-survivorsU.S.S. Menges crew cleaning oil from a survivor of the sunken destroyer U.S.S. Lansdale (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Arthur Green, courtesy of Bill Gonyo and NavSource)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/woods-id-card.jpgWoods-ID-cardHoward J. Woods Coast Guard identification card (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/woods-id-card-photo.jpgWoods-ID-card-photoWoods Coast Guard identification photo (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/woods-banner.jpgWoods-banner2025-07-02T15:30:20+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/06/06/private-1st-class-roy-a-baldwin/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/roy-baldwin-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgRoy Baldwin (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Roy A. Baldwin in 1943 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-06-30T22:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/02/09/private-adam-s-adamowicz/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/murr-left-courtesy-of-niki-peters.jpgMurr left (Courtesy of Niki Peters)Joseph A. Murr (left), a member of Adamowicz’s crew (Courtesy of Niki Peters)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/adamowicz-death-aar-1.jpgAdamowicz-death-AAR-1After action report mentioning Private Adamowicz's death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/adamowicz-dpa.jpgAdamowicz-DPAAdamowicz in his winter tank uniform. The back is captioned: "This is out combat suit. The pants come always [sic] up to our shoulders and they are very warm." (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-06-30T18:16:40+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/06/19/technician-3rd-grade-leroy-j-knox/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/knox-1941-09-16-jd-a-84-qm-bn-fr-66th-qm.jpgKnox 1941-09-16 jd A-84 QM Bn fr 66th QMThe earliest known morning report to mention Knox, a Company “A,” 84th Quartermaster Battalion report dated September 16, 1941, mentions his transfer but may be slightly inaccurate when recording his previous unit (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/harriet-wilson.jpgHarriet WilsonHarriet C. Wilson (Courtesy of the Smelstor family)2025-06-21T19:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/26/1st-lieutenant-ferris-l-wharton/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ferris-l.-wharton-service-certificate-courtesy-of-ferris-w.-wharton.jpg.jpgFerris L. Wharton service certificate (Courtesy of Ferris W. Wharton).jpgFerris L. Wharton service certificate (Courtesy of Ferris W. Wharton)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ferris-l.-wharton-died-in-service-certificate-courtesy-of-ferris-w.-wharton.jpg.jpgFerris L. Wharton died in service certificate (Courtesy of Ferris W. Wharton)U.S.M.C. certificate stating that 1st Lieutenant Wharton died in service (Courtesy of Ferris W. Wharton)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sergeant-charles-h.-schweitzer-jr.-november-24-1944-letter-pg.-3-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpg.jpgSergeant Charles H. Schweitzer, Jr. November 24, 1944 letter pg. 3 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Sergeant Charles H. Schweitzer, Jr. November 24, 1944 letter pg. 3https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sergeant-charles-h.-schweitzer-jr.-november-24-1944-letter-pg.-2-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpg.jpgSergeant Charles H. Schweitzer, Jr. November 24, 1944 letter pg. 2 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Sergeant Charles H. Schweitzer, Jr. November 24, 1944 letter pg. 2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sergeant-charles-h.-schweitzer-jr.-november-24-1944-letter-pg.-1-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpg.jpgSergeant Charles H. Schweitzer, Jr. November 24, 1944 letter pg. 1 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Sergeant Charles H. Schweitzer, Jr. November 24, 1944 letter pg. 1https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/landings-near-asan-guam-on-july-21-1944-national-archives-via-naval-history-and-heritage-command.jpg.jpgLandings-near-Asan,-Guam-on-July-21,-1944-(National-Archives-via-Naval-History-and-Heritage-Command).jpgLandings near Asan, Guam on July 21, 1944; the two large vessels are two L.S.T.s like the ship Lieutenant Wharton sailed aboard (National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sergeant-charles-h.-schweitzer-jr.jpgSergeant-Charles-H.-Schweitzer,-JrSergeant Charles H. Schweitzer, Jr., who wrote Lieutenant Wharton's wife reporting the circumstances of his death (Courtesy of Trudy Waters)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1st-lieutenant-whartons-temporary-grave-marker-on-guam-courtesy-of-ferris-w.-wharton.jpg.jpg1st-Lieutenant-Wharton's-temporary-grave-marker-on-Guam-(Courtesy-of-Ferris-W.-Wharton).jpg1st Lieutenant Wharton's temporary grave marker on Guam (Courtesy of Ferris W. Wharton)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/marines-on-the-beaches-of-guam-on-july-21-1944-marine-corps-photo-88167-national-archives.jpg.jpgMarines-on-the-beaches-of-Guam-on-July-21,-1944--(Marine-Corps-photo-88167,-National-Archives).jpgMarines on the beaches of Guam on July 21, 1944 (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ferris-wharton-right-in-his-baseball-uniform-courtesy-of-ferris-w.-wharton.jpg.jpgFerris-Wharton-(right)-in-his-baseball-uniform-(Courtesy-of-Ferris-W.-Wharton).jpgFerris Wharton (right) in his baseball uniform (Courtesy of Ferris W. Wharton)2025-06-16T14:37:55+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/07/04/sergeant-paul-l-caulk/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/caulk-record-shellback.jpgCaulk-Record-ShellbackStamp in Caulk's service record mentioning that he crossed the equator (National Personnel Records Center, courtesy of Patti Abernethy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/caulk-usmc-id-photo.jpgCaulk-USMC-ID-photoAn identification photo taken shortly after Private Caulk arrived at boot camp (National Personnel Records Center, courtesy of Patti Abernethy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/paul-caulk-sunoco.jpgPaul-Caulk-SunocoPaul Caulk in his Sunoco uniform (Courtesy of Patti Abernethy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/paul-caulk-hbts-retouched.jpgPaul-Caulk-HBTs-retouchedPaul Caulk in HBTs (Courtesy of Patty Abernethy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/paul-caulk-oval.jpgPaul-Caulk-OvalPaul L. Caulk (Courtesy of Patti Abernethy)2025-06-16T14:37:02+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/10/19/private-1st-class-roland-p-jackson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jackson-ompf-service-record-cropped-levels.jpgJackson-OMPF-service-record-cropped-levelsExcerpt from Private 1st Class Jackson’s service record (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/boney-jackson-blue-hen-of-1935-and-1936.jpgBoney Jackson (Blue Hen of 1935 and 1936)Jackson in one of his college yearbooks (Blue Hen of 1935 and 1936)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/poss-baker-co-iwo-1.jpgPoss Baker Co IwoGeoffrey Roecker wrote that this photo depicts "Tired 4th Marine Division personnel, thought to be B/1/24th Marines" on Iwo Jima (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo, courtesy of Geoffrey Roecker)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/iwo-jima-1945-80-g-k-3509-national-archives-via-naval-history-and-heritage-command.jpgIwo Jima 1945 80-G-K-3509 (National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)Iwo Jima during the battle (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-3509, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/roland-p.-jackson-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpg-1.jpgRoland P. Jackson (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives).jpg (1)Roland P. Jackson (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nhs-faculty-1943-group-photo.jpgNHS Faculty 1943 group photoJackson (standing in the back row at far left) with other Newark High School faculty in a group photo printed in the school's 1943 yearbook. Click here to view the full page. (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nhs-faculty-1943.jpgNHS Faculty 1943https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/poss-baker-co-iwo.jpgPoss Baker Co Iwohttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/iwo-banner-2.jpgIwo-Banner-22025-06-16T14:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/11/21/corporal-john-f-scisley/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/127-gr-18-128-64169_001-ac-red-beach-3.jpg127-gr-18-128-64169_001-ac-Red-Beach-3Red Beach 3 after the battle (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/127-gr-18-127-64005_001-ac-red-beach-3.jpg127-gr-18-127-64005_001-ac-Red-Beach-3https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/tarawa-wwiicmdfile_70_8_page_153.jpgTarawa-WWIICmdFile_70_8_Page_153Marines in combat on Betio (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/betio-after-battle.jpgBetio-after-battleAmerican aircraft are visible in this photo of Betio on December 4, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/betio-map.jpgBetio-MapMap of Betio. Corporal Scisley's battalion landed at Red Beach 3 on the north end of the island, east of the pier (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/127-gr-18-127-64008_001-ac-red-beach-3.jpg127-gr-18-127-64008_001-ac-Red-Beach-3Marines fighting on Red Beach 3, where Corporal Scisley's battalion landed with heavy casualties (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/scisley-john-francis_ompf-19-nov-1940.jpgScisley-John-Francis_OMPF-19-Nov-1940Private Scisley during boot camp at Parris Island, November 19, 1940 (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/harry-fineman-dpa.jpgHarry Fineman DPAHarry Fineman (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-06-16T14:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/02/28/private-1st-class-peter-j-jurski/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/peter-jurski-2-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgPeter Jurski 2 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Peter Jurski in his dress blues (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/60160ac-airfield-no-2-iwo-jima.jpg60160AC Airfield No 2 Iwo JimaMotoyama Airfield No. 2 seen during the bombardment of the nearby radio–weather station on October 21, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/55613ac-iwo-jima.jpg55613AC Iwo JimaIwo Jima under bombardment by B-24 Liberators of the U.S. Seventh Air Force c. 1944. Motoyama Airfield No. 2, where Jurski would enter combat in February 1945, is obscured by smoke in the center of the island (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3rd-bn-9th-marines-advance-map-1945-02-25-1700-highlighted.jpg3rd Bn 9th Marines advance map 1945-02-25 1700 highlightedDetail of a map included in the 3rd Marine Division action report for Iwo Jima depicting the advance of 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines (highlighted) by 1700 hours on February 25, 1945 (National Archives, annotated by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/jurski-poss-first-communion-courtesy-of-josephine-quinn.jpgJurski poss First Communion (Courtesy of Josephine Quinn)Jurski and his sister, Catherine, possibly at his First Communion (Courtesy of Josephine Quinn)2025-06-16T14:34:33+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/06/03/private-1st-class-everett-w-adkins/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/adkins-md-133rd-ir-1943-11-04-kia-levels-cropped.jpgAdkins MD-133rd IR 1943-11-04 KIA levels-croppedMorning report listing Adkins as killed in action (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/111-sc-183045-cropped.jpg111-SC-183045-croppedTwo wounded 34th Infantry Division soldiers being tended to during fighting along the Volturno on October 21, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-183045 by Osborne, National Archives) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/adkins-family.jpgAdkins familyAdkins (standing at far left) with his siblings and other relatives (Courtesy of Pat Greager)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/adkins-crop.jpgAdkins-cropAdkins prior to entering the service (Courtesy of Pat Greager)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/34th-id-medics-banner-2.jpg34th-ID-medics-banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/111-sc-183044-34th-id-medics.jpg111-SC-183044-34th-ID-medicsA wounded 34th Infantry Division soldier being loaded into an ambulance during fighting along the Volturno on October 21, 1943. Although identified as medics, none of the men lifting the litter wear any red cross markings. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-183044-A by Osborne, National Archives) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/adkins-ccc-record.jpgAdkins-CCC-recordAdkins’s Civilian Conservation Corps record (National Archives)2025-06-11T11:26:53+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/05/03/chief-warrant-officer-russell-t-crawford/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crawford-1943-09-16-so-259-hq-usafispa-prom-to-cwo.jpgCrawford 1943-09-16 SO 259 HQ USAFISPA prom to CWOExcerpt of Special Orders No. 259, Headquarters U.S. Army Forces in South Pacific Area, which recorded his promotion to chief warrant officer. It is also the only known document to list Crawford’s middle name. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/45-05-05-505-92-c-54-wreckage.jpg45-05-05-505-92-C-54-wreckageWreckage of the crashed C-54 (Army Air Forces Report of Major Accident No. 45-5-5-505)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/45-05-05-505-87-map.jpg45-05-05-505-87-mapMap depicting Sorido Field and the crash site, as well as Lieutenant Reed's vantage point (Army Air Forces Report of Major Accident No. 45-5-5-505)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/c-54-panorama-2020-cylindrical.jpgC-54-Panorama-2020-cylindricalC-54 at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, Delaware (Author's photograph)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/c-54-dover.jpgC-54-DoverThis C-54 (serial number 44-9030), displayed in its World War II Air Transport Command Pacific Division livery at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover, Delaware, came off the assembly line around the same time as Crawford's ill-fated aircraft, 44-9043. (Author's photograph)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/crawford-drawing-2-1.jpgCrawford-drawing-2Russell T. Crawford c. 1940 (Drawing by Daria Milka, author’s collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/76-aaa-banner.jpg76-AAA-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/c-54-banner.jpgC-54 Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/c-54-9030.jpgC-54 9030This C-54 (serial number 44-9030), displayed in its World War II Air Transport Command Pacific Division livery at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover, Delaware, came off the assembly line around the same as Crawford's ill-fated aircraft, 44-9043. (Author's photograph)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/russell-t.-crawford-c.-1940-drawing-by-daria-milka-authors-collection-small.jpgRussell T. Crawford c. 1940 (Drawing by Daria Milka, author’s collection) smallRussell T. Crawford c. 1940 (Drawing by Daria Milka, author’s collection)2025-04-13T15:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/04/07/technician-5th-grade-loran-c-adams/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/loran-adams-3-dpa.jpgLoran-Adams-3-(DPA)Adams c. 1943, likely during his first and only furlough home (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/loran-adams-4-dpa.jpgLoran-Adams-4-(DPA)Loran C. Adams (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-04-08T02:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/04/03/2nd-lieutenant-william-j-harden/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/harden-graduation-booklet.jpgHarden-graduation-bookletPamphlet from Harden's bombardier school graduation (Courtesy of William J. Harden, II)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/bill-pearl-john-harden-cropped.jpgBill,-Pearl,-John-Harden-croppedWilliam Harden (left) with his mother and brother (Courtesy of William J. Harden, II)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wm-harden-02-23-37-crop-small.jpgWm-Harden-02-23-37-crop-smallHarden in a photo dated February 23, 1937 (Courtesy of William J. Harden, II)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wm-harden-graduation-invitation.jpgWm-Harden-graduation-invitationhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wm-harden-08-13-33-cropped.jpgWm-Harden-08-13-33-croppedHarden in a photo dated August 13, 1933 (Courtesy of William J. Harden, II)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wm-harden-aviation-cadet-portrait.jpgWm-Harden-Aviation-Cadet-portraitAviation Cadet Harden, presumably taken during his training at Maxwell Field (Courtesy of William J. Harden, II)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wm-harden-hs-grad-crop.jpgWm-Harden-HS-Grad-crophttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wm-harden-funeral-levels.jpgWm-Harden-funeral-levelsLieutenant Harden's family at his interment at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in 1950 (Courtesy of William J. Harden, II)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/harden-v-mail.jpgHarden-V-mailV-mail dated February 28, 1944, that Lieutenant Harden sent his parents from Italy (Courtesy of William J. Harden, II)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wm-harden-training.jpgWm-Harden-trainingHarden as an aviation cadet (Courtesy of2025-03-19T17:39:01+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/05/04/technician-5th-grade-clayton-jones/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fordcl135.jpgFordCl135A Ford Class 135 crash truck like the ones used by the 1986th (Courtesy of Fire Trucks at War)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/clayton-jones-b-24-accident-report-19440416-2.jpgClayton-Jones-B-24-accident-report-19440416-2Accident investigation narrative (Courtesy of the 450th Bomb Group Memorial Association)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/b-17-fire-italy-fire-trucks-at-war.jpgB-17-Fire-Italy-Fire-Trucks-at-WarFirefighters work to extinguish a burning Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Italy (Courtesy of Fire Trucks at War)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/b-17-fire-italy-banner.jpgB-17-Fire-Italy-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/b-24-foam.jpgB-24-foamFirefighters in England extinguish a fire aboard a B-24 following a crash landing in England (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crash-landing-b-24-manduria.jpgCrash-landing-B-24-ManduriaA 450th Bombardment Group (Heavy) B-24 crashlanding at Manduria on March 13, 1944. Some of the infamous tents are visible in the background. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)2025-03-10T11:42:31+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/02/09/2nd-lieutenant-john-f-hudson-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/john-f-hudson-training-group-photo-courtesy-of-bess-hudson-lenoir-1.jpgJohn-F-Hudson-training-group-photo-(Courtesy-of-Bess-Hudson-LeNoir)Hudson (back row, on the left below the tip of the propeller blade) with other trainees, probably during his primary flight training in 1943 (Courtesy of Bess Hudson LeNoir)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/john-f-hudson-banner.jpgJohn-F-Hudson-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/john-f-hudson-ifo-plane-courtesy-of-bess-hudson-lenoir-retouched.jpgJohn-F-Hudson-IFO-plane-(Courtesy-of-Bess-Hudson-LeNoir)-retouchedHudson standing in front of a trainer (Courtesy of Bess Hudson LeNoir)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/john-f-hudson-pilot-portrait-courtesy-of-bess-hudson-lenoir-retouched.jpgJohn-F-Hudson-pilot-portrait-(Courtesy-of-Bess-Hudson-LeNoir)-retouchedJohn F. Hudson, Jr. (Courtesy of Bess Hudson LeNoir)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/john-f-hudson-basic-training-group-photo.jpgJohn-F-Hudson-basic-training-group-photoHudson’s platoon, almost certainly taken during basic training at Camp Croft (Courtesy of Bess Hudson LeNoir)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/john-f-hudson-basic-training-portrait-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgJohn-F-Hudson-basic-training-portrait-(Courtesy-of-the-Delaware-Public-Archives)Private Hudson in front of his barracks, almost certainly taken during basic training at Camp Croft in 1942 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/b-25d-pacific-b-26974-ac.jpgB-25D Pacific B-26974 ACA B-25D in flight in the Pacific near Cape Gloucester (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/john-f-hudson-delaware-public-archives.jpgJohn F Hudson (Delaware Public Archives)John F. Hudson (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-03-07T19:29:42+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/08/17/2nd-lieutenant-leroy-c-six/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/leroy-six-and-anna-lasater-six-cropped-and-levels.jpgLeroy-Six-and-Anna-Lasater-Six-cropped-and-levelsLeroy and Anna Six (Courtesy of Melissa Connell)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/leroy-and-anna-six-cropped-for-myheritage-comparison-colors-restored.jpgLeroy-and-Anna-Six-cropped-for-MyHeritage-Comparison-Colors-RestoredComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/leroy-and-anna-six-cropped-for-myheritage-color-restored-enhanced-retouched-levels.jpgLeroy-and-Anna-Six-cropped-for-MyHeritage-Color-Restored-Enhanced-retouched-levels2nd Lieutenant Six and his wife, Anna Lasater Six (Courtesy of Melissa Connell, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/leroy-six-retouched-small-for-myheritage-comparison.jpgLeroy-Six-retouched-small-for-MyHeritage-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/leroy-six-retouched-small-for-myheritage-color-restored-enhanced.jpgLeroy-Six-retouched-small-for-MyHeritage-Color-Restored-Enhanced2nd Lieutenant Leroy C. Six circa 1943 (Courtesy of Melissa Connell, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/m10-td-banner.jpgM10-TD-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/601sttd-nara.jpg601stTD-NARAA 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion M10 tank destroyer near Anzio on February 29, 1944. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. National Archives, courtesy of TankDestroyer.net)2025-03-06T16:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/08/04/staff-sergeant-edward-j-przylucki-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/94th-evac-1944.jpg94th-Evac-1944Operating room at the 94th Evacuation Hospital in Italy, 1944 (National Library of Medicine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/168th-marching-banner.jpg168th-marching-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/przylucki-rejoins-unit-anzio-mr.jpgPrzylucki-rejoins-unit-Anzio-MRMorning report recording that Przylucki had rejoined his unit after recovering from a cold weather injury (National Archives, courtesy of Matt LeMasters)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/111-sc-437748-frey.jpg111-SC-437748-FreyPrzylucki’s company commander, 1st Lieutenant Ervin M. Frey, with the Company “B” guidon (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-437748, National Archives)2025-03-05T18:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/02/23/private-1st-class-ralph-a-maloney-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/208-aa-49n-19112-a_001-rangers-1943-cropped.jpg208-AA-49N-19112-A_001-Rangers-1943-croppedRangers marching uphill toward Chiunzi Pass in September 1943 (Official U.S. Army photo 208-AA-19112, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/maloney-1943-09-01-d-4th-ranger-bn-prom-to-pfc.jpgMaloney 1943-09-01 D-4th Ranger Bn prom to PFCMorning report recording that Maloney was in a group of men promoted to private 1st class (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/rangers-208-aa-19112.jpgRangers 208-AA-19112Rangers marching uphill toward Chiunzi Pass on September 9, 1943 (Official U.S. Army photo 208-AA-19112, courtesy of Julie Foley Belanger)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/maloney-1943-08-05-d-4th-ranger-bn.jpgMaloney 1943-08-05 D-4th Ranger BnList of replacements who joined for Company “D,” 4th Ranger Infantry Battalion on August 5, 1943 (National Archives)2025-02-26T21:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/05/20/gunners-mate-3rd-class-thomas-c-davis/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/davis_thomas_charles_navy-id-photo-retouched.jpgDAVIS_Thomas_Charles_Navy-ID-photo-retouchedThomas C. Davis’s U.S. Navy identification photo (National Archives)2025-02-24T14:56:21+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/10/03/aviation-machinists-mate-3rd-class-john-w-megginson-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/megginson-tools-xl.jpgMegginson-tools-XLA spare set of Megginson's tools returned to his family after his death (Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins and Michael Marine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/megginson-id-card.jpgMegginson-ID-cardMegginson’s identification card (National Personnel Records Center, Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/megginson-cropped.jpgMegginson-CroppedAviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class John W. Megginson, Jr. in 1943 (Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins and Michael Marine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/megginson-child.jpgMegginson-childMegginson as a young child (Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins and Michael Marine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ruth-proud.jpgRuth-ProudMegginson’s girlfriend, Ruth Proud (Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins and Michael Marine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/megginson-and-mother.jpgMegginson-and-motherMegginson with his mother, presumably in Memphis in 1943 (Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins and Michael Marine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/megginson-gunnery-school-certificate.jpgMegginson-gunnery-school-certificateMegginson's Aviation Free Gunnery School diploma (Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins and Michael Marine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/megginson-mother.jpgMegginson-motherhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/megginson-amm-class-memphis-1943.jpgMegginson-AMM-class-Memphis-1943Megginson (middle row, fourth from the right) with the rest of his Aviation Machinist’s Mate Service School class at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis in 1943 (Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins and Michael Marine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/megginson-william-penn-hs.jpgMegginson-William-Penn-HSPlaque honoring fallen servicemen from William Penn (Courtesy of Martha Burkhart Collins and Michael Marine)2025-02-09T22:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/04/05/private-james-s-mcclure/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/james-mcclure-naturalization-paperwork.jpgJames McClure Naturalization paperworkMcClure's naturalization paperwork (National Archives via Ancestry.com)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mcclure-kia-mr.jpgMcClure KIA MRMorning report confirming that Private McClure was killed (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/84th-id-beeck-banner-2.jpg84th-ID-Beeck-Banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/111-sc-197232-29-nov-1944-co-c-335th-inf-84th-id-near-beeck-germany.jpg111-SC-197232-29-Nov-1944-Co-C,-335th-Inf,-84th-ID-near-Beeck,-GermanySoldiers from Company “C,” 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division, on November 29, 1944, near Beeck (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-197232, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/111-sc-332981-24-feb-1945-84th-id-baal-germany.jpg111-SC-332981-24-Feb-1945-84th-ID-Baal-Germanyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/111-sc-332982-24-feb-1945-84th-id-baal-germany.jpg111-SC-332982-24-Feb-1945-84th-ID-Baal-Germanyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mcclure-mia-mr.jpgMcClure-MIA-MRMorning report recording that Private McClure was missing in action (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mcclure-arrival-mr.jpgMcClure-arrival-MRMorning report recording Private McClure's arrival at Company "K," 334th Infantry Regiment (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/james-mcclure-delaware-public-archives.jpgJames McClure (Delaware Public Archives)James S. McClure (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-02-09T16:46:20+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/07/29/private-roy-s-thomas/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/111-sc-364376-777th-field-artillery-battalion.jpg111-SC-364376 777th Field Artillery BattalionSoldiers from the 777th Field Artillery Battalion including a medic, Private Veerland Thompson, in a dugout near Ubach, Germany, on January 7, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-364376 by J.D. Karr, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/md-field-artillery-battalion-banner.jpgMD Field Artillery Battalion banner2025-02-05T19:56:38+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/11/14/private-fred-r-prattis-1912-1944/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/prattis-1943-10-15-a-901st-abs-bn-jd.jpgPrattis 1943-10-15 A-901st ABS Bn jdMorning report recording that Private Prattis had joined Company “A,” 901st Air Base Security Battalion (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/espiritu-santo-airfields.jpgEspiritu-Santo-airfieldsAirfields on Espiritu Santo. I believe Pekoa is the more distant airfield in this photo, visible in the upper left. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/c-47-damaged-pekoa-12-jan-1944.jpgC-47-damaged-Pekoa-12-Jan-1944A C-47 following a mishap at Pekoa Airfield on January 12, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/air-base-security.jpgAir-Base-SecurityMen in a black air base security man their halftracks at an airfield in North Africa in 1943 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)2025-02-05T15:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/09/05/private-frank-j-lapkiewicz/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/lapkiewicz-headstone.jpgLapkiewicz-headstoneLapkiewicz's headstone at the Cambridge American Cemetery (Courtesy of Geoff Roecker)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ferris-industrial-school-1934-dpa.jpgFerris Industrial School 1934 (DPA)The Ferris Industrial School in 1934 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/frank-lapkiewicz-comparison.jpgFrank-Lapkiewicz-Comparisonhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/frank-lapkiewicz-enhanced-repaired-retouched.jpgFrank-Lapkiewicz-Enhanced-Repaired-RetouchedFrank Lapkiewicz (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives, enhanced with MyHeritage)2025-02-04T19:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/22/staff-sergeant-winford-j-poore/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/35-scb-prob-training.jpg35-SCB-prob-training35th Signal Construction Battalion men, presumably during their training (35th Signal Construction Bn)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/35th-scb-camp-ellis.jpg35th-SCB-Camp-EllisMen of the 35th Signal Construction Battalion at Camp Ellis on July 4, 1943 (35th Signal Construction Bn)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/poore-dpa.jpgPoore-DPAWinford J. Poore (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-02-04T19:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/12/21/staff-sergeant-george-h-devine/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/george-devine-6-cropped.jpgGeorge-Devine-6-croppedDevine as a young man (Courtesy of Tom Mercer)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/george-devine-4-cropped.jpgGeorge-Devine-4-croppedGeorge Devine at 1333 Clayton Street, where he was born and raised (Courtesy of Tom Mercer)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/44-40053-macr-map.jpg44-40053 MACR mapMap marking the approximate location where Devine and his crew bailed out over the North Sea just east of Great Yarmouth, England (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/devine-gets-am.jpgDevine gets AMColonel Eugene H. Snavely (1909–1982), commanding officer of the 492nd Bomb Group, presenting the Air Medal to Sergeant Devine in England, presumably after his fifth mission (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/george-devine-and-lois-anne-devine.jpgDevine and daughterSergeant Devine, apparently taken during a visit to Delaware in late 1943 or early 1944. His daughter is pointing to Devine's Aircrew Badge (Courtesy of Tom Mercer)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/devine-family.jpgGeorge, Lois, Frances DevineGeorge Devine with his wife and daughter (Courtesy of Tom Mercer)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/b-24-44-40068-859th-bg.jpgB-24-44-40068-859th-BGThe Roads crew (likely including Sergeant Devine) flew their first mission in this B-24, serial number 44-40068, on May 11, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)2025-02-04T19:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/01/28/signalman-3rd-class-robert-c-miller/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/kamikaze-attack-on-dd-725-1945-03-27.jpgKamikaze-attack-on-DD-725-1945-03-27Diagram of the kamikaze attacks on O’Brien on March 27, 1945, the day Miller was killed in action. Oddly, both planes are described as Vals, even though the text of the report described the first as a fighter. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/obrien-track-1945-03-27.jpgO'Brien-track-1945-03-27O’Brien track on March 27, 1945, the day Miller was killed in action (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/80-g-324120-kamikaze.jpg80-G-324120-kamikazeA dramatic photo of a damaged kamikaze off Okinawa (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-324120, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dd-725-first-kamikaze-damage.jpgDD-725-first-kamikaze-damageSketch of damage inflicted on O’Brien by a kamikaze hit off Luzon. It was not the last time she would fall victim to a Japanese suicide plane. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/obrien-cherbourg-track.jpgO'Brien-Cherbourg-trackReconstruction of O’Brien’s track during the duel with the Cherbourg shore batteries (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/80-g-244210-cherbourg-duel.jpg80-G-244210-Cherbourg-duelA German shell aimed at the American battleships Texas (background) and Arkansas (foreground) during the duel off Cherbourg (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-244210, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nh-103030-dd-725-firefighting.jpgNH-103030-DD-725-firefightingO’Brien’s crew (right) assisting LST-472 (Official U.S. Navy photo, U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/miller-ompf-qualification-card.jpgMiller-OMPF-qualification-cardMiller’s qualification card is preserved in his personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/obrien-banner.jpgO'Brien-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/80-g-222348-dd-725-obrien-1944-03-18.jpg80-G-222348-DD-725-O'Brien-1944-03-18Aerial photo of U.S.S. O’Brien dated March 18, 1944 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-222348, National Archives)2025-01-28T14:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/12/26/motor-machinists-mate-2nd-class-walter-g-keen-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/80-g-253138-view-back.jpg80-G-253138 view backView back to LST-282 as the L.C.T. heads to the beach (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-253138 by Combat Photo Unit 11, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/80-g-253022-detail-of-lst-gun-tub.jpg80-G-253022 detail of LST gun tubDetail of the 40 mm gun tub aboard an unidentified L.S.T. sunk at Normandy (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-253022, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/lst-282-film-detail.jpgLST-282 film detailDetail of a film still of LST-282, with what appears to be the 40 mm gun tub at upper right. According to research by the Yorks during and shortly after World War II, Motor Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Keen was killed manning the port stern 40 mm gun rather than in the engine room. (Official U.S. Signal Corps film 111-ADC-1645 by Sergeant Joseph P. Dieves, 163rd Signal Photo Company, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/lst-282-ammo-cooking-off.jpgLST 282 ammo cooking offFlames and exploding ammunition aboard LST-282 shortly after she was hit in a still frame from a Signal Corps motion picture (Official U.S. Signal Corps film 111-ADC-1645 by Sergeant Joseph P. Dieves, 163rd Signal Photo Company, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/walter-g-keen-id-photo-national-archives.jpegWalter G Keen ID photo (National Archives)Keen’s Navy identification photo (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/walter-keen-c.-1935-courtesy-of-michael-l.-keen.jpgWalter Keen c. 1935 (Courtesy of Michael L. Keen)Keen c. 1935 (Courtesy of Michael L. Keen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/walterg.keenjr-age6months-2-courtesy-of-michael-l.-keen.jpgWalterG.KeenJr-age6months-2 (Courtesy of Michael L. Keen)Walter G. Keen, Jr., aged 6 months (Courtesy of Michael L. Keen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/walter-g-keen-1943-courtesy-of-michael-l.-keen.jpgWalter G Keen 1943 (Courtesy of Michael L. Keen)Walter G. Keen, Jr. as a fireman 1st class in 1943 (Courtesy of Michael L. Keen)2025-01-21T16:28:31+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/01/11/private-1st-class-ormal-c-leedom-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/111-sc-179429-22-jul-1943-palermo.jpg111-SC-179429 22 JUL 1943 PalermoItalian civilians give a warm welcome to American soldiers outside Palermo, Sicily, on July 22, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-179429, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/leedom-1943-09-10-d-56th-mb-died.jpgLeedom 1943-09-10 D-56th MB diedMorning report recording Leedom’s death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/leedom-1943-07-17-d-56th-mb-ds-82nd-abd.jpegLeedom 1943-07-17 D-56th MB DS 82nd ABDA list of some of the men from Company “D,” 56th Medical Battalion, including Private 1st Class Leedom, who went on detached service with the 82nd Airborne Division during the Sicily campaign (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/80-g-41925-monticello.jpg80-G-41925 MonticelloPrivate 1st Class Leedom and his unit crossed the Atlantic aboard U.S.S. Monticello (AP-61), formerly an Italian ocean liner (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-41925, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/leedom-1942-10-24-jd-d-56-med-bn.jpgLeedom 1942-10-24 jd D-56 Med BnMorning report recording that Leedom had joined Company “D,” 56th Medical Battalion, Motorized (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/leedom-1942-07-30-3rd-mtb-tranf-to-lawson-gh.jpgLeedom 1942-07-30 3rd MTB tranf to Lawson GHMorning report mentioning Leedom’s transfer from Company “B,” 3rd Medical Training Battalion to Lawson General Hospital (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/111-sc-178198-medic-sicily.jpg111-SC-178198-Medic-SicilyA well-known photo of a 3rd Infantry Division medic treating a wounded soldier on August 9, 1943, during the Sicily campaign, as civilians look on (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-178198, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/medic-sicily-banner.jpgMedic-Sicily-Banner2025-01-11T23:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/10/13/1st-lieutenant-robert-s-currier/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/82nd-chem-co-roster.jpeg82nd Chem Co RosterInitial enlisted roster for the 82nd Chemical Company (Smoke Generator), listing 2nd Lieutenant Currier as commanding officer (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/philip-currier-delaware-public-archives.jpgPhilip Currier (Delaware Public Archives)Philip Currier, seen here as an aviation cadet (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/111-sc-377600-504th-anzio.jpg111-SC-377600 504th Anzio504th Parachute Infantry Regiment paratroopers at the Anzio beachhead, crossing the Mussolini Canal on January 26, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-377600, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tucker-letter-to-odaniel-str.jpgTucker letter to O'Daniel strLetter from Currier's regimental commander, Colonel Reuben H. Tucker, to General "Iron Mike" O'Daniel (Courtesy of Suzan Mecinski)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/nijmegen-detail-map.jpgNijmegen detail mapDetail from a 1/25,000 U.S. Army map of Nijmegen with annotations. 1: Approxiomate location where the paratroopers launched their boats to cross the Waal 2: Fort Hof van Holland (Fort Beneden-Lent) 3: Coordinate where Lieutenant Currier set up his machine guns and mortar squads at the north end of the railroad bridge. The road bridge is also visible to the east. (Library of Congress, annotated by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/currier-death-morning-report.jpgCurrier-death-morning-reportMorning report recording Currier's death (National Personnel Records Center, courtesy of Thulaï van Maanen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/nijmegen-railroad-brige-signal-corps.jpgNijmegen Railroad Brige Signal CorpsThe railroad bridge at Nijmegen seen after it was damaged by German frogmen on the night of September 28–29, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, courtesy of Thulaï van Maanen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/schlachter-crop-courtesy-of-tyler-fox.jpgSchlachter-crop-(Courtesy-of-Tyler-Fox)Currier’s platoon sergeant during Market Garden, William J. Schlachter, in a detail from a 1942 Company “A” group photo (Courtesy of Tyler Fox)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/robert-currier-file-32-cws-rotc-camp-1941.jpgRobert-Currier-file-32-CWS-ROTC-camp-1941Currier (standing, far right) at Chemical Warfare Service Reserve Officer Training Corps camp at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, in 1941 (Courtesy of Suzan Mecinski)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/robert-stone-currier-dpa-comparison.jpgRobert-Stone-Currier-DPA-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right); I further retouched the background to remove the damage done by the ink transfer to the original print2025-01-07T00:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2025/01/05/private-william-h-hudson/2025-01-06T04:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/11/13/1st-lieutenant-seymour-miller/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/l-330-ir-journal-1944-07-25.jpgL-330 IR journal 1944-07-25Excerpt from the 330th Infantry Regiment journal for July 25, 1944 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/miller-1944-07-20-l-330-ir-jd.jpgMiller 1944-07-20 L-330 IR jd1st Lieutenant Miller’s arrival with Company “L,” 330th Infantry Regiment in Normandy as recorded in a morning report (National Archives, courtesy of Myra Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/miller-1942-08-13-hq-co-71st-inf-to-cpl-and-ocs.jpgMiller 1942-08-13 HQ Co 71st Inf to CPL and OCSMorning reports mentioning Miller’s departure on furlough. Oddly, though the furlough was not rescinded in the entries, he was shown as being on duty the following day when he was dispatched to Fort Benning for Officer Candidate School. Finally, a correction was added recording his promotion to corporal per normal procedure for officer candidates. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/miller-banner.jpgMiller-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/louise-miller-enhanced.jpgLouise-Miller-enhancedLieutenant Miller's wife Louise wearing what appears to be an American Red Cross uniform (Courtesy of Danna Miller Levy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/miller-ph-certificate.jpgMiller-PH-certificateLieutenant Miller's Purple Heart certificate (Courtesy of Danna Miller Levy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/seymour-miller-1939-halcyon.jpgSeymour Miller 1939 HalcyonSeymour Miller in his 1939 college yearbook (Courtesy of the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/seymour-miller-dpa.jpgSeymour Miller DPAMiller after he was commissioned as an Infantry officer (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-01-06T00:14:56+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/12/07/private-1st-class-robert-a-wescoat/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/army-tug-cherbourg-29-november-1944-111-sc-197705.jpgArmy-tug-Cherbourg-29-November-1944-111-SC-197705A U.S. Army tugboat at Cherbourg on November 29, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-197705, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/111-sc-314381-st-344-tugboat.jpg111-SC-314381-ST-344-tugboatU.S. Army tugboat ST-344, seen here at Plymouth, England, on March 20, 1944, was similar to Wescoat's ST-75. ST-344 sank in July 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-314381, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/channel-islands-map.jpgChannel-Islands-MapMap depicting the Channel Islands and the Cotentin peninsula (National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tugboat-banner-2.jpgTugboat-banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tugboat-banner-3.jpgTugboat-banner-32025-01-03T14:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/07/11/private-1st-class-william-w-lewandowski/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lewandowski-1941-08-a-198th-roster.jpgLewandowski 1941-08 A-198th rosterRoster entry mentioning that Private Lewandowski was discharged on August 30, 1941 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lewandowski-family.jpgLewandowski familyLewandowski with his wife and daughter (Courtesy of the Lewandowski family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1940-ng-lewandowski-str.jpg1940-NG-Lewandowski-strPrivate Lewandowski (middle row, fourth from the left) in a group photo of Battery “A,” 198th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) in a 1940 Delaware National Guard yearbook (Historical and Pictoral Review of the National Guard State of Delaware 1940, Courtesy of the Delaware Military Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lewandowski-banner-wedding.jpgLewandowski-banner-weddinghttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lewandowski-mrs-from-lori-miller-2.jpgLewandowski-MRs-from-Lori-Miller-2Morning report recording Lewandowski’s change of M.O.S. (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lewandowski-mrs-from-lori-miller-1.jpgLewandowski-MRs-from-Lori-Miller-1Morning report mentioning that Private Lewandowski had Service Battery, 687th Field Artillery Battalion (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bill-lewandowski1.jpgbill-lewandowski1Private 1st Class Lewandowski (circled at center) in a photo taken at the Weber-Dudzinski wedding on November 25, 1944 (Courtesy of the Dudzinski family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/687th-fa-banner.jpg687th FA Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lewandowski-kia-mr.jpgLewandowski KIA MRMorning report that listed Private 1st Class Lewandowski as killed in action. He was almost certainly killed on December 20, 1944, rather than December 22. (National Archives )https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/william-w.-lewandowski-delaware-public-archives.jpgwilliam-w.-lewandowski-delaware-public-archivesWilliam W. Lewandowski c. 1944 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-01-02T16:15:15+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/10/17/2nd-lieutenant-paul-w-taylor/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/taylor-prr.jpgTaylor-PRRTaylor’s name on the Pennsylvania Railroad memorial at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station (Photo by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/taylor-d-34th-etbn-1942-08-12.jpgTaylor-D-34th-ETBn-1942-08-12Morning report recording that Taylor had joined Company “D,” 34th Battalion, Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/usgs-sullivan-mo-1947.jpgUSGS Sullivan MO 1947Shortly after the accident, U.S. 66 was widened from a two-lane highway to a four-lane highway which was divided in some spots. This 1947 map depicts U.S. 66 in red. The eastbound lanes show the curvy layout of the original highway that existed when Taylor was killed, while the westbound lanes follow a straighter alignment. The exact location of the crash site is unclear but contemporary accounts suggest it was roughly at the northern edge of the map. (U.S. Geological Survey)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/taylor-d-34th-etbn-1942-09-28-death-cropped.jpgTaylor-D-34th-ETBn-1942-09-28-death-croppedMorning report recording Taylor’s death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/taylor-banner.jpgTaylor-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/paul-w-taylor-retouched-dpa.jpgPaul-W-Taylor-retouched-DPAPaul W. Taylor as an enlisted man c. 1941 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-12-29T21:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/05/27/staff-sergeant-william-g-smith/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/111-c-1121-gothic-line.jpg111-C-1121-Gothic-Line34th Infantry Division soldiers at a camouflaged German artillery position along the Gothic Line (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-C-1121, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/111-sc-337395-85th-infantry-division-gothic-line.jpg111-SC-337395-85th-Infantry-Division-Gothic-LineInfantrymen from the 85th Infantry Division during fighting along the Gothic Line, September 19, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-337395 by Rusbar, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gothic-line-banner.jpgGothic-Line-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/111-sc-359064-gothic-line.jpg111-SC-359064-Gothic-LineHilly terrain along the Gothic Line (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-359064 by Levine, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/111-sc-208180-tank-italy.jpg111-SC-208180-tank-ItalyAn American M4 medium tank rolling through a ruined Italian town (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-208180, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/anzio-patrol-banner.jpgAnzio-patrol-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/field-nw-of-campoleone-2024.jpgField-NW-of-Campoleone-2024A field near Campoleone in 2024, close to where Staff Sergeant Smith was wounded 80 years earlier (Author’s photograph)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/smith-roster-cropped.jpgSmith-roster-croppedCompany “F,” 135th Infantry roster mentioning that Smith had joined the unit in April 1943 (National Archives, courtesy of Matt LeMasters)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/smith-rejoins-f-135-mr.jpgSmith-rejoins-F-135-MRMorning report recording that Staff Sergeant Smith had rejoined his unit (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/smith-prom-cpl-mr.jpgSmith-prom-CPL-MRMorning report recording Smith’s promotion to corporal (National Archives via Fold3)2024-12-25T18:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/02/11/2nd-lieutenant-rachel-h-sheridan/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rachel-sheridan-myheritage.jpgRachel Sheridan MyHeritageComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rachel-sheridan-enhanced-by-myheritage.jpgRachel Sheridan enhanced by MyHeritage2nd Lieutenant Rachel H. Sheridan, in a photo she apparently sent to her brother, Tommy (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/building-a-hagelshaw-negatives-levels.jpgBuilding-A-Hagelshaw-Negatives-levelsBuilding "A" at the 32nd Station Hospital in Tlemcen (Courtesy of the Hagelshaw family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rubin-19-building-b-tlemcen.jpgrubin-19-building-b-tlemcenThe huts collectively known as Building "B" (Courtesy of the Mann family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/devereaux-collection-building-c-tlemcen-1943-enhanced.jpgdevereaux-collection-building-c-tlemcen-1943-enhancedBuilding "C" in Tlemcen (Courtesy of the Devereaux family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hagerty-barone-collection-wilson-barone-outside-chapel-retouched.jpghagerty-barone-collection-wilson-barone-outside-chapel-retouched1st Lieutenant Evelyn H. Wilson and 1st Lieutenant Annie P. Barone (Hagerty) outside the 32nd Station Hospital chapel in Caserta, Italy, on June 14, 1945. Note the sign reading "SHERIDAN-LaMONICA MEMORIAL CHAPEL" in honor of the two members of the 32nd Station Hospital killed during the war. (Courtesy of the Hagerty family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sheridan-name-red-cross.jpgsheridan-name-red-crossDetail from the above photo, in which both 2nd Lieutenant Rachel H. Sheridan and her sister's names are visible (Courtesy of the Mowbray family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mowbray-red-cross-1945.jpgMowbray-Red--Cross-1945Dorothy Mowbray, who served with Sheridan in the 32nd Station Hospital, at the 1945 unveiling ceremony for the plaque honoring U.S. Army and Navy nurses from Delaware who served in World War II (Courtesy of the Mowbray family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/harold-goss-collection-6d-hotel-transatlantique.jpgHarold-Goss-Collection-6d-Hotel-TransatlantiqueWhile operating in Tlemcen, Algeria, 32nd Station Hospital officers (including nurses) lived in the Hotel Transatlantique (Courtesy of the Goss family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maison-blanche-banner.jpgMaison-Blanche-Banner2024-12-11T23:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/07/25/private-1st-class-austin-l-reynolds/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/reynolds-1943-06-a-879th-fa-bn-payroll.jpgReynolds 1943-06 A-879th FA Bn payrollFirst Battery “A” payroll to mention Private Reynolds (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/reynolds-1943-05-17-a-879th-fa-bn-joined.jpegReynolds 1943-05-17 A-879th FA Bn joinedMorning report mentioning that Private Reynolds had joined the newly activated Battery “A,” 879th Field Artillery Battalion (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/reynolds-joined-16th-inf-mr.jpgReynolds joined 16th Inf MRMorning report mentioning Reynolds and Sanborn joining Company “F,” 26th Infantry (National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/forest-medics-banner.jpgForest-Medics-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/reynolds-death-mr.jpgReynolds death MRMorning report recording Reynolds’s death as a battle casualty, his M.O.S., and duty (National Archives, courtesy of Autumn Hendrickson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/austin-l.-reynolds-drawing-by-daria-milka.jpgAustin L. Reynolds drawing by Daria MilkaAustin L. Reynolds (Drawing by Daria Milka, author’s collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/111-sc-198841-hurtgen-forest-wounded-18-nov-1944-signal-corps-archive.jpg111-SC-198841 Hurtgen Forest wounded 18 Nov 1944 Signal Corps Archive4th Infantry Division medics treat a casualty in the Hürtgen Forest on November 18, 1944 (Official. U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-198841 by Technician 4th Grade Moran, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)2024-12-10T22:23:42+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/12/01/staff-sergeant-lester-d-warren/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/rammit-color.jpgRammit-colorA color slide showing the Ram It Dammit nose art (Courtesy of Brendan Wood)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ramitdadams.jpgRamItDAdamsWarren flew almost all his combat missions aboard this B-24, nicknamed Ram It Dammit, including his second and last missions (Courtesy of Stephan Adams)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/warren-mother-citation.jpgWarren mother citationCitation honoring Warren’s mother’s war bond fundraising work (Courtesy of the Warren family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/44th-bg-b-24-1943-12-22.jpg44th BG B-24 1943-12-22A 44th Bomb Group B-24 during a mission to Germany on December 22, 1943 (National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/warren-ground-training-chart-34th-combat-crew-training-school-str.jpgWarren-Ground-Training-Chart-34th-Combat-Crew-Training-School-strWarren’s ground training chart for the second and third phases of crew training (Courtesy of the Warren family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/b-24-tail-gun.jpgB-24-tail-gunWarren manned the tail guns on his B-24, similar to the one seen here (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/warren-flights-1944-06.jpgWarren Flights 1944-06Warren’s individual flight record for June 1944, except for his last mission (Courtesy of the Warren family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/warren-flights-1944-04-and-05.jpgWarren Flights 1944-04 and 05Warren’s individual flight record for April and May 1944 (Courtesy of the Warren family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/warren-flights-1944-03.jpgWarren Flights 1944-03Warren’s individual flight record for March 1944, including his overseas journey (Courtesy of the Warren family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/warren-1944-02-27-movement-orders-for-overseas-small.jpgWarren 1944-02-27 Movement Orders for overseas smallMovement orders dispatching Warren and his crew overseas (National Archives)2024-12-10T22:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/28/private-1st-class-john-frame/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/southern-france-111-sc-192667-s.jpgSouthern-France-111-SC-192667-SU.S. troops land in the South of France (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/frame-report-of-burial.jpgFrame-Report-of-BurialPrivate 1st Class Frame's report of burial (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/frame-banner.jpgFrame-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/john-frame.jpgJohn-FrameJohn Frame (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-12-06T21:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/12/04/staff-sergeant-charles-h-horton/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/horton-1943-07-01-1st-abd-prom-to-sgt.jpgHorton 1943-07-01 1st ABD prom to sgtMorning report listing Horton’s promotion to sergeant (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/horton_charles_12012609_idpf_complete_335701-32-ulio-letter.jpgHORTON_CHARLES_12012609_IDPF_Complete_335701-32-Ulio-letterCopy of a letter from the Adjutant General’s Office to Lula Horton (Individual Deceased Personnel File for Charles H. Horton, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/horton_charles_12012609_idpf_complete_335701-27-map-detail.jpgHORTON_CHARLES_12012609_IDPF_Complete_335701-27-map-detailDetail of the previous map with the empty jeep (1), Major Gatling’s shirt (2), and Staff Sergeant Horton’s shirt (3) annotated (Individual Deceased Personnel File for Charles H. Horton, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/horton_charles_12012609_idpf_complete_335701-27-map.jpgHORTON_CHARLES_12012609_IDPF_Complete_335701-27-mapMap depicting where Major Gatling and Staff Sergeant Horton vanished and where evidence was located (Individual Deceased Personnel File for Charles H. Horton, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/composite-force-8012-flow-chart-reel-a0145-1159th-aaf-base-unit-ascension-island-base-history.jpgComposite-Force-8012-flow-chart-REEL-A0145-1159th-AAF-Base-Unit-Ascension-Island-base-historyAscension Island U.S. Army organizational chart, April 1, 1943 (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/73772ac-wideawake-island-march-7-1944.jpg73772AC-Wideawake-Island-March-7,-1944Aircraft lined up at Wideawake Field on March 7, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/55813ac-wideawake-field-and-green-mountain.jpg55813AC-Wideawake-Field-and-Green-MountainWideawake Field and Green Mountain (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/73769-ac-enlisted-men-club-ascension-october-5-1945.jpg73769 AC enlisted men club Ascension October 5, 1945The Air Transport Command enlisted men’s club on Ascension Island, seen here on October 5, 1945, was constructed from concrete cinder blocks devised by Horton to save wood, which was hard to home by on the largely barren island. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/26400ac-ascension-island-terns-small.jpg26400AC Ascension Island terns smallThe namesake terns proved a headache for aircraft taking off and landing at Wideawake Field (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/24323ac-wideawake-field-sign-small.jpg24323AC Wideawake Field sign smallWideawake Field sign with alterations by a censor (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)2024-12-06T12:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/26/staff-sergeant-homer-burton-wooleyhan/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wooleyhan-1943-11-09-hht-8th-rcn-sq-to-fort-riley.jpgWooleyhan 1943-11-09 HHT 8th Rcn Sq to Fort RileyMorning report mentioning that Wooleyhan had departed for Fort Riley, where he trained for several months (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/111-sc-336927-11th-cavalry-group-cp-cropped.jpg111-SC-336927 11th Cavalry Group CP cropped11th Cavalry Group command post in Wathlingen, Germany, c. April 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-336927 by Private 1st Class Nathan Sperry, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wooleyhan-on-hq-sv-tr-44th-cav-rcn-sq-mecz-initial-roster.jpgWooleyhan on Hq & Sv Tr 44th Cav Rcn Sq (Mecz) initial rosterStaff Sergeant Wooleyhan listed in the initial roster for Headquarters & Service Troop, 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), dated December 23, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wooleyhan-roster-sept-1942.jpgWooleyhan roster Sept 1942Wooleyhan listed in a roster for Headquarters Troop, 8th Reconnaissance Squadron, dated September 30, 1942 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/m8-banner.jpgM8-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/newton-collection-album-894th-td-m-8-courtesy-of-the-newton-family.jpgNewton-Collection-Album-894th-TD-M-8-(Courtesy-of-the-Newton-family)An M8 armored car similar to those used by cavalry reconnaissance squadrons (Courtesy of the Newton family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/homer-burton-wooleyhan-courtesy-of-the-newark-history-museum.jpgHomer-Burton-Wooleyhan-(Courtesy-of-the-Newark-History-Museum)Homer B. Wooleyhan (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)2024-12-04T03:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/13/private-franklin-j-polster/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/polster-1944-02-09-f-116th-ir-jd.jpgPolster 1944-02-09 F-116th IR jdMorning report stating that Private Polster had joined Company “F,” 116th Infantry Regiment (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wedding-pic-mae-and-franklin-on-left.jpgWedding Pic Mae and Franklin on lefthttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/frank-polster-with-son-prob-late-1943.jpgFrank-Polster-with-son-prob-late-1943Private Polster with his son, probably in late 1943 just prior to going overseas (Courtesy of Frank J. Polster)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/polster-fdr-letter-retouched.jpgPolster-FDR-Letter-retouchedA presidential letter which cites the June 9, 1944 date of death (Courtesy of Frank J. Polster)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/polster-medals.jpgPolster-MedalsA display of Private Polster's decorations. (The blue and yellow medal and diamond shaped badge are from his son Frank's service.) The Bronze Star Medal was awarded postwar based on a 1947 decision that anyone qualifying for the Combat Infantryman Badge during the war had thereby fulfilled the requirements to be awarded the Bronze Star. (Courtesy of Frank J. Polster)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/polster-purple-heart-citation.jpgPolster-Purple-Heart-CitationPrivate Polster's Purple Heart certificate (Courtesy of Frank J. Polster)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/frank-polster-and-buddies-3-banner.jpgFrank-Polster-and-buddies-3-banner2024-11-30T16:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/08/19/private-ralph-g-henretty/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/henretty-1943-10-09-so-249-hq-irtc-camp-wheeler.jpgHenretty 1943-10-09 SO 249 HQ IRTC Camp WheelerHenretty’s transfer at the end of basic training, authorizing a visit home before reporting to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/henretty-1944-01-16-jd-f-135-ir.jpgHenretty 1944-01-16 jd F-135 IRMorning report mentioning Henretty joining Company “F,” 135th Infantry Regiment (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hi-soldier-welcome-to-the-135th-inf-banner.jpgHi-Soldier!-Welcome-to-the-135th-Inf-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cassino-hi-soldier.jpgCassino Hi SoldierExcerpt from Hi Soldier! Welcome to the 135th Inf, a booklet that was evidentially distributed to replacements joining the regiment. The booklet includes a history of the regiment through the summer of 1944. (National Archives) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/henretty-retouched-remini-composite.jpgHenretty-retouched-Remini-compositePrivate Ralph G. Henretty (Courtesy of the Henretty family, enhanced with Remini)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/remini-henretty-comparison-2.jpgRemini-Henretty-Comparison-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/henretty-retouched-remini.jpgHenretty-retouched-Reminihttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/henretty-retouched.jpgHenretty-retouched2024-11-30T13:30:59+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/03/06/aviation-machinists-mate-3rd-class-william-a-funk/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bill-tussey-flightbook-cropped.jpgBill-Tussey-Flightbook-croppedExcerpt from Bill Tussey’s logbook listing VT-80 casualties, including Funk, before the squadron even entered combat (Courtesy of Calista T. Wiley)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bill-tussey-norfolk.jpgBill-Tussey-NorfolkAviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Funk (second from right) with Bill Tussey (far right) and two unidentified sailors in Norfolk, Virginia. Although the photo is undated, it was most likely taken in the last month of Funk’s life, when VT-80 was stationed at nearby Oceana, Virginia. (Courtesy of Calista T. Wiley)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/funk-ompf-mary-funk-letter.jpgFunk-OMPF-Mary-Funk-letterMary Funk’s letter to the Bureau of Naval Personnel (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/funk_william_a_retouched.jpgFUNK_William_A_retouchedFunk’s Navy identification photo (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nh-89662-avenger.jpgNH 89662 AvengerA TBM-1C Avenger (Bureau No. 45701), similar to the aircraft that Funk was flying aboard during his accident, in a photo dated July 31, 1944 (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/80-g-428459-avenger.jpg80-G-428459 AvengerA TBM-1C Avenger from VT-2 in flight c. 1944 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-428459, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/william-funk-april-1944-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgWilliam Funk April 1944 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class William A. Funk in April 1944. Funk’s mother described “his photograph, in flight gear”—likely this very photo—as one of her “two most treasured possessions[.]” (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-11-25T14:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/05/04/sergeant-paul-e-hayden/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rohna-banner.jpgRohna bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rohna-attack-sketch.jpgRohna attack sketchSketch of the attack on KMF-26 enclosed with a report filed by the commander of the minesweeper U.S.S. Pioneer (AM-105) (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hmt-rohna.jpgHMT RohnaH.M.T. Rohna (Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/paul-e.-hayden-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgPaul E. Hayden (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Paul E. Hayden (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-11-25T14:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/05/11/private-1st-class-joseph-f-maczynski/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/111-sc-271198-tondo-church.jpg111-SC-271198-Tondo-churchThe heavily damaged Tondo Church after Manila was recaptured in 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-271198 by Technician 4th Grade Ira Rosenberg, National Archives)2024-11-25T14:42:13+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/11/03/private-thomas-m-gooden-iii/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gooden-sa-yearbook-1942.jpegGooden SA yearbook 1942Gooden’s 1942 yearbook entry (1942 Criss Cross)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gooden-1944-02-16-deceased.jpgGooden 1944-02-16 deceasedMorning report confirming Gooden’s death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gooden-1944-02-13-missing.jpgGooden 1944-02-13 missingMorning report listing Private Gooden as missing (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gooden-1943-01-04-jd-b-701st-ca-aa.jpgGooden 1943-01-04 jd B-701st CA AAA morning report enclosure mentioning that Gooden had joined Battery “B,” 701st Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) on January 2, 1943 (National Archives) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gooden-fire-banner.jpgGooden-fire-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gooden-fire.jpgGooden-fireThe aftermath of the fire at Hannibal Hamlin Hall (Photo by Ralph Shirak, courtesy of the University of Maine)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thomas-m-gooden-iii-dpa.jpgThomas M Gooden III DPAPrivate Thomas M. Gooden, III (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-11-25T14:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/09/03/private-1st-class-ralph-e-adams/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/57-mm-at-gun-banner.jpg57-mm-AT-gun-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/111-sc-195690-9th-id-57-mm-at-gun.jpg111-SC-195690-9th-ID-57-mm-AT-gunA camouflaged 57 mm antitank gun and its crew from 9th Infantry Division seen in a photo dated October 15, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-195690 by Petrony, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ralph-everett-adams-courtesy-of-the-newark-history-museum-comparison.jpgRalph Everett Adams Courtesy of the Newark History Museum-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage's enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/banner-hedgerow.jpgBanner Hedgerowhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/111-sc-191997-hedgerow.jpg111-SC-191997 HedgerowSoldiers from the 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division advance through a breached hedgerow on July 25, 1944, the first day of Operation Cobra (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-191997 by Spangle, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ralph-e-adams.jpgRalph E AdamsRalph E. Adams (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)2024-11-21T17:11:25+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/12/21/private-john-j-mills/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/mills-1942-12-05-jd-f-333rd-fa-regt-2.jpgMills 1942-12-05 jd F-333rd FA Regt 2Morning report mentioning that Mills had joined Battery “F,” 333rd Field Artillery Regiment (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/probably-969th-fa-bn-13-march-1945-111-sc-256579.jpgProbably-969th-FA-Bn-13-March-1945-111-SC-256579Personnel, probably from the 969th Field Artillery Battalion, unloading shells in the vicinity of Lauterbach, Germany, on March 13, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-256579 by John D. Moors, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/333rd-fa-journal-969th-bombed-bw.jpg333rd-FA-Journal-969th-bombed-bwExcerpt from the 333rd Field Artillery Group S-2 journal reporting the bombing that killed Private Mills (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/field-artillery-choir-969th-camp-gruber.jpgField-Artillery-Choir-969th-Camp-Gruber969th Field Artillery Battalion choir at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, in 1943 or 1944. The leader of the choir, Eugene Wayman Jones (labeled with the arrow and number 16), rose to prominence after the war as the founder of Heritage House in Philadelphia and had a cultural center named after him. This photo comes from the collection of 969th commanding officer Colonel Hubert D. Barnes. (Courtesy of Emily Vaill Pfaff and the Barnes family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/111-sc-197546-s-enhanced-cropped.jpg111-SC-197546-S-enhanced-croppedDetail of photo 111-SC-197546-S (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/111-sc-197546-s-enhanced-banner.jpg111-SC-197546-S-enhanced-bannerThe 969th Field Artillery Regiment emplaces their howitzers near Bastogne on December 17, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-197546-S by Private Paul Berg, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/john-mills-dpa-retouched.jpgJohn-Mills-DPA-retouchedPrivate John J. Mills (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2025-02-05T13:59:11+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/24/private-walter-j-dobek/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2008-photo-of-walter-dobeks-grave-at-the-normandy-american-cemetery-draped-with-the-flag-presented-to-his-family-after-his-funeral-courtesy-of-the-wyszynski-family.jpg2008-photo-of-Walter-Dobek's-grave-at-the-Normandy-American-Cemetery-draped-with-the-flag-presented-to-his-family-after-his-funeral-(Courtesy-of-the-Wyszynski-family)2008 photo of Walter Dobek's grave at the Normandy American Cemetery draped with the flag presented to his family after his funeral (Courtesy of the Wyszynski family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/private-walter-j.-dobek-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgPrivate-Walter-J.-Dobek-(Courtesy-of-the-Delaware-Public-Archives)Private Walter J. Dobek (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/walter-dobek-left-with-an-unidentified-soldier.jpgWalter-Dobek-(left)-with-an-unidentified-soldierWalter Dobek (left) with an unidentified soldier, probably stateside (Courtesy of the Wyszynski family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/walter-dobek-left-with-an-unidentified-soldier-courtesy-of-the-wyszynski-family.jpgWalter-Dobek-(left)-with-an-unidentified-soldier-(Courtesy-of-the-Wyszynski-family)Walter Dobek (Courtesy of the Wyszynski family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dobek-banner.jpgDobek-banner2024-11-14T17:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/03/27/sergeant-arthur-johnston-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/johnston-1943-09-18-so-248-tsbtc6.jpgJohnston 1943-09-18 SO 248 TSBTC6Extract of Special Orders No. 248, Headquarters Technical School and Basic Training Center No. 6, Army Air Forces Western Technical Training Command, Lincoln, Nebraska, dated September 18, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/johnston-1943-12-12-jd-6th-rcd.jpgJohnston 1943-12-12 jd 6th RCDMorning report mentioning Johnston’s transfer into the 6th Radar Calibration Detachment. Joseph F. Irwin, who would later be on Johnston’s final flight, attended gunner school with Johnston. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/johnston-1943-11-23-so-327-hq-baaf-2.jpgJohnston 1943-11-23 SO 327 HQ BAAF 2Excerpt from Special Orders No. 327, Headquarters Buckingham Army Air Field, Fort Myers, Florida, dated November 23, 1943 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/tanaga-island-courtesy-of-bob-webster.jpgTanaga-Island-(Courtesy-of-Bob-Webster)Tanaga Island in 2008 (Courtesy of Bob Webster)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ground-radar-banner.jpgGround-radar-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/80-g-k-6439-adak.jpg80-G-K-6439-AdakNavy base at Adak c. 1944. The U.S.S. Charleston, which responded to the B-25 crash, is in the photograph but barely visible behind a pier at upper left (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-6439, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/captain-gerald-o-taylor-of-6th-radar-calibration-detachment-extracted-from-reel-a0231.jpgCaptain-Gerald-O-Taylor-of-6th-Radar-Calibration-Detachment-extracted-from-REEL-A0231Sergeant Johnston’s commanding officer, Captain Gerald O. Taylor, likely standing in front of the 6th Radar Calibration Detachment’s sole B-25 (“History of the 6th Radar Calibration Detachment 20 August 1943 to 1 July 1944,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/chichagof-harbora-23637ac.jpgChichagof-HarborA-23637ACChichagof Harbor on Attu taken after an American air raid while the island was under Japanese occupation (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/amchitka-island.jpgAmchitka-IslandAerial view of Amchitka c. 1943 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ground-radar-alexai-point-attu-53685ac.jpgGround-radar-Alexai-Point-Attu-53685ACAn SCR-268 radar unit at Alexai Point on Attu (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)2024-11-08T19:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/09/21/2nd-lieutenant-george-m-johnson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-ds-idpf.jpgJohnson DS IDPFDocument from Johnson’s individual deceased personnel file describing him as being on detached service with the 38th Bomb Squadron (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-1944-01-25-death-38th-bomb-sq-2.jpgJohnson 1944-01-25 death 38th Bomb Sq 238th Bomb Squadron morning report describing Johnson and the others as attached to the squadron at the time of their deaths (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-1944-01-13-tranf-from-819th-bomb-sq.jpgJohnson 1944-01-13 tranf from 819th Bomb SqMorning report stating that Johnson had transferred out of the 819th Bomb Squadron (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-2021-10-02-janet.jpgJohnson 2021-10-02 JanetLieutenant Johnson’s niece, Janet De Cristofaro, holding a flag she was presented with during the ceremony on October 2, 2021 (Photo by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-2021-10-02-af-hg.jpgJohnson 2021-10-02 AF HGGuests attending the ceremony (Photo by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-2021-10-02-flyover.jpgJohnson 2021-10-02 flyoverA B-25 similar to what Johnson flew on antisubmarine patrol performed a flyover of the cemetery (Photo by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-2021-10-02-gravesite.jpgJohnson 2021-10-02 gravesiteLieutenant Johnson’s gravesite on October 2, 2021 (Photo by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-2021-10-02-honor-guard.jpgJohnson 2021-10-02 honor guardA U.S. Army honor guard carrying Lieutenant Johnson’s casket during his final interment on October 2, 2021 (Photo by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnson-collection-frisky-in-seaford.jpgJohnson-Collection-Frisky-in-SeafordJohnson's mother with Frisky on Willow Street in Seaford (Courtesy of Judi Thoroughgood)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/b-24-nanumea.jpgB-24-NanumeaA B-24 on Nanumea on December 15, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)2024-10-30T19:56:40+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/06/07/technician-5th-grade-steven-oboryshko/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/oboryshko-1944-02-04-prom-t5.jpgOboryshko 1944-02-04 prom T5Oboryshko was promoted to technician 5th grade from private on February 1, 1944. Curiously, his reduction to private following him going A.W.O.L. on Christmas Day 1943 was not recorded in unit morning reports. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/oboryshko-1943-11-22-prom-pfc.jpgOboryshko 1943-11-22 prom PFCCompany “E,” 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion, dated November 22, 1943, in which Oboryshko was among the men promoted to private 1st class, is preserved in the unit’s morning reports. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/111-sc-320894.jpg111-SC-320894This photo was taken on Omaha Beach in Normandy as a machine gun team covering men building a road, suggesting it was taken soon after D-Day. The original caption does not identify the unit, but helmet markings clearly identify at least two men as members of the 2nd Ranger Infantry Battalion, sister unit to Technician 5th Grade Steven Oboryshko's 5th Rangers (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-320894, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/oboryshko-retouched.jpgOboryshko-retouchedSteven Oboryshko, presumably on furlough in Wilmington prior to going overseas (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2026-03-13T14:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/31/private-william-n-jones-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jones_william_32754954_idpf-73-map-bw.jpgJONES_WILLIAM_32754954_IDPF-73-map-b&wGraves registration personnel made this map with X marking where Jones’s body was located in 1947 (Individual Deceased Personnel File for William N. Jones, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/111-sc-189581-fssf-patrol-anzio-area-14-apr-1944.jpg111-SC-189581-FSSF-patrol-Anzio-area-14-Apr-1944A photo purporting to depict a patrol from the 1st Special Service Force attacking a German-occupied farmhouse at the Anzio beachhead on April 14, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo by Gallagher, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/german-counterattack-at-anzio-map.jpgGerman Counterattack at Anzio MapMap depicting the German counterattack at Anzio which cost Private Jones his life (History Of The Third Infantry Division In World War II)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/anzio-banner.jpgAnzio-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/anzio-beachhead.jpgAnzio-BeachheadM4 medium tanks arriving at the Anzio beachhead on April 27, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/william-nolan-jones-jr.jpgWilliam Nolan Jones, JrWilliam N. Jones, Jr. (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-10-22T17:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/08/27/staff-sergeant-hermus-j-hastings/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/wake-island-raid.jpgWake-Island-RaidAerial photo taken during an American bombing raid against Wake Island c. 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/b-24-waist-gunner-banner.jpgB-24-waist-gunner-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/b-24-waist-gunners-7th-af.jpgB-24-Waist-Gunners-7th-AFB-24 waist gunners during a raid on Wake Island, April 30, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/b-24-damaged-fromtruk.jpgB-24-damaged-fromTrukA B-24 damaged during a raid on Truk back at Enitowok on April 18, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/eniwetok-aerial.jpgEniwetok-aerialAerial view of the American base at Eniwetok in November 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dublon-with-labels.jpgDublon-with-labelsAerial photo of Dublon with contemporary annotations listing Japanese installations there (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/eniwetok-arming-b-24.jpgEniwetok-arming-B-24Ground crews prepare to load ordnance on a B-24 at Eniwetok before a raid on Truk, April 18, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/b-24-damaged-banner.jpgB-24-damaged-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hermus-hastings-threadline.jpegHermus Hastings ThreadlineStaff Sergeant Hermus J. Hastings in a photo printed in the DuPont Seaford newsletter, the Threadline (Courtesy of Jim Bowden)2024-10-20T19:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/08/19/private-1st-class-john-s-greenfield/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/greenfield-promotion-sept-1943.jpgGreenfield promotion Sept 1943Payroll entry mentioning that Greenfield had been promoted to private 1st class (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/concord-pike-1923-dpa.jpgConcord Pike 1923 DPAGreenfield grew up in a home on Concord Pike. Concord Pike, seen here in 1923, is now a six-lane divided highway. (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-10-20T17:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/08/01/private-1st-class-mario-j-capano/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/111-sc-320901.jpg111-SC-320901A landing craft approaches the beach on D-Day in Normandy (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-320901, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mario-capano-dpa.jpgMario Capano DPAMario Capano (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-10-20T13:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/01/04/1st-lieutenant-paul-b-selbe-1902-1944/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/selbe-manhattan-engr-dist-oak-ridge-1944-01-19-death.jpgSelbe Manhattan Engr Dist Oak Ridge 1944-01-19 deathMorning report recording Selbe’s death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/selbe-manhattan-engr-dist-oak-ridge-1943-10-22.jpgSelbe Manhattan Engr Dist Oak Ridge 1943-10-22A somewhat puzzling morning report recording 1st Lieutenant Selbe’s transfer from the Berkeley to the Oak Ridge station of the Manhattan Engineer District per a set of orders dated six days in the future! (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/c-47-crash-from-reel-46311-accident-report-44-1-18-12-1.jpgC-47-crash-from-REEL-46311-accident-report-44-1-18-12-1https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/c-47-crash-from-reel-46311-accident-report-44-1-18-12-front-page.jpgC-47-crash-from-REEL-46311-accident-report-44-1-18-12-front-pageFirst page of the accident report, which erroneously listed Lieutenant Selbe as Shelbe (“Report of Aircraft Accident 44-1-18-12,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/selbe-father-letter-delaware-public-archives.jpgSelbe father letter (Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/paul-selbe-dpa-retouched.jpgPaul-Selbe-DPA-retouched1st Lieutenant Paul B. Selbe (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/c-47-crash-from-reel-46311-accident-report-44-1-18-12-8.jpgC-47-crash-from-REEL-46311-accident-report-44-1-18-12-8A building damaged during the C-47 crash in Oakland (“Report of Aircraft Accident 44-1-18-12,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/selbe-enlisted-discharge-photostat-delaware-public-archives.jpgSelbe-enlisted-discharge-photostat-(Delaware-Public-Archives)Discharge document following Selbe’s brief period as an enlisted man (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/selbe-1928-yearbook.jpgSelbe-1928-yearbookSelbe in his 1928 law school yearbook (Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Libraries)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/paul-selbe-commission-cws-delaware-public-archives.jpgPaul Selbe commission CWS (Delaware Public Archives)Photostat of 2nd Lieutenant Selbe’s commissioning document dated August 24, 1928 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-10-19T14:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/09/28/corporal-john-h-prettyman/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/p15323coll6_20406_extralarge.jpgp15323coll6_20406_extralargeSergeant Paul J. Desmond’s tribute to Corporal Prettyman (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/prettyman-death-mr-1942-08-2.jpgPrettyman death MR 1942-08 2A copy of a telegram reporting Prettyman’s death to his unit was included in the battery morning reports (National Archives) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/prettyman-md-261st-ca-1941-1-27.jpgPrettyman MD-261st CA 1941-1-27Roster listing members of the Medical Detachment, 261st Coast Artillery Battalion when it was federalized on January 27, 1941 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/prettyman-promoted-cpl-1941-07.jpgPrettyman promoted CPL 1941-07Morning report recording that Prettyman was promoted to corporal on July 9, 1941 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/prettyman-from-william-duncan-album-courtesy-of-the-delaware-military-museum.jpgPrettyman-from-William-Duncan-album-(Courtesy-of-the-Delaware-Military-Museum)Corporal Prettyman in a photo from William H. Duncan’s album (Courtesy of the Delaware Military Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/prettyman-dpa-crop.jpgPrettyman-DPA-cropJohn H. Prettyman as a private 1st class (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/prettyman-dpa.jpgPrettyman-DPAPrivate 1st Class Prettyman c. 1941 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-10-18T02:28:33+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/10/17/private-1st-class-raymond-v-desorcy/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/32nd-station-hospital-compound-in-caserta-italy-in-1944-or-1945-courtesy-of-the-goss-family.jpg32nd-Station-Hospital-compound-in-Caserta,-Italy-in-1944-or-1945-(Courtesy-of-the-Goss-family)The 32nd Station Hospital compound in Caserta, Italy (Courtesy of the Goss family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/dabrowski-collection-32nd-em.jpgDabrowski-Collection-32nd-EM32nd Station Hospital enlisted personnel in Tlemcen, Algeria, in 1943 (Courtesy of the Dabrowski family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/85th-mir-wounded-20-feb-1945.jpg85th MIR wounded 20 Feb 194585th Mountain Infantry Regiment litter bearers carry a wounded soldier on Monte Belvedere on February 20, 1945 (Courtesy of the Denver Public Library Special Collections)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10th-mtn-aid-station-banner.jpg10th-Mtn-Aid-Station-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/85th-mir-aid-station.jpg85th MIR Aid Station85th Mountain Infantry Regiment aid station in Italy (Courtesy of the Denver Public Library Special Collections)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10th-mountain-aid-station-belvedere-21-feb-1945.jpg10th Mountain Aid Station Belvedere 21 Feb 1945A 10th Mountain Division aid station on Monte Belvedere on February 21, 1945. Private 1st Class Desorcy was apparently assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment aid station during the spring on 1945. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, courtesy of the Denver Public Library Special Collections)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/riva-ridge-banner.jpgRiva-Ridge-Banner2024-10-16T11:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/12/29/2nd-lieutenant-william-b-weldon-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gorge-weldon-map-1.jpgGorge Weldon Map 1Seen in a detail from an Army Map Service map, the Rio di San Vittore gorge, north of the town of the same name, was the scene of intense fighting (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hill-552-weldon-map-2.jpgHill 552 Weldon map 2Hill 552 is labeled in the upper right of this contemporary Army Map Service map, northeast of the town of Cervaro and due east of the Sanctuary of Our Lady de Piternis (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/s-3-journalhill-552.jpgS-3-JournalHill-552168th Infantry S-3 journal entries about the assault on Hill 552 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/34th-inf-div-banner.jpg34th-Inf-Div-Banner2024-10-15T18:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/06/12/private-1st-class-william-owens/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/owens-service-statement.jpgOwens service statementService statement from Owens’s personnel file with visible charring from the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/owens-induction-paperwork.jpgOwens induction paperworkPrivate Owens’s induction paperwork, a rare example of the contents of a World War II U.S. Army personnel file, which were largely destroyed in the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/76th-coast-artillery-banner.jpg76th-coast-artillery-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/76th-coast-artillery.jpg76th-coast-artillerySoldiers from another black antiaircraft unit, the 76th Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), during training (National Archives)2024-10-07T17:40:03+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/01/technician-4th-grade-harvey-l-baldwin/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/baldwin-army-general-dispensary-mr-1943-02-11-prom-tech-4.jpgBaldwin Army General Dispensary MR 1943-02-11 prom Tech 4Morning report listing Baldwin’s promotion to technician 4th grade (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/baldwin-3303rd-su-1943-08-19-death.jpgBaldwin 3303rd SU 1943-08-19 deathMorning report listing Baldwin’s death (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/harvey-lewis-baldwin.jpgHarvey Lewis BaldwinHarvey Lewis Baldwin (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-10-06T21:36:50+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/07/16/private-1st-class-frank-kwiatkowski/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/frank-kwiatkowki-and-ida-mae-parker-banner-1.jpgFrank-Kwiatkowki-and-Ida-Mae-Parker-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/frank-kwiatkowki-and-ida-mae-parker-cropped.jpgFrank-Kwiatkowki-and-Ida-Mae-Parker-croppedFrank Kwiatkowski with Ida Mae Parker (Courtesy of Lisa Kwiatkowski Aretz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/kwiatkowski-collection-kia-telegram-photostat-cropped.jpgKwiatkowski-Collection-KIA-telegram-photostat-croppedPhotostat of the telegram reporting Private 1st Class Kwiatkowski's death (Courtesy of Lisa Kwiatkowski Aretz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/kwiatkowki-brothers-cropped.jpgKwiatkowki-Brothers-croppedFrank Kwiatkowski with his brother, Walter (a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces), presumably taken in England in late 1943 or early 1944 (Courtesy of Lisa Kwiatkowski Aretz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/frank-kwiatkowski-dpa.jpgFrank Kwiatkowski (DPA)Frank Kwiatkowski (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-10-06T13:06:13+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/11/staff-sergeant-harold-d-kirk/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/kirk-kia-mr.jpgKirk KIA MRMorning report recording Staff Sergeant Kirk as killed in action on May 24, 1944 (National Personnel Record Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/191st-tank-battalion-journal-kirk-death.jpg191st Tank Battalion Journal Kirk deathS-3 journal entry reporting the death of Staff Sergeant Kirk (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/harold-d.-kirk-letter-of-commendation-courtesy-of-the-kirk-family.jpgHarold D. Kirk letter of commendationLetter of commendation to Sergeant Kirk from Lieutenant Colonel Percy H. Perkins, Jr. dated January 3, 1944 (Courtesy of the Kirk family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/harold-d-kirk-purple-heart-certificate-courtesy-of-the-kirk-family.jpg.jpgHarold D Kirk Purple Heart Certificate (Courtesy of the Kirk family).jpgStaff Sergeant Harold D. Kirk Purple Heart certificate (Courtesy of the Kirk family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/breakout-from-anzio-map-fifth-army-history-part-v-the-drive-to-rome.jpgBreakout from Anzio map (Fifth Army History Part V: The Drive to Rome)Map illustrating the breakout from Anzio with the 1st Special Service Force on the Allied right. Though not labeled, Highway 7 was the north-south road passing through Cisterna and Velletri (Fifth Army History Part V :The Drive to Rome)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ernie-pyle-visiting-191st-tank-battalion-sc-photo-191704-national-archives.jpgErnie Pyle visiting 191st Tank BattalionThe famous reporter Ernie Pyle visiting with a 191st Tank Battalion crew at the Anzio beachhead (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/191st-tank-battalion-m4s-during-the-invasion-of-italy-on-september-9-1943-sc-18122-national-archives-via-navsource-.jpg.jpg191st Tank Battalion M4s during the invasion of Italy on September 9, 1943 (SC 18122, National Archives via NavSource)191st Tank Battalion M4 tanks unloading from an L.S.T. during the invasion of Italy on September 9, 1943. These tanks are from another company; Sergeant Kirk's traveled aboard smaller L.C.T.s (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives via NavSource)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/harold-d-kirk.jpgHarold D KirkHarold D. Kirk (Courtesy of the Kirk family)2024-10-02T17:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/09/09/private-1st-class-irving-de-shong/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/111-sc-334964-57mm-antitank.jpg111-SC-334964-57mm-antitankA 57 mm antitank gun deployed in Kleinblittersdorf, Germany, on February 21, 1945 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo by Jacob Harris, National Archives via Signal Corps Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/de-shong-family.jpgDe Shong familyMary and Shirley De Shong in Wilmington, 1944 (Courtesy of Thomas Wade)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/brest-moonscape-signal-corps.jpgBrest-moonscape-Signal-CorpsDamage following combat outside Brest (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo courtesy of the Maryland Museum of Military History)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/brest-sub-pens.jpgBrest-sub-pensThe German submarine pens at Brest after the city fell (Courtesy of the Maryland Museum of Military History)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/115-aar-nov-1944-aerial-cropped-2.jpg115-AAR-Nov-1944-aerial-cropped-2Aerial view of the area of the Rhineland that the 115th Infantry Regiment fought in during November 1944, from the regimental after action report (Maryland Museum of Military History)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/115-aar-nov-1944-aerial-banner.jpg115-AAR-Nov-1944-aerial-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/koslar-banner.jpgKoslar-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/969th-maxwell-taylor-letter.jpg969th-Maxwell-Taylor-letterMaxwell Taylor letter of commendation (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/969th-citation-patton.jpg969th-Citation-PattonDistinguished Unit Citation awarded to the 969th Field Artillery Battalion, reportedly the first black unit so honored (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/koslar-lt-col-carleton-fisher-collection.jpgKoslar-Lt-Col-Carleton-Fisher-collectionKoslar, Germany (Collection of Carleton Fisher, courtesy of the Maryland Museum of Military History)2024-09-22T13:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/09/15/seaman-2nd-class-john-p-sparco/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bainbridge-banner.jpgBainbridge bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/80-g-159787-bainbridge-training-class.jpg80-G-159787 Bainbridge training classA training class at Bainbridge in 1943 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-159787, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/80-g-159780-bainbridge-1943.jpg80-G-159780 Bainbridge 1943Sailors training in a whaleboat at Bainbridge in 1943 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-159780, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/80-g-85793-naval-training-station-bainbridge-29-oct-1943.jpg80-G-85793 Naval Training Station Bainbridge 29 Oct 1943Aerial view of the Naval Training Station, Bainbridge, Maryland, on October 29, 1943 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-85793, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/john-paul-sparco-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgJohn Paul Sparco (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)John P. Sparco as a seaman apprentice in early 1943 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-09-18T19:55:56+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/05/17/staff-sergeant-george-c-curdy/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/111-sc-335272-80th-inf-div-kaiserlautern-germany-20-march-1945.jpg111-SC-335272-80th-Inf-Div-Kaiserlautern,-Germany-20-March-194580th Infantry Division soldiers marching through Kaiserlautern, Germany, on March 20, 1945, shortly after Staff Sergeant Curdy was killed (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-335272, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/111-sc-335272-80th-inf-div-kaiserlautern-banner.jpg111-SC-335272-80th-Inf-Div-Kaiserlautern-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/111-sc-333937-80th-inf-div-near-frankenstein-germany-21-march-1945.jpg111-SC-333937-80th-Inf-Div-near-Frankenstein,-Germany-21-March-19452024-09-18T19:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/09/08/private-samuel-a-matthews-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samuel-matthews-2024.jpgSamuel-Matthews-2024Matthews’s gravesite at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in 2024 (Photo by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/matthews-joining-i-133-mr.jpgMatthews joining I-133 MRMorning report mentioning that Private Matthews had joined Company “I,” 133rd Infantry Regiment the day before (National Archives, courtesy of Matt LeMasters) 2024-09-08T21:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/07/25/2nd-lieutenant-robert-g-allen/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/allen-collection-negatives-train-1-small.jpgAllen Collection negatives train 1 smallSome of Lieutenant Allen's fellow officers, probably in Brisbane, Australia. From left to right: Harold Link, William R. Little, Basil D. McCampbell, and James R. Thomas (Courtesy of Bob Allen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/robert-gage-allen-619-chestnut-st.jpgRobert Gage Allen 619 Chestnut StA young Robert Gage Allen outside his first home at 619 Chestnut Street in Donora, Pennsylvania (Courtesy of Bob Allen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/111-sc-200787-cropped.jpg111-SC-200787 croppedLanding Fields Field “A” (left) and “B” (right) on Corregidor. Lieutenant Allen's parachute may be one of the ones visible in the trees along the cliffs on the left side of the photograph. Note the low-flying C-47 at upper right. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-200787-S, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/215-dallam-rd-1940s.jpg215 Dallam Rd 1940s215 Dallam Road, a home that Marjorie Allen had built, seen in the early 1940s. The house still stands, now surrounded by tall trees. (Courtesy of Bob Allen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/24-center-st-1940s.jpg24 Center St 1940s24 Center Street, the apartment building where the Allen family lived in 1940, still stands. (Courtesy of Bob Allen)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/corregidor-banner-4.jpgCorregidor-Banner-4https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/corregidor-banner-aerial-2.jpgCorregidor-Banner-Aerial-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/paratroopers-dropping-corregidor.jpgParatroopers-Dropping-CorregidorParatroopers dropping on Corregidor (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/corregidor-banner-aerial-3.jpgCorregidor-Banner-Aerial-3https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/462nd-parachute-field-artillery-battalion-corregidor-plan-4.jpg462nd-Parachute-Field-Artillery-Battalion-Corregidor-Plan-4Map in the 462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion operations plan for retaking Corregidor on February 16, 1945. Landing Fields “A” and “B” on Topside are illustrated, along with lines representing routes for the C-47s making the drop. Lieutenant Allen's platoon jumped at Field “A.” On the right side of the map, arrows represent the plan for the amphibious force landing on Bottomside. (National Archives)2024-09-08T11:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/09/01/aviation-cadet-william-e-hairsine/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lp-65.jpgLP-65NC25577, an LP-65 similar to the plane Hairsine was flying, seen in a detail from a photo dated August 12, 1941 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hairsine-investigation.jpgHairsine investigationExcerpt from Commander Brossy’s report (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hairsine-resume.jpgHairsine resumeHairsine’s handwritten resumé, dated September 26, 1942, is preserved in his Navy personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hairsine-banner.jpgHairsine-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hairsine-application.jpgHairsine applicationHairsine’s application to become a Navy aviation cadet (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hairsine-photo.jpgHairsine-photoPhoto of William E. Hairsine attached to his application to become a U.S. Navy aviation cadet (National Archives)2024-09-03T00:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/11/25/private-norman-g-becker/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/becker-condolence-letter.jpgBecker-condolence-letterCondolence letter from Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Greyer (regimental executive officer when Becker was killed) to Becker’s mother (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/becker-mrs-3.jpgBecker-MRs-3Morning report recording the death of Private Becker (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/becker-mrs-2.jpgBecker-MRs-2Morning report for the date that Becker was later reported killed in action. It was common for casualties to not be recorded for days, even weeks, as recordkeeping was difficult during intense combat. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/becker-mrs-1.jpgBecker-MRs-1Morning report recording that Private Becker and nine other replacements had joined Company “K,” 135th Infantry on October 9, 1944. Before the month was out, two of the 10 had been killed in action (Becker and McGaughey) and three others wounded. (Mahaffey, Rufus Miller, and Schierman). (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/becker-map-banner.jpgBecker-map-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/italy-sheet-98-i-nw-becker-str-detail.jpgItaly-Sheet-98-I-NW-Becker-str-detailDetail from a contemporary 1/25,000 scale Allied map of the area north of Monzuno with Hill 410 (1), reported position of Company “K” at 0930 hours on October 14, 1944 (2), and reported position of Company “K” at 1920 hours on October 14, 1944. The company continued toward Monterumici to the northwest. Private Becker was reported as killed in action in the general area depicted by this map. (McMaster University Library, annotated by the author)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/becker-yearbook.jpgBecker yearbookBecker (bottom left) in his West Chester High School yearbook (Garnet and White 1941)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/norman-becker-delaware-public-archives.jpgNorman Becker (Delaware Public Archives)Norman G. Becker (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-08-19T18:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/01/15/corporal-james-a-moore/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/james-moore-threadline-2-courtesy-of-jim-bowden.jpgJames Moore Threadline 2 (Courtesy of Jim Bowden)DuPont newsletter mentioning Corporal Moore’s death (Threadline, July 1944, courtesy of Jim Bowden)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/james-arthur-moore-photo-threadlines.jpgJames Arthur Moore photo ThreadlinesCorporal James A. Moore in a photo from a DuPont Company newsletter (Threadlines, March 1944)2024-08-08T20:25:40+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/11/11/technician-4th-grade-isiah-grubbs/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/grubbs-promoted-to-tech-4-payroll-1943-07-31.jpgGrubbs promoted to Tech 4 payroll 1943-07-31Excerpt from a payroll record mentioning that Grubbs was promoted to technician 4th grade (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/855th-banner.jpg855th-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/811th-engineer-aviation-battalion-iwo-jima-may-1945.jpg811th-Engineer-Aviation-Battalion-Iwo-Jima-May-1945Many black engineer units served overseas during World War II. This corporal from the 811th Engineer Aviation Battalion is operating a rock roller while building an airstrip on Iwo Jima in May 1945 (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/grubbs-payroll-record.jpgGrubbs Payroll recordJanuary 1943 payroll for Headquarters and Service Company, 855th Engineer Aviation Battalion, mentioning Private Grubbs (National Archives, courtesy of Lori Berdak Miller)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/go-no-3-hq-855th-eab.jpgGO No 3 HQ 855th EABGeneral Orders No. 3, Headquarters 855th Engineer Aviation Battalion, establishing November 12 as Battalion Day (Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/grubbs-id-data.jpgGrubbs ID dataTechician 4th Grade Grubbs identification data (National Archives)2024-07-24T17:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/02/07/private-robert-p-mulreaney-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/engineers-anzio.jpgEngineers-AnzioThese men at the Anzio beachhead are likely members of the Mulreaney brothers’ unit. The original caption stated that “playing cards is practically the only form of recreation available to members of an aviation engineers outfit charged with the job of maintaining an airfield on the beachhead south of Rome.” (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mulreaney-brothers-the-plain-speaker-1-march-1944-1.jpgMulreaney-Brothers-The-Plain-Speaker-1-March-1944March 1, 1944, article in The Plain Speaker (Courtesy of Robert P. Mulreaney, III and the Standard-Speaker)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/815th-photo-book-reel-a0248-composite.jpg815th-photo-book-REEL-A0248-compositeSpread from a microfilmed copy of a 1945 photo book of photos commemorating the 3rd anniversary of the 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/dr-weiner-jf716-and-jf394-prob-marcinese-airfield.jpgDr-Weiner-JF716-and-JF394-prob-Marcinese-AirfieldRoyal Air Force Spitfires of the No. 92 Squadron, almost certainly at Marcianise Airfield in early 1944 (Courtesy of the Weiner family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/spitfire-and-815th-eab-corsica.jpgSpitfire and 815th EAB CorsicaA Spitfire comes in for a landing at an airfield on Corsica as a member of the 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion looks on (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/robert-mulreaney-center.jpgRobert-Mulreaney-CenterRobert P. Mulreaney, Jr. (center) with two unidentified men during his stateside service in 1942 (Courtesy of Robert P. Mulreaney, III)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/eugene-mulreaney-and-others-anzio.jpgEugene-Mulreaney-and-others-AnzioEugene Mulreaney (right) with three unidentified men at the Anzio beachhead in 1944 (Courtesy of Robert P. Mulreaney, III)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mulreaney-closeup-portrait.jpgMulreaney-closeup-portraitEugene Mulreaney (Courtesy of Robert P. Mulreaney, III)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mulreaney-childhood.jpgMulreaney-childhoodA young Robert Mulreaney (Courtesy of Robert P. Mulreaney, III)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/robert-p.-mulreaney-jr.-bronze-star-medal-citation-courtesy-of-robert-mulreaney-iii.jpgRobert P. Mulreaney, Jr. Bronze Star Medal citation (Courtesy of Robert Mulreaney, III)Robert P. Mulreaney, Jr.'s Bronze Star Medal citation (Courtesy of Robert Mulreaney, III)2024-07-24T16:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/28/private-george-r-thorn/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/leyte-1st-cavalry-division-advance-21-oct-1944-111-sc-197534.jpgLeyte-1st-Cavalry-Division-advance-21-Oct-1944-111-SC-197534Troopers from the 1st Cavalry Division advancing on Leyte on October 21, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-197534, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/manila-banner.jpgManila-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/manila-ruins.jpgManila-RuinsThe Philippine Senate, still in ruins two years after the Battle of Manila (Edward Rau Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/george-r.-thorn.jpgGeorge-R.-ThornGeorge R. Thorn (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-06-23T05:35:53+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/13/sergeant-philip-a-beaman/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/beaman-kia-mr.jpgBeaman-KIA-MRMorning report recording Beaman's death (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/33rd-infantry-division-personnel-courtesy-of-michael-belluomo.jpg33rd Infantry Division personnel (Courtesy of Michael Belluomo)33rd Division men in the Southwest Pacific; I&R men would have looked very similar on patrol. (Courtesy of Michael Belluomo)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/beaman-dpa.jpgBeaman-DPAPhilip A. Beaman as a private 1st class (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/33rd-infantry-division-banner.jpg33rd-Infantry-Division-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/corporal-philip-a.-beaman-courtesy-of-michael-belluomo.jpgCorporal Philip A. Beaman (Courtesy of Michael Belluomo)Corporal Philip A. Beaman, likely at Fort Lewis, Washington in late 1942 or early 1943 (Courtesy of Michael Belluomo)2024-06-22T01:49:43+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/05/29/1st-lieutenant-john-s-jarvie/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jarvie-lightsey-grave-arlington-august-2023.jpgJarvie-Lightsey-grave-Arlington-August-20231st Lieutenant Jarvie and Sergeant Lightsey’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in August 2023 (Author’s photograph)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/newton-collection-894th-company-c-panorama-leo-dobson-retouched.jpgnewton-collection-894th-company-c-panorama-leo-dobson-retouchedLeo Dobson in a detail from a July 3, 1942, photo of Company “C”, 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion taken at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Sergeant Dobson and Jarvie spent a long night fending off enemy forces after being cut off by a German counterattack north of Anzio. (Courtesy of the Newton family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/111-sc-188935-894th-tank-destroyer-battalion-italy.jpg111-SC-188935 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion ItalyCamouflaged 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion M10s acting as self-propelled artillery at the Anzio beachhead near Littoria (modern Latina), on March 18, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-188935 by Bell, National Archives)2024-06-01T21:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/30/captain-william-w-galt/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/villa-crocetta-banner-2.jpgVilla-Crocetta-Banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/villa-crocetta-painting-by-anhar-hawari-updated-feb-5-2022.jpgVilla-Crocetta-painting-by-Anhar-Hawari-updated-Feb-5-2022Artist’s depiction of the fourth assault on Villa Crocetta (Painting by Anhar Hawari, author’s collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jarvie-prob-1930s-photo-retouched.jpgjarvie-prob-1930s-photo-retouchedJohn S. Jarvie (Courtesy of the Jarvie family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/william-wylie-galt-and-pat-galt-courtesy-of-erik-gustafson.jpg.jpgWilliam Wylie Galt and Pat Galt (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson).jpgWilliam Wylie Galt and his wife, Pat (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/captain-william-wylie-galt-courtesy-of-erik-gustafson.jpg.jpgCaptain William Wylie Galt (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson).jpgCaptain William W. Galt, probably at the Anzio beachhead (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/west-r.-lyon-1916e280931988-894th-tank-destroyer-battalion-courtesy-of-the-lyon-family.jpg.jpgWest R. Lyon (1916–1988), 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Courtesy of the Lyon family).jpgWest R. Lyon of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion observed the battle with Captain Galt and later recognized his body (Courtesy of the Lyon family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ervin-m.-frey-1919e280931991-168th-infantry-regiment-34th-infantry-division-and-his-wife-lorrine-courtesy-of-joseph-slak.jpeg.jpgErvin M. Frey (1919–1991), 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division and his wife Lorrine (Courtesy of Joseph Slak).jpegErvin M. Frey, a survivor of the assault on Villa Crocetta, with his wife, Lorrine (Courtesy of Joseph Slak)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/william-wylie-galt-widow-receiving-moh-courtesy-of-erik-gustafson.jpg.jpgWilliam Wylie Galt widow receiving MOH (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson).jpgCaptain Galt's widow, Pat, at Great Falls Army Air Base, during a ceremony where she received the Medal of Honor that he earned from Brigadier General Dale V. Gaffney (right). Soviet General I. A. Abraskov is at left. (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/william-wylie-galt-kasserine-courtesy-of-erik-gustafson.jpg.jpgWilliam Wylie Galt Kasserine (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson).jpgLieutenant William W. Galt manning a .50 machine gun near Kasserine Pass in what presumably is a posed picture (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/william-wylie-galt-college-graduation-courtesy-of-erik-gustafson.jpg.jpgWilliam Wylie Galt college graduation (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson).jpgWilliam Wylie Galt in college (Courtesy of Erik Gustafson)2024-05-29T13:31:27+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/08/1st-lieutenant-john-m-mendinhall-ii/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/radar-picket-map-for-okinawa.jpgRadar Picket Map for OkinawaRadar picket map for Okinawa from a contemporary report (National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/f4u-corsairs-at-yontan-field-c.-april-1945-war-diary-marine-aircraft-group-thirty-one-1-april-to-30-april-1945-inclusive..jpgF4U Corsairs at Yontan Field c. April 1945 (“War Diary, Marine Aircraft Group Thirty One, 1 April to 30 April, 1945, inclusive.”)4U Corsairs at Yontan Field c. April 1945 (Marine Aircraft Group Thirty One's April 1945 war diary, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/yontan-night.jpgYontan NightA long exposure photograph capturing antiaircraft fire during a Japanese air raid against Yontan Field on April 16, 1945, with Marine Aircraft Group 31 Corsairs in the foreground (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo via Naval History and Heritage Command)2024-05-24T11:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/recently-published-articles/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/delawares-fallen-collage-narrow-2.jpgDelaware's-Fallen-Collage-Narrow-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/delawares-fallen-collage-narrow.jpgDelaware's-Fallen-Collage-Narrow2024-05-21T01:17:35+00:00weekly0.6https://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/17/staff-sergeant-frank-dixon/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/co.-c-894th-td-bn-3-july-1942-frank-dixon-detail-small.jpgco.-c-894th-td-bn-3-july-1942-frank-dixon-detail-smallStaff Sergeant Dixon in a detail from a July 3, 1942, group photo of Company “C,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Courtesy of the Newton family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/894th-td-morning-report-extracts-frank-dixon-death-3-national-personnel-records-center.jpg.jpg894th TD Morning Report extracts Frank Dixon Death-3 (National Personnel Records Center).jpghttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/894th-td-morning-report-extracts-frank-dixon-death-2-national-personnel-records-center.jpg.jpg894th TD Morning Report extracts Frank Dixon Death-2 (National Personnel Records Center).jpghttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/894th-td-morning-report-extracts-frank-dixon-death-1-national-personnel-records-center.jpg.jpg894th TD Morning Report extracts Frank Dixon Death-1 (National Personnel Records Center).jpg2024-05-20T21:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/12/02/corporal-fred-s-shoe/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/894td_a_co-banner.jpg894TD_A_Co-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/corporal-fred-s-shoe.jpgCorporal-Fred-S-ShoeCorporal Fred S. Shoe (Courtesy of the Moose family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fred-shoe-cabarrus-county-comparison.jpgFred Shoe Cabarrus-County-comparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fred-shoe-cabarrus-county-my-heritage-enhanced-retouched.jpgFred-Shoe-Cabarrus-County-My-Heritage-enhanced-retouchedCorporal Fred S. Shoe (A History of Cabarrus County in the Wars, enhanced with MyHeritage)2024-05-20T21:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/01/04/corporal-joseph-m-vignola/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lowitt-afhra-a0887.jpgLowitt AFHRA A08872nd Lieutenant Lowitt was one of the few survivors of the 32nd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/p-39-probably-camp-bell.jpgP-39 probably Camp BellMen working or training on a P-39, probably at Camp Bell (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/darby-camp-bell-graduation.jpgDarby Camp Bell graduationSergeant Darby with his wife and his parents at one of the Camp Bell graduation banquets. Corporal Vignola would have attended a similar ceremony. (Courtesy of the Darby family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/vignola-roster.jpgVignola rosterExcerpt of a 32nd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron roster dated December 4, 1943, mentioning Corporal Vignola (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/paul-hamilton-banner.jpgPaul-Hamilton-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/joseph-m.-vignola-delaware-public-archives.jpgJoseph M. Vignola (Delaware Public Archives)Corporal Joseph M. Vignola (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-04-21T11:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/04/private-clifford-l-hook/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/the-evening-journal-cranston-heights-fc-tragedy.jpgThe-Evening-Journal-Cranston-Heights-FC-TragedyFront page article reporting the tragedy that claimed the life of David Hook (The Evening Journal)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fm-towed-antitank-gun-illustration-3-1.jpgFM towed antitank gun illustration 3Illustration of an antitank gun in position, from an April 1944 field manual, Tank Destroyer Towed Gun Platoon (University of North Texas Digital Library)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fm-towed-antitank-gun-illustration-banner.jpgFM-towed-antitank-gun-illustration-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fm-towed-antitank-gun-illustration.jpgFM towed antitank gun illustrationIllustration of a halftrack towing an antitank gun from an April 1944 field manual, Tank Destroyer Towed Gun Platoon (University of North Texas Digital Library)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/private-clifford-l-hook.jpgPrivate-Clifford-L-HookPrivate Clifford L. Hook (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-04-18T17:33:36+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/12/22/stewards-mate-2nd-class-bruce-gibson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/callaghan-final-engagement.jpgCallaghan final engagementDrawing of the kamikaze attack against Callaghan (“Report of A.A. Action by Surface Ship, U.S.S. CALLAGHAN (DD792), on 29 July 1945,” National Archives) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bruce-gibson-navy-ompf-condolence-letter.jpgBruce-Gibson-Navy-OMPF-condolence-letterCopy of a condolence letter from Commander Bertholf to Gibson’s mother (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bruce-gibson-banner.jpgBruce-Gibson-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bruce-gibson-navy-ompf-last-seen-report.jpgBruce-Gibson-Navy-OMPF-last-seen-reportWorksheet about Gibson’s last known location and status (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/callaghan-dd-792.jpgCallaghan-DD-792U.S.S. Callaghan (DD-792) (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/john-bruce-gibson-drawing-by-daria-milka-small-1.jpgJohn Bruce Gibson drawing by Daria Milka smallBruce Gibson (Drawing by Daria Milka, author’s collection)2024-04-17T14:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/04/05/robert-m-tee/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/attack-order-headquarters-17th-armored-infantry-battalion-4-feb-1945.jpgAttack Order Headquarters 17th Armored Infantry Battalion 4 Feb 1945The attack order for the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion for Private Tee’s first day in combat. Tee’s Company “C” was to attack south supported by one platoon of Company “C,” 23rd Tank Battalion. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/robert-m.-tee-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgRobert M. Tee (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Private Robert M. Tee, likely during his last furlough home in early November 1944 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-04-06T02:23:17+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/11/05/sergeant-charles-edelberg/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/edelberg-register.jpgEdelberg registerEdelberg’s mother down passed this register, likely the same one in the photo above. It is still in use in a family barber shop. (Courtesy of Craig Feinstein)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tonopah-map-1944.jpgTonopah Map 1944Map of Tonopah Arm Air Field training facilities in 1944 (“History of the Tonopah Army Air Field 1 July 1944 thru 31 July 1944,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency) https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/413th-base-hq-and-air-base-squadron-insignia.jpg413th Base HQ and Air Base Squadron InsigniaEdelberg was a member of the 413th Air Base Squadron, which existed for only three months before it was reorganized (“Monthly Historical Report, Tonopah Army Air Field, Tonopah, Nevada, November 1943,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tonopah-celestial-navigation-buildings-under-construction-cropped.jpgTonopah celestial navigation buildings under construction croppedCelestial navigation buildings (right) under construction at Tonopah in a photo dated October 9, 1943 (“Monthly Historical Report, Tonopah Army Air Field, Tonopah, Nevada, November 1943,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/link-trainer-afhra.jpgLink trainer AFHRALink Trainer during World War II (“Monthly Historical Report, Tonopah Army Air Field, Tonopah, Nevada, November 1943,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mollye-sklut-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives-1.jpgMollye Sklut (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Mollye Sklut during World War II (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/edelberg-store.jpgEdelberg storeEdelberg’s mother in the family store at 101 North Clayton Street (Courtesy of the Edelberg family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/edelberg-and-half-sisters.jpgEdelberg and half-sistersEdelberg and his sisters (Courtesy of the Edelberg family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/charles_edelberg_6.jpgCharles_Edelberg_6Charles Edelberg sixth birthday announcement, printed on April 3, 1926 (The Evening Journal)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/charles-edelberg-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgCharles Edelberg (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)Charles Edelberg (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2024-04-03T01:13:22+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2024/04/02/seaman-1st-class-eugene-h-speary/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ss-j-pinckney-henderson-13.jpgSS-J-Pinckney-Henderson-13J. Pinckney Henderson after the disaster (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/speary-ompf-qualification-card.jpgSpeary-OMPF-qualification-cardSpeary’s qualification card, preserved in his Navy personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/unidentified-bodies-ss-j-pinckney-henderson.jpgUnidentified-bodies-SS-J-Pinckney-HendersonPostwar list of missing and unidentified members of J. Pinckney Henderson’s crew (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25-of-26-usnag-aboard-ss-j-pinckney-henderson.jpg25-of-26-USNAG-aboard-SS-J-Pinckney-HendersonNames of 25 members of the J. Pinckney Henderson U.S. Navy Armed Guard detachment who arrived at New York on August 12, 1943. One additional sailor was assigned to her crew there. (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/speary-ompf-missing.jpgSpeary-OMPF-missinghttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/speary_eugene_henry_nv_7109846.jpgSPEARY_Eugene_Henry_NV_7109846Speary’s Navy identification photo (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ss-j-pinckney-henderson-banner.jpgSS-J-Pinckney-Henderson-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ss-j-pinckney-henderson-10.jpgSS-J-Pinckney-Henderson-10J. Pinckney Henderson prior to scrapping (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/j-h-senor-cropped.jpgJ-H-Senor-croppedJ. H. Senor after the disaster (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ss-j-pinckney-henderson-11.jpgSS-J-Pinckney-Henderson-11Damage to J. Pinckney Henderson following the inferno (National Archives)2024-04-02T15:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/05/sergeant-william-h-dean-jr/2024-02-17T21:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/14/2nd-lieutenant-john-m-butler/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butlers-journey-full-over-18367-miles.gifButler's Journey full (over 18,367 miles)Map of Butler's journey while serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces between January 1942 and June 1944. He traveled over 18,300 miles during that time. Detailed movements within England are not shown. (Map generated by Lowell Silverman using the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-final-page-of-diary.jpgButler Collection Final Page of DiaryLast page of 2nd Lieutenant John M. Butler's overseas diaryhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-penultimate-page-of-diary.jpgButler Collection Penultimate Page of DiarySecond to last page of 2nd Lieutenant John M. Butler's overseas diaryhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-april-23-1944-memo-1.jpgButler Collection April 23, 1944 memoMemo to commanding officers of Troop Carrier Wingshttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-april-20-1944-memo-1.jpgButler Collection April 20, 1944 memoMemo regarding 2nd Lieutenant Butler's assignment in the U.K.https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-april-5-1944-orders-1.jpgButler Collection April 5, 1944 OrdersOrders dispatching 2nd Lieutenant Butler overseashttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-transfer-to-stout-field-april-3-1944-1.jpgButler Collection Transfer to Stout Field April 3, 19442nd Lieutenant Butler transfer to Stout Fieldhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-transition-glider-flight-certificate-1944-1.jpgButler Collection Transition Glider Flight Certificate 19442nd Lieutenant John M. Butler Transition Glider Flight Certificatehttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-individual-flight-record-march-1944.jpgButler Collection Individual Flight Record March 19442nd Lieutenant Butler Individual Flight Record March 1944https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/butler-collection-2nd-lieutenant-september-1-1943-2.jpgButler Collection 2nd Lieutenant September 1, 1943Personnel order after Butler's promotion to 2nd lieutenant2024-02-17T15:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/08/02/captain-reynolds-h-knotts/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/80-g-k-13361-vella-lavella-new-georgia.jpg80-G-K-13361 Vella Lavella, New GeorgiaAn R4D on a medical evacuation flight landing at Vella Lavella, New Georgia, in December 1943 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-13361, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/knotts-map.jpgKnotts mapMap depicting the intended route of Knotts’s final flight and approximate crash site (Individual Deceased Personnel File for Reynolds H. Knotts. National Archives, courtesy of Geoffrey Roecker)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/80-g-k-5297.jpeg80-G-K-5297An R4D c. 1945 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-5297, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/80-g-29325-tontouta-aerial.jpg80-G-29325 Tontouta aerialAerial view of Tontouta on August 22, 1942 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-29325, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/tontouta-banner.jpgTontouta bannerTontouta Air Base in a photo dated September 8, 1943 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo by Heller, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/knotts-id-card-avation-cadet.jpgKnotts-ID-card avation cadetKnotts as an aviation cadet (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/knotts-flight-map-with-ompf-additions.gifKnotts flight map with OMPF additionsMap of Knott’s known flights in the South Pacific based on unit war diaries and his Marine personnel file. In some cases, when a World War II-era airport no longer exists, a nearby field is substituted. In some cases, he flew a particular route multiple times. (Map generated by Lowell Silverman using the Great Circle Mapper – © Karl L. Swartz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/knotts-yearbook-1939.jpgKnotts yearbook 1939Knotts (upper right) in his college yearbook (The 1939 Blue Hen, courtesy of the University of Delaware)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/reynolds-hill-knotts-delaware-public-archives-retouched.jpgReynolds-Hill-Knotts-(Delaware-Public-Archives)-retouchedCaptain Reynolds H. Knotts (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2023-12-12T13:20:43+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/14/technician-5th-grade-leon-bush/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/t5-bush-death-mr.jpgT5 Bush death MRCompany morning reports from early April 1943 mentioning Technician 5th Grade Bush's death (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/newton-collection-co-c-894th-td-1941-xmas-party.jpgNewton-Collection-Co-C-894th-TD-1941-Xmas-Partyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/894-roster-banner.jpg894-Roster-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/newton-17-may-1943-excerpt.jpgNewton-17-May-1943-excerptExcerpt of Baker D. Newton's letter, dated May 17, 1943, that alluded to Technician 5th Grade Bush's actions (Courtesy of the Newton family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/leon-bush-894th-tank-destroyer-battalion-at-fort-bragg-july-3-1942-courtesy-of-the-newton-family.jpg.jpgLeon Bush, 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion at Fort Bragg, July 3, 1942 (Courtesy of the Newton family).jpgLeon bush in a detail from a July 3, 1942, group photo of Company “C,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Courtesy of the Newton family)2023-11-18T22:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/01/31/corporal-vollie-c-hudson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/vollie-hudson-career-2.jpgVollie-Hudson-Career-2Second page of a photostat of a letter summarizing Hudson’s military career (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/vollie-hudson-career-1.jpgVollie-Hudson-Career-1First page of a photostat of a letter summarizing Hudson’s military career (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/75th-service-group-salvage-work-from-reel-b0828.jpg75th-Service-Group-salvage-work-from-REEL-B0828Men from Hudson’s unit salvaging at B-29 after a crash in Atlanta, Georgia (“Historical Record of the 75th Service Group,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/vollie-c.-hudson.jpgVollie C. HudsonVollie Hudson (Courtesy of Janet and Larry Whitten)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/amos-hudson-uscg.jpgAmos Hudson USCGVollie Hudson's father, Amos, as a at the North Beach Lifeboat Station c. 1938 (Courtesy of Janet and Larry Whitten)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/vollie-hudson-banner-3.jpgVollie-Hudson-Banner-3https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/vollie-hudson-4.jpgVollie-Hudson-4Corporal Vollie C. Hudson in 1943 or 1944 (Courtesy of Janet and Larry Whitten)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/vollie-hudson-1.jpgVollie-Hudson-1Vollie C. Hudson, probably in 1942 or 1943 (Courtesy of Janet and Larry Whitten)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/vollie-hudson-12-june-1944.jpgVollie-Hudson-12-June-1944Hudson in a photograph dated June 12, 1944 (Courtesy of Janet and Larry Whitten)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/vollie-hudson-dpa.jpgVollie-Hudson-DPAHudson c. 1942 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2023-11-15T21:29:03+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/11/25/sergeant-morton-carlis/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/carlis-idpf-burial-map.jpgCarlis-IDPF-burial-mapDiagram from Sergeant Carlis's Individual Deceased Personnel File illustrating the cemetery in Marklowice, Poland, where he and eight others from his crew were buried in 1944 (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/xmas-from-reel-b0200-99th-bomb-group.jpgXmas-from-REEL-B0200-99th-Bomb-Group99th Bomb Group enlisted men eating Christmas dinner (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/morton-carlis-courtesy-of-the-jewish-historical-society-of-delaware-myheritage-enhanced.jpgMorton-Carlis-Courtesy-of-the-Jewish-Historical-Society-of-Delaware-MyHeritage-EnhancedMorton Carlis, probably in 1943 (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware, enhanced using MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/346th-bs-b-17-tortorella.jpg346th-BS-B-17-TortorellaA 346th Bomb group B-17 taking off from Tortorella (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/346th-bs-b-17-tortorella-banner.jpg346th-BS-B-17-Tortorella-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/morton-carlis-courtesy-of-the-jewish-historical-society-of-delaware-comparison.jpgMorton Carlis Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/morton-carlis-2-courtesy-of-the-jewish-historical-society-of-delaware.jpgMorton Carlis 2 (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)Morton Carlis, probably in Florida (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware)2025-05-27T17:58:38+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/10/26/storekeeper-technical-3rd-class-thomas-lankford/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/80-g-275366-supply-depot-new-caledonia.jpg80-G-275366-Supply-Depot-New-CaledoniaAerial view of the Naval Supply Depot looking east from 2,000 feet on December 30, 1944 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-275366 by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Rudnick, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/naval-supply-depot-banner.jpgNaval-Supply-Depot-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/plane-rearming-boat.jpgPlane-rearming-boatSB R-15 may have been similar to this plane rearming boat, pictured in a postwar U.S. Navy publication (Boats of the United States Navy)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/lankfrord_thomas_retouched.jpgLANKFRORD_Thomas_retouchedLankford in his U.S. Navy identification photo (National Archives)2023-10-26T18:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/07/18/private-1st-class-frank-j-cox/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cox-last-letter-to-bernice.jpgCox last letter to BerniceCox's last known letter to Bernice Kwiatkowski (Courtesy of Lisa Kwiatkowski Aretz)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/133rd-infantry-casualty-list-cox.jpg133rd Infantry Casualty List Cox133rd Infantry Regiment casualty list including Private 1st Class Cox (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/111-sc-217400-133rd-inf-24-feb-1944-mortar-squad.jpg111-SC-217400 133rd Inf 24 Feb 1944 mortar squadA 133rd Infantry Regiment mortar squad in Italy in a photo dated February 24, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-217400, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/133rd-inf-banner.jpg133rd Inf Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/34th-infantry-division-map-salerno-cassino.jpg34th Infantry Division map Salerno-CassinoMap of 34th Infantry Division movements during the first months of the Italian campaign (The Story of the 34th Infantry Division: Louisiana to Pisa)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/frank-j-cox-courtesy-of-lisa-kwiatkowski-aretz.jpgFrank J Cox (Courtesy of Lisa Kwiatkowski Aretz)Private Frank J. Cox in 1943 (Courtesy of Lisa Kwiatkowski Aretz)2023-10-26T02:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/10/18/ensign-kenneth-f-jones/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/kenneth-jones-university-of-maryland-yearbook-1940.jpgKenneth-Jones-University-of-Maryland-yearbook-1940Jones (lower left) in his University of Maryland yearbook (The Terrapin 1940)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jones-kenneth-f-retouched.jpgJONES-Kenneth-F-retouchedEnsign Jones in his 1942 U.S. Navy identification photo (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/26-g-3491-kungnat-bay.jpg26-G-3491 Kungnat BayKungnat Bay, Greenland, in a photo dated February 1, 1943 (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo 26-G-3491, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nh-113541-nas-nob-argentia.jpgNH 113541 NAS & NOB ArgentiaAerial view of the U.S. Navy bases at Argentia, Newfoundland, on April 24, 1942 (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/puseyjones-dpa.jpgPusey&Jones-DPAS.S. Adabelle Lykes at the Pusey & Jones shipyard in Wilmington on September 27, 1941 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jones-ompf-photos.jpgJones-OMPF-photosPhotographs of Jones in his U.S. Navy personnel file (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nh-108571-salinas-damage.jpgNH 108571 Salinas damageU.S.S. Salinas torpedo damage as seen in port after the October 1941 attack (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nh-67794-salinas.jpgNH 67794-SalinasEnsign Jones fell from the foremast of the U.S.S. Salinas, the mast on the right side of the photo (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)2023-10-19T00:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/02/2nd-lieutenant-james-r-anderson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/james-r.-anderson-courtesy-of-the-newark-history-museum-comparison.jpgJames R. Anderson Courtesy of the Newark History Museum-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/james-r-anderson2-enhanced.jpgjames-r-anderson2-EnhancedJames R. Anderson as an enlisted man (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/trubie-benton-weeks-courtesy-of-the-thomas-family.jpgTrubie-Benton-Weeks-(Courtesy-of-the-Thomas-family)Trubie Benton Weeks (Courtesy of the Thomas family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/james-r-anderson.jpgJames-R-AndersonJames R. Anderson (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)2023-09-15T17:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/08/16/stewards-mate-1st-class-john-bryant/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/kamikaze-banner.jpgKamikaze-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/19-n-76937-gilmer.jpeg19-N-76937 GilmerU.S.S. Gilmer (APD-11) on November 27, 1944, at Mare Island, California (Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-76937, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/80-g-334505.jpeg80-G-334505A Kawasaki Ki-61 “Tony” in a suicide dive which narrowly missed the escort carrier U.S.S. Sangamon (CVE-26) off Okinawa on May 4, 1945 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-334505, National Archives via Naval History and Heritage Command)2023-08-17T02:52:03+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/07/15/captain-richard-m-durbin/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/durbin-crash-44-14922.jpgDurbin-Crash 44-14922Photos of Durbin’s P-51 after the crash (“Report of Aircraft Accident 45-11-9-512,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/durbin-banner.jpgDurbin-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/p-51d44-13391.jpgP-51D44-13391Captain Durbin damaged a German fighter while flying this P-51D, serial number 44-13391, nicknamed Vi. (Courtesy of the Bottisham Airfield Museum via the American Air Museum in Britain)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/p-51b43-24799.jpgP-51B43-24799Captain Durbin scored his first and only known aerial victory flying this aircraft, P-51B 43-24799, nicknamed My Buddy. This photo depcits another pilot, Billy D. Welch, and ground crew. (Courtesy of the Bottisham Airfield Museum via the American Air Museum in Britain)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/richard-durbin-air-medal-delaware-public-archives.jpgRichard-Durbin-Air-Medal-(Delaware-Public-Archives)Brigadier General Jesse D. Auton (1904–1952), commander of the 65th Fighter Wing, decorating Captain Durbin with the Air Medal c. August 1944 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/richard-durbin-delaware-public-archives-retouched.jpgRichard-Durbin-(Delaware-Public-Archives)-retouchedA striking portrait of Captain Richard M. Durbin (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2023-07-21T11:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/05/27/seaman-1st-class-frank-sanborn/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sanborn-headstone-2021.jpgSanborn headstone 2021Sanborn’s headstone at St. John’s Cemetery on May 23, 2021 (Author’s photograph)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/melville-banner.jpgMelville-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/melville-ri-nh-93193.jpgMelville-RI-NH-93193A 1942 photo of the base at Melville, Rhode Island taken by Torpedoman's Mate Third Class Eric Neilsen (Navy History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/frank-sanborn-courtesy-of-the-newark-history-museum.jpgFrank-Sanborn-(Courtesy-of-the-Newark-History-Museum)Frank Sanborn (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/frank-sanborn-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgFrank-Sanborn-(Courtesy-of-the-Delaware-Public-Archives)Frank Sanborn (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2023-06-14T19:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/contact/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wittman-letter-29-july-1945-envelope.jpgWittman-Letter-29-July-1945-envelopehttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wittman-letter-29-july-1945-4.jpgWittman-Letter-29-July-1945-4Envelope of a letter sent by nurse Dorothy Wittman, who served with the my grandfather during World War II (Courtesy of Bill Northrop)2023-06-05T13:08:41+00:00weekly0.6https://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/16/aviation-ordnanceman-2nd-class-ralph-r-skillman/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/extracted-pages-from-skillman-ralph-robert-usn-7225068-ompf-8.jpgExtracted-pages-from-Skillman-Ralph-Robert-USN-7225068-OMPF-8Consent form that Skillman's father signed for his son to enlist at age 17 (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/extracted-pages-from-skillman-ralph-robert-usn-7225068-ompf-13.jpgExtracted-pages-from-Skillman-Ralph-Robert-USN-7225068-OMPF-13Memorandum that Skillman had been identified by his fingerprints (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/extracted-pages-from-skillman-ralph-robert-usn-7225068-ompf-7.jpgExtracted-pages-from-Skillman-Ralph-Robert-USN-7225068-OMPF-7Copy of condolence letter sent to Skillman's mother (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/extracted-pages-from-skillman-ralph-robert-usn-7225068-ompf-18.jpgExtracted-pages-from-Skillman-Ralph-Robert-USN-7225068-OMPF-18Skillman's death certificate (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ralph-r-skillman-ompf-photo.jpgRalph-R-Skillman-OMPF-photoRalph R. Skillman's photograph in his U.S. Navy personnel file (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/skillman-banner.jpgSkillman-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/uss-suwannee-cve-27-hit-on-25-october-1944-nh-71524-naval-history-and-heritage-command.jpg.jpgUSS Suwannee (CVE-27) hit on 25 October 1944, NH 71524 (Naval History and Heritage Command).jpgU.S.S. Suwannee hit on October 25, 1944. The plane at left was an F6F Hellcat which unsuccessfully attempted to intercept the kamikaze. (Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/uss-suwannee-cve-27-7-february-1944-nh-106578-naval-history-and-heritage-command.jpg.jpgUSS Suwannee (CVE-27) 7 February 1944, NH 106578 (Naval History and Heritage Command).jpgUSS Suwannee (CVE-27) at Kwajalein Harbor on February 7, 1944 (Official U.S. Navy photo, Naval History and Heritage Command)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ralph-r-skillman.jpg.jpgRalph-R-Skillman.jpgRalph R. Skillman (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)2023-05-20T14:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/04/27/private-john-j-skrzec/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/33rd-signal-construction-battalion-wrexham-wales.jpg33rd-Signal-Construction-Battalion-Wrexham-WalesMen of the 33rd Signal Construction Battalion at Guildhall Square, Wrexham, Wales, in April 1944 (Collection of Carl T. Liedtka, Jr., courtesy of Chad Phillips)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/33-scb-eto-44-25821-cropped.jpg33-SCB-ETO-44-25821-cropped33rd Signal Construction Battalion personnel working near Briey, France, on November 14, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo by Private 1st Class B. A. Newhouse, National Archives courtesy of Chad Phillips)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/john-j-skrzec-delaware-public-archives.jpgJohn J Skrzec (Delaware Public Archives)Private John J. Skrzec (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2023-04-27T22:11:40+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/09/flight-officer-james-walter/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/james-walter-courtesy-of-the-newark-history-museum-comparison.jpgJames Walter Courtesy of the Newark History Museum-Comparisonhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/james-walter-courtesy-of-the-newark-history-museum-enhanced-retouched.jpgJames-Walter-Courtesy-of-the-Newark-History-Museum-Enhanced-retouchedJames Walter (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum, enhanced by MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/walter-homestead-in-2021-courtesy-of-d.-lynn-sinclair.jpgWalter-homestead-in-2021-(Courtesy-of-D.-Lynn-Sinclair)Lindenhurst, the Walter family homestead in Kennett Township, Pennsylvania, photographed in 2021 (Courtesy of D. Lynn Sinclair)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/james-walter-air-medal-with-bronze-oak-leaf-cluster-card-record-group-64-national-archives.jpgJames-Walter-Air-Medal-with-bronze-oak-leaf-cluster-card-(Record-Group-64,-National-Archives)James Walter Air Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster card (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/douglas-c-54-cbi.jpgDouglas-C-54-CBIC-54 from the India-China Division, Air Transport Command during World War II (National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/bunnys-grill-in-an-excerpt-from-a-1943-pamphlet-courtesy-of-the-newark-history-museum.jpgBunny's-Grill-in-an-excerpt-from-a-1943-pamphlet-(Courtesy-of-the-Newark-History-Museum)Bunny's Grill depicted in a 1943 pamphlet (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/douglas-c-54s-in-the-c.b.i.-national-archives.jpgDouglas-C-54s-in-the-C.B.I.--(National-Archives)Douglas C-54s in the China Burma India Theater during World War II (National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/james-walter-courtesy-of-the-newark-history-museum.jpgJames-Walter-(Courtesy-of-the-Newark-History-Museum)James Walter (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)2023-04-27T00:37:39+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/03/10/machinists-mate-1st-class-sidney-l-galbraith-1902-1944/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/80-g-346961-johnston-island-banner.jpg80-G-346961-Johnston-Island-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/johnston-island-banner.jpgJohnston-Island-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sidney-galbraith-wwi-enhanced.jpgSidney-Galbraith-WWI-enhancedGalbraith during World War I (Courtesy of the Galbraith family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/johnston-island-64202ac.jpgJohnston-Island-64202ACJohnston Island and the nearby coral reef seen from the air (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/base-exchange-johnston-island-with-martin-w-hall64017ac.jpgBase-Exchange-Johnston-Island-with-Martin-W-Hall64017ACSergeant Chris J. Bangert, Sergeant Cecil A. Austill, and Staff Sergeant Sidney Abrams of the 864th Bomb Squadron visiting the base exchange on Johnston Island. The clerk, Carpenter’s Mate 1st Class Martin W. Hall (1909–1971), served with Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Galbraith at Camp Peary and joined Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 554 at the same time. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/galbraith_sidney_lemuel-navy-ompf-photo-retouched.jpgGalbraith_Sidney_Lemuel-Navy-OMPF-photo-retouchedSidney L. Galbraith photo from his U.S. Navy personnel file (National Personnel Records Center)2023-04-09T21:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/02/06/photographers-mate-3rd-class-joseph-ackerman-1923-1945/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ackerman-banner.jpgAckerman-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ackerman-service-summary.jpgAckerman-Service-SummaryAckerman service summary (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ackerman-id-photo.jpgAckerman-ID-photoIdentification card photo (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/joseph-ackerman-delaware-public-archives-retouched.jpgJoseph-Ackerman-(Delaware-Public-Archives)-retouchedJoseph Ackerman as a U.S. Navy aviation cadet in 1943 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/joseph-ackerman-ompf-application.jpgJoseph-Ackerman-OMPF-applicationAckerman c. 1942 in a photograph attached to his application for aviation cadet training in the U.S. Naval Reserve (National Personnel Records Center)2023-04-07T19:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/02/15/technician-5th-grade-dominick-la-monica/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/dominick-la-monica-1200-dpi-scan-3b-cropped-2-courtesy-of-the-ciaburri-family.jpgDominick La Monica 1200 DPI scan 3b cropped 2 (Courtesy of the Ciaburri family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/dominick-la-monica-1200-dpi-scan-2-courtesy-of-the-ciaburri-family.jpgDominick La Monica 1200 DPI scan 2 (Courtesy of the Ciaburri family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/32nd-station-hospital-morning-report-october-12-1942-national-personnel-records-center.jpg32nd Station Hospital morning report October 12, 1942 (National Personnel Records Center)32nd Station Hospital morning report recording that Private La Monica had been assigned to the unit on October 12, 1942 (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hotel-des-voyageurs-panorama-cropped.jpghotel-des-voyageurs-panorama-croppedGrand Hotel des Voyageurs, the 32nd Station Hospital's enlisted men's quarters in Tlemcen. This is stitched together from several frames in footage taken by the author's grandfather (Robert Silverman 8 mm film)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-32nd-hospital-panorama-from-8mm-cropped-retouch.jpgcropped-32nd-hospital-panorama-from-8mm-cropped-retouchPanorama of the 32nd Station Hospital compound in Caserta with the headquarters building at center left (Robert Silverman 8 mm film)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/dominick-la-monica-300-dpi-courtesy-of-the-ciaburri-family-cropped.jpgDominick-La-Monica-300-DPI-(Courtesy-of-the-Ciaburri-family)-croppedDominick La Monica (Courtesy of the Ciaburri family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lamonica-banner.jpgLaMonica-Banner2023-03-15T01:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/11/12/private-walter-s-turner/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/co-f-112th-infantry-regiment-history-aug-1944.jpgCo-F,-112th-Infantry-Regiment-History-Aug-1944Company “F,” 112th Infantry history for the beginning of August 1944 (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/walter-turner-and-wife-2-comparison.jpgWalter Turner and wife 2-ComparisonComparison of the original (left) and the product of MyHeritage’s enhancements (right); I further retouched the painting due to the reflections when the print was photographed.2023-03-14T14:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/06/12/seaman-1st-class-robert-j-donovan/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/robert-j.-donovan-newark-history-museum-comparison.jpgRobert J. Donovan Newark History Museum-Comparisonhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/donovan_robert_james-navy-ompf-photo-retouched.jpgDonovan_Robert_James-Navy-OMPF-photo-retouchedDonovan's photo from his military personnel file (National Personnel Records Center)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/robert-j-donovan-myheritage.jpgRobert-J-Donovan-MyHeritageRobert J. Donovan (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum, enhanced using MyHeritage)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/el-almirante-banner.jpgEl-Almirante-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/robert-j.-donovan-the-newark-post-may-20-1943-courtesy-of-the-newark-post.jpgRobert J. Donovan, The Newark Post, May 20, 1943 (Courtesy of The Newark Post)Robert J. Donovan, The Newark Post, May 20, 1943 (Courtesy of The Newark Post)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/robert-j-donovan.jpgRobert J DonovanRobert J Donovan (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)2023-03-10T12:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/07/02/private-joseph-d-johnson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/111-sc-272425-317th-inf-reg-80th-inf-div-banner-2.jpg111-SC-272425-317th-Inf-Reg-80th-Inf-Div-banner-2https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/111-sc-272425-317th-inf-reg-80th-inf-div-near-junglinster-21-dec-1944.jpg111-SC-272425-317th-Inf-Reg-80th-Inf-Div-near-Junglinster-21-Dec-1944Weary infantrymen from Johnson’s unit, the 317th Infantry Regiment, marching near Junglinster, Luxembourg, on December 21, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-272425, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/joseph-d-johnson-dpa.jpgJoseph-D-Johnson-DPAPrivate Joseph D. Johnson (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2023-03-09T14:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/11/22/2nd-lieutenant-lowell-f-simmons/2023-02-12T12:57:00+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/12/20/captain-edgar-c-boggs/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/michels-west-point.jpgMichels-West-PointLeMoyne F. Michels, likely the L. F. M. who wrote a moving tribute to Captain Boggs after his death (The Howitzer 1941, U.S.M.A. Library Digital Collection)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/j.-caleb-boggs-at-a-wreath-laying-ceremony-at-veterans-memorial-park-in-new-castle-courtesy-of-the-delaware-public-archives.jpgJ. Caleb Boggs at a wreath-laying ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)J. Caleb Boggs at a wreath-laying ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/philippine-landings-uscg.jpgPhilippine-Landings-USCGSoldiers and an M4 medium tank move inland from Lingayen Gulf (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo, National Archives)2023-02-04T22:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/11/28/coxswain-charles-f-masden/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/labuan-air-raid.jpgLabuan air raidUndated aerial photo of an air raid on Labuan by Thirteenth Air Force B-24s (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/udt-11-labuan-report.jpgUDT-11-Labuan-reportSummary of U.D.T. 11 reconnaissance at Labuan (National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/80-g-356711-udt-11.jpg80-G-356711-UDT-11U.D.T. swimmers would enter and exit the water from the rubber boat dragged by the landing craft, seen here at Okinawa in late March 1945 (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-356711, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/udt-11-banner.jpgUDT-11-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/udt-labuan-map.jpgUDT-Labuan-mapDiagram of Brown Beach on Labuan (National Archives via Fold3)2023-01-30T00:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2023/01/17/2nd-lieutenant-william-j-mcloughry/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d-flight-extract-from-reel-b0155-60th-troop-carrier-group-mcloughry.jpgD-Flight-extract-from-REEL-B0155-60th-Troop-Carrier-Group-McLoughryExcerpt from a 60th Troop Carrier Group flight roster for Operation Torch (“History of 60th Troop Carrier Group, 1942,” courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)2023-01-17T15:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/01/12/1st-lieutenant-thomas-o-hudson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fm6-135.jpgFM6-135Excerpt from a training manual, FM 6-135: Field Artillery Forward Observation (Internet Archive)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/155mm-howitzer-france-banner.jpg155mm-howitzer-france-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/155mm-howitzer-france.jpg155mm-howitzer-franceA 155 mm howitzer in action in France in 1944 (Wikipedia)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/thomas-o.-hudson-drawing-by-daria-milka-small.jpgThomas O. Hudson (Drawing by Daria Milka) smallThomas O. Hudson c. 1943 (Drawing by Daria Milka, author's collection)2022-12-20T20:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/10/09/private-1st-class-dallas-i-bowden/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mortain-map-10-august-1944.jpgMortain Map 10 August 1944Detail from a Headquarters Twelfth Army Group situation map dated August 10, 1944. The 35th Infantry Division is labeled in the center at the bottom of the map. The symbol representing the 2nd S.S. Panzer Division is mostly covering up the label Mortain on the map directly north of the 35th Division (Library of Congress)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/111-sc-192422-35th-infantry-division-banner.jpg111-SC-192422-35th-Infantry-Division-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/dallas-isaac-bowden-dpa-retouched.jpgDallas-Isaac-Bowden-DPA-retouchedDallas I. Bowden (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2022-11-18T13:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/05/23/private-1st-class-william-e-paskins-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/111-sc-364370-92nd-banner.jpg111-SC-364370-92nd-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/111-sc-364370-92nd.jpg111-SC-364370-92ndPrivate Paskins's 366th Infantry Regiment was attached to the 92nd Infantry Division in Italy. This photo's caption states: "In a bomb shattered house members of the 92nd Infantry Division are drying out. Left to right: Pvt. Edward Imes (1224 Rear Div. Ave., East St. Louis, IL); T/5 William White (246 South Johnson Ave., Pontiac, MI); Pfc. James B. Glasby (220 South Leffingwell Ave., St. Louis, MO); and Pvt. Henry C. McKinney (651 Reed St., Atlanta, GA). Viareggio Area, Italy." (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-364370, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/william-paskins-drawing-by-daria-milka-small.jpgWilliam Paskins drawing by Daria Milka smallWilliam Paskins (Drawing by Daria Milka, Lowell Silverman collection)2022-11-14T03:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/09/28/2nd-lieutenant-james-c-clark/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/clark-headstone-courtesy-of-barbara-clark-mcdowell.jpgClark-headstone-(Courtesy-of-Barbara-Clark-McDowell)Clark's headstone at Cathedral Cemetery (Courtesy of Barbara Clark McDowell)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/clark-and-his-wife-courtesy-of-barbara-clark-mcdowell-retouched.jpgClark-and-his-wife-(Courtesy-of-Barbara-Clark-McDowell)-retouchedLieutenant Clark and his wife in 1944 (Courtesy of Barbara Clark McDowell)2022-11-05T22:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/11/03/1st-lieutenant-edgar-b-worley-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/worley-wife-id.jpgWorley-wife-IDLucille Worley's military pass at Eglin Field (Courtesy of Emmy Johnston)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/worley-detail.jpgWorley-DetailLieutenant Worley (center) in a detail from the below group photo (Courtesy of William Stanley)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/worley-collection-beach.jpgWorley-Collection-beachLieutenant Worley and his wife in Florida in 1943 (Courtesy of William Stanley)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/worley-collection-unit-photo-cropped.jpgWorley-Collection-unit-photo-croppedGroup photo, presumably the 612th Army Air Forces Base Unit at Auxiliary Field No. 3 at Eglin Field (Courtesy of William Stanley)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/worley-unit-photo-banner.jpgWorley-unit-photo-banner2022-11-07T03:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/08/25/private-james-n-foley/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/james-foley-grave-1st-trip-str.jpgJames-Foley-Grave-1st-trip-strPrivate Foley's headstone at the Brittany American Cemetery (Courtesy of Mena Foley Hughes)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/normandy-111-sc-192224.jpgNormandy-111-SC-192224American soldiers in Tessy-sur-Vire, Normandy, on August 3, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-192224, courtesy of the Maryland Museum of Military History)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/james-n.-foley-small-.jpgJames N. Foley smallPrivate James N. Foley (Courtesy of Mena Foley Hughes)2022-10-03T13:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/08/31/private-philip-e-crossland/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/brest-banner.jpgBrest-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/brest-111-sc-194574-19-sept-1944.jpgBrest-111-SC-194574-19-Sept-1944Ruins at Brest on September 19, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-194574, Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/beaufighter-banner.jpgBeaufighter-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bristol-beaufighter-maintenance.jpgBristol-Beaufighter-maintenanceGround crews performing maintenance on an American-operated Beaufighter night fighter in Italy on November 17, 1943. As an armorer, Sergeant Straw would have been responsible for loading ammunition onto the aircraft, like the men visible on the wing in this picture. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/crossland-dpa.jpgCrossland DPAPhilip E. Crossland (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2022-10-03T12:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/08/18/private-john-a-ware/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/111-sc-377588-paratroopers-cropped.jpg111-SC-377588-paratroopers-cropped82nd Airborne Division paratroopers at Cottesmore on September 16, 1944, just before Operation Market Garden (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-377588, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/111-sc-213277-82nd-ab-levels.jpg111-SC-213277-82nd-AB-levels82nd Airborne Division paratroopers boarding a plane at Cottesmore, England, on September 17, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-213277, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/111-sc-192740-29th-id-cropped.jpg111-SC-192740-29th-ID-croppedhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/111-sc-273234-1-29th-cropped.jpg111-SC-273234-1-29th-croppedA 29th Infantry Division soldier during hedgerow fighting in Normandy on August 7, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-273234-1, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/111-sc-191719-st-lo-ruins-banner.jpg111-SC-191719--St-Lo-ruins-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/111-sc-320901-june-6-1944-banner.jpg111-SC-320901-June-6,-1944-Bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/st-lo-signal-corps.jpgSt-Lo-Signal-CorpsRuins of Saint-Lô (Courtesy of the Maryland Museum of Military History)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/111-sc-191719-st-lo-ruins.jpg111-SC-191719--St-Lo-ruins29th Infantry Division soldiers marching through Saint-Lô (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-191719, courtesy of the Maryland Museum of Military History)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mg-team-normandy.jpgMG-team-NormandyAn American machine gun team dashes across a field in Normandy (Courtesy of the Maryland Museum of Military History)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mg-team-normandy-banner.jpgMG-team-Normandy-banner2022-09-19T12:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/11/22/major-paul-j-collins/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/paul-collins-wedding-picture.jpgPaul-Collins-Wedding-Picturehttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/paul-collins-dating-carmella.jpgPaul-Collins-Dating-Carmellahttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/paul-collins-with-sister-june-and-brother-james.jpgPaul-Collins-with-sister-June-and-brother-JamesPaul Collins (center) with his siblings (Courtesy of Kathleen Collins)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/paul-collins-as-a-child.jpgPaul-Collins-as-a-childPaul Collins as a child (Courtesy of Kathleen Collins)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/lakeman-25-july-1944-mission-1.jpgLakeman-25-July-1944-missionLyndon Lakeman's journal entry for the July 25, 1944, mission (Courtesy of the Lakeman family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/lakeman.jpgLakemanLyndon F. Lakeman flew as lead pilot for the first third of Collins's tour (Courtesy of the Lakeman family)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/collins-collection-kingman-aaf-gunnery-certificate-aug-30-1943-str.jpgCollins-Collection-Kingman-AAF-gunnery-certificate-Aug-30,-1943-strCollins's gunnery school graduation certificate (Courtesy of Paul J. Collins)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0209-rc-major-collins-medals.jpgIMG_0209-rc-Major-Collins-medalsCollins's decorations from left to right: Legion of Honor, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal (Author's photo)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0218-rc-the-collins.jpgIMG_0218-rc-the-CollinsPortraits of Carmella “Co” Cofrancisco as a member of the Army Nurse Corps and Collins displayed at their home in New Castle (Author's photo)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_9828-rc-paul-j-collins-in-wilmington-de-5-aug-2020-cropped.jpgIMG_9828-rc-Paul-J-Collins-in-Wilmington-DE-5-Aug-2020-croppedPaul J. Collins in Wilmington on August 5, 2020 (Author's photograph)2022-08-26T00:55:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/08/10/sergeant-william-i-smith/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/vire-banner.jpgVire-bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/vire.jpgVireAmerican soldiers marching through the ruins of Vire (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-19_740, National Archives via Fold3)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/william-irving-smith-dpa.jpgWilliam Irving Smith DPAWilliam I. Smith during his service with the 42nd Infantry Division (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2022-08-18T14:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2022/07/26/private-thomas-b-twilley-jr/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/twilley-family-photo-courtesy-of-m-t-benson.jpgTwilley Family Photo (Courtesy of M T Benson)Twilley with his parents and older brother c. 1924 (Courtesy of M. T. Benson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/vincent-family-with-twilley-courtesy-of-m-t-benson-small.jpgVincent family with Twilley (Courtesy of M T Benson) smallTwilley (right) c. 1929 with members of the Vincent family including his mother (fourth from the left) and grandmother, Elizabeth Vincent (second from the left). (Courtesy of M. T. Benson)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/soldiers-on-troop-transport-111-sc-197698-s.jpgSoldiers-on-troop-transport-111-SC-197698-SAmerican soldiers aboard a crowded troop transport in 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-197698-S, National Archives)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/betty-twilley.jpgBetty TwilleyPrivate Twilley's wife, Betty (Courtesy of Bill Swiatek)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/twilley-delaware-public-archives-1.jpgTwilley (Delaware Public Archives)Private Thomas B. Twilley (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives)2022-08-01T16:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/08/03/private-1st-class-walter-f-johnson/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/18th-and-115th-infantry-regiments-landing-omaha-beach-national-archives-banner.jpg18th and 115th Infantry Regiments landing Omaha Beach (National Archives) bannerhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/18th-and-115th-infantry-regiments-landing-omaha-beach-national-archives-small.jpg18th and 115th Infantry Regiments landing Omaha Beach (National Archives) smallAerial photo of the 18th and 115th Infantry Regiments landing at Omaha Beach (Official U.S. Army Air Forces photo, National Archives)2022-07-16T15:08:19+00:00monthlyhttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/d-day-in-normandy/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/delaware-d-day-fallen-3b-banner.jpgDelaware D-Day FallenThe faces of Delaware's D-Day Fallen (Photos courtesy of their families, the Delaware Public Archives, and The News Journal)https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/delaware-d-day-fallen-collage.jpgDelaware-D-Day-Fallen-Collagehttps://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/80-g-45714-banner.jpgNormandy Invasion, June 1944A bogged down tank and other disabled vehicles litter Omaha Beach after the invasion. Beach obstacles like the ones Private Dobek died trying to clear are visible in the background (Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-45714, National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)2022-04-10T19:52:37+00:00weekly0.6https://delawarewwiifallen.com/2021/10/25/sergeant-joseph-m-lentini/https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/john-e-adams-journal-every-evening-30-june-1943.jpgJohn-E-Adams-Journal-Every-Evening-30-June-1943https://delawarewwiifallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/john-e-adams-photo-only.jpgJohn-E-Adams-photo-onlyPrivate 1st Class John E. 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