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D-Day
Battle of the Bridge: A Company, 1-505th at La Fiere Bridge
75 years ago, units of the American Paratroopers had already landed behind German lines in France. One such unit was the 505thParachute Infantry Continue Reading
Paratroopers of WWII: Double Volunteers
When soldiers are asked why they volunteered for the paratroopers, their responses come in many forms. Many men signed up to be in the Airborne Continue Reading
Roots of Airborne Success: The Parachute Test Platoon
The American Airborne concept first suggested in World War I, became a need heading into World War II. The war started years before direct American Continue Reading
Filthy Thirteen: Symbol of American Fighting Spirit
Units in the Airborne Divisions portrayed characteristics and a culture symbolic and unique to paratroopers. A demolition section attached to the Continue Reading
D-Day & Beyond: Land of the Free Because of the Brave
D-Day is certainly a day to be celebrated; but it is also important to recognize, for those who survived the jumps and beach landings, that day was Continue Reading
D-Day: Rangers Lead The Way
One of the highlights of my last trip to France was the three days I spent in Normandy, the site of the D-Day invasion. As a professional military Continue Reading
American Airborne: Surprise & Deception
On May 29, 1944, the commander in chief of the Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory, expressed his concerns to Continue Reading
A WW2 Hero’s Trumpet Carried onto Omaha Beach in 1944 Returns to Normandy to Play Taps on the 75th D-Day Anniversary
by Kenny Bierschenk This first appeared in The Havok Journal on May 29, 2019. On May 4, 2019, I “met” the horn I'll play in Normandy at the American Continue Reading
Gold-Star Mom Jumps from Plane… with Team of Veterans into Normandy to Commemorate D-Day, Her Late Son’s Memory
This article was first published in August of 2019 and is republished with permission by Kate Ketschek [Seattle, WA, May 2, 2019]—An elite team of Continue Reading
Building a Winning Culture: Easy Company, Unit Cohesion & Grit
A group of individuals who came together to become one of the tightest fighting forces in World War II was the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Continue Reading
Memorial Day—Remembering the Fallen
Tandem-jumping into Normandy with Army Rangers who served with my son, Sgt. First Class Kristoffer Domeij, to honor the fallen at the 2019, 75th D-Day Continue Reading