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Sgt. Joseph J. Drake, a local centenarian and one of only five surviving World War II Army Rangers, recently received the ...
Officials hosted a commemoration focused on Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division's contributions in the Battle of the Bulge.
Officials hosted a commemoration focused on Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division's contributions in the Battle of the Bulge.
3rd Bn/120th US Infantry (28th Infantry Division) vs. KG Bayer, 116th Panzer Division and 1055th Grenadiers (89th Infanterie Div).
A Missouri soldier killed during World War II will finally be laid to rest. Staff Sgt. Woodrow Gerdes of St. Louis was part of the U.S. Army’s 28th Infantry Division, which engaged in heavy ...
The 28th Infantry Division saw intense fighting with German forces in the fall of 1944 at the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, as part of Operation Queen.
Into the Huertgen Forest By October, the 28th Division – Laverie was part of A Company of the 707th tank battalion – moved in to relieve the 9th. They walked into a nightmare. First, the weather ...
Wolfe, born in 1913, was a technical sergeant with the 28th Infantry Division, 109th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion Company A. He was last seen Nov. 17, 1944, in a forest near the town of Hürtgen, ...
The agency said in late 1944, Reeves was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II.
The remains of a U.S. soldier from Michigan who died fighting in the Hürtgen Forest during WWII were identified in July.
His regiment was engaged in fierce fighting near Germeter, Germany, in the Hürtgen Forest—where he was reportedly killed in action on Nov. 6, 1944.
In November 1944, Thurston was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division.