https://ww2thebigone.com/2017/05/09/v-e-day-was-a-time-to-celebrate-for-some/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/v-e-piccadilly.jpgV-E Piccadillyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ike-v-e-day.jpgIke, V-E DayEisenhower makes V [for victory] with surrender pens, German and U.S. pen at right, Russian at left. With ?Ike': [Chief of Staff Lieut. General Bedell] Smith, Secretary Kay Summersby, [RAF?s Arthur] Tedder2021-07-05T18:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/05/19/gen-george-patton-through-the-eyes-of-his-aide/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/patton-photo.jpgPatton photohttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/stillman.jpgStillman poses for portrait... 04/04/98Advocate Staff Photograph by Jeff Adkins.Picture shot on 3/19/98Col. Richard Stillman poses for a portrait at his home in New Orleans while wearing the same uniform that he wore while serving in the military many years ago. Keyword Defense literature history2020-12-18T20:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2019/12/07/a-witness-to-pearl-harbor/2019-12-07T20:44:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/pearl-harbor-casualty-will-finally-be-laid-to-rest/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/pearl_oklahoma.jpgPearl Harbor, Oklahoma 2The USS Oklahoma is righted months after it sank in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941.https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/pearl_wade.jpgpearlharborepl_TS_543.081218Baton Rouge's Larry Wade, photographed Friday, July 27, 2018 with memorabilia including a Purple Heart medal, copies of postcards home and service records for his uncle Durrell Wade, who was killed in the sinking of the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. By the time remains were recovered, they were unidentifiable, but DNA tests have identified Durrell Wade's remains, which will be returned for a military funeral.2018-12-03T03:03:12+00:00weekly0.6https://ww2thebigone.com/2016/05/12/meeting-rene-gagnon/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/alynegray.jpgA date with history *** Woman remembers meeting Marine... 09/30/0410436 Alyne Gray, who attended the USO at Camp Livingston in Alexandria during WWII, later accompanied Marine hero Rene Gagnon to a war bond rally there. Gagnon was one of the six marines photographed raising the flag atop Mt. Surabachi on Iwo Jima in 1945. Gagnon and another survivor of Iwo, John Bradley, were on the bond tour. (Advocate staff photo by Patrick Dennis. Photo shot on 9/30/04.) Keyword Defense, History, Biography2018-09-13T12:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2018/02/02/guardian-angels-working-overtime-for-carlton-hudson/2018-04-15T17:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/10/03/an-unlikely-spy-marthe-cohn-risked-life-to-help-allied-cause/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/marthe_cohn.jpgmarthecohnepl.03.adv.jpgMarthe Cohn speaks Wednesday, September 13, at the Lod Cook Alumni Center.2017-10-03T15:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/10/03/ball-turret-gunner-a-ringside-seat-to-air-combat/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mcgowan.jpgpeo ballturret pd 4.jpgAdvocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS shot on 4-8-10. 00021189a. Charles McGowan, a ball turret gunner on a B-17 in World War Two, shows off his model B-17 wind indicator in his backyard.2024-11-10T17:46:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/09/29/over-half-century-later-pow-corresponds-with-liberator/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/menard-bezugly.jpgFateful friends *** EX-POW, Russian soldier who freed him meet again... 12/16/036867 Vasily Bezugly, in photo from the time when he was a sergeant in the Russian army unit that liberated an Amedrican POW camp in Germany. Baton Rouge resident Don Menard was one of those liberated, and he has developed a friendship with Bezugly over the years. (Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling. Photo shot on 12/16/03.) Keyword Defense, Foreign, Biography, Historyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/menard.jpgphoto6867 peo menard 035 Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling. Photo shot on 12/16/03. Don Menard, with a photo of Russian sergeant, Vasily Bezugly, who was in the unit that liberated Menard from the POW camp he was in in WWII. Other items area medal Bezugly had made to commemorate Menard's 75th birthday, a letter of Bezugly's intended reunion remarks for Menard, medals and a reciprocal chocolate bar, for the ones Russians savored, given to them by American POW's from their Red Cros care packages.2017-09-29T02:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/09/17/occupying-nagasaki/2017-09-17T12:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/09/05/the-glider-boys/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/glider-cg-4a-in-flight.jpgGlider (CG-4A) in flight2017-09-06T17:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/08/15/seven-matherne-brothers-served-in-wwii/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/matherne.jpgsevenbrothersepl110.081517.jpgMarion Matherne, who just turned 93 years old on Aug. 2, is the last surviving of seven brothers who served in the U.S. military in World War II. Matherne, photographed Aug. 4, 2017, was in the U.S. Navy, and is seen in the bottom right photo.2017-08-15T18:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/04/18/uss-hornet-launching-the-doolittle-raid/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hornet-attacked.jpgHornet attackedhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/b-25s-on-hornet.jpgL1/Japan, Tokyo Raid/1942/pho 2L1/Japan, Tokyo Raid/1942/pho 2https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/doolittle.jpgDoolittle?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/doolittle-hornet.jpgdoolittle-hornet2017-11-07T07:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/06/09/a-story-for-flag-day/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gray-pow.jpgGray POWhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pow-flag.jpgPOW flag2022-11-14T18:10:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/07/28/turning-wars-worst-into-verse/2017-08-09T15:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/02/28/liberating-cabanatuan/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tom_grace.jpgBR man recalls dramatic raid to liberate Japanese POW camp... 11/23/0411198 Tom Grace, from Baton Rouge, holds a book about a raid behind Japanese lines to free 500 prisoners of ward in the Phillipines during WWII. Grace was a staff sergeant in the force from the 6th Ranger Battalion which conducted the raid. (Advocate staff photo by Patrick Dennis. Photo shot on 11/23/04.) Keyword Defense, Foreign, History, Biography2017-08-09T15:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/03/17/10th-mountain-division-brutal-training-brutal-combat/2017-08-09T15:18:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/06/02/a-tough-way-to-enter-europe/2018-09-28T03:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/07/27/growing-up-in-occupied-france/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jorda.jpgJordaJones.05061506.jpgAdvocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Baton Rouge's Marie Jones, at about age 18, with the family dog 'Diane.' She and her brother Gerard Jorda, who also lives in Baton Rouge, were French children when Germany invaded her country during World War II. The family fled and spent some of the war as refugees in southern France before returning to their home. There, when Americans liberated the area, Gerard met an American Army aircraft mechanic, James Jones, whom he brought to their home, where he met Marie and married her after the war.2017-08-09T15:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/08/07/assigned-to-bomb-hiroshima-the-day-after-the-a-bomb/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/stan_shaw.jpgFATEFUL DAY *** WWII airman recalls mission to Hiroshima, NagasakiAdvocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS shot on 2-17-09. 00015880a. Stan Shaw was a WWII B-29 co-pilot.2017-08-09T15:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/08/09/the-ghost-army-in-europe/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/anderson_wilson.jpgghostarmyepl002.adv.jpgWWII veteran Anderson Wilson, photographed Friday, July 21, 2017, at his home in Slidell. Wilson served in the top secret 'Ghost Army,' which fielded fake artillery, tanks and equipment to make the Germans think a large army was upon them, drawing German troops away from the front lines to chase the 'ghosts.'2017-08-09T14:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/07/09/taking-care-of-the-wounded/2017-07-09T12:09:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/06/05/rangers-at-omaha-beach-and-pointe-du-hoc/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-rangers-ladder.jpgD-Day, Rangers ladderhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-daniel-farley-photo.jpgD-Day, Daniel Farley photo?2017-06-19T22:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/04/21/a-german-girls-view-of-world-war-ii/2018-12-08T22:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/04/14/liberating-a-childhood-friend/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/medineruiz.jpgMedineRuiz.adv s090.jpgNolan Ruiz, left, gives Mervine Medine a pat on the shoulder, saying 'I've never been so glad to see somebody... as when they showed up to liberate us.' Medine read the recent Advocate story about the World War II experiences of Nolan Ruiz, and that his U.S. Army division was the one that liberated Ruiz his captivity as a World War II prisoner of war in Germany, and that he actually knew Ruiz from elementary school, in the Samstown community near White Castle. MAGS OUT / INTERNET OUT/ONLINE OUT/NO SALES/TV OUT/FOREIGN OUT/ LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC./GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT/225/10/12/IN REGISTER/LBI CUSTOM PUBLICATIONS OUT/2017-04-17T17:44:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/04/11/not-a-lucky-bastard-shot-down-on-his-21st-mission/2024-03-06T05:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/02/01/tuskegee-airmen/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/arthur-ward2.jpgarthur-ward2https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/arthur-ward-1.jpgarthur-ward-12017-02-01T13:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/09/09/before-his-football-fame-world-war-ii-shaped-paul-dietzel/2017-01-23T16:30:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/11/01/crossing-the-t-at-the-surigao-strait/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/romano.jpgRoy Romano... 10/07/03Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling. Photo shot on 10/7/03. Roy Romano holds a photo of the USS West Virginia and its crew. Romano was aboard the West Virginia when it participated in history's last surface battle between battleships during World War II. Keyword Shipping Defense History Arts2017-01-23T16:28:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/12/26/wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time/2017-01-23T16:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2017/01/21/getting-across-the-bridge-at-remagen/2017-01-23T16:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/12/15/gen-troy-middleton-right-man-at-the-right-time-at-the-bulge/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/middleton-ardennes-natarchives.jpgmiddleton-ardennes-natarchiveshttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/middleton-eisenhower-1944.jpgmiddleton-eisenhower-19442018-05-07T00:29:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/12/07/972/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/shrapnel.jpgpeo monro lc 011.jpgAdvocate staff photo by Liz Condo. Photo shot on 11/24/09. Trax No. 00019551A / Janice Hobson Wall-Monro saved a piece of shrapnel a young boy found in Hickam Field in Hawaii.https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pearl_shaw-exploding.jpgpearl_shaw-explodinghttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/janice_hobson_monro.jpgpeo monro lc 074.jpgAdvocate staff photo by Liz Condo. Photo shot on 11/24/09. Trax No. 00019551A / Janice Hobson Wall-Monro was 14 years-old and living with her family in Honolulu during Pearl Harbor.2016-12-07T19:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/11/30/stuck-in-the-ussr/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sims_mug.jpgRalph SimsAdvocate Staff Photograph by John Boss. Picture shot on 8/10/95 mug of Ralph Sims2016-11-30T03:50:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/11/22/the-sinking-of-the-hmt-rohna/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hollimon.jpgTom Hollimon... 01/10/03DSC_0223 Advocate staff photo by Arthur D. Lauck. Photo shot on 1/10/2003. Tom Hollimon survived the sinking of the British transport ship HMT Rohna, the second-worst naval disaster involving Americans in World War II.2021-10-19T15:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/10/06/the-invasion-of-pointe-a-la-hache/2016-10-06T15:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/04/26/367/2016-09-09T02:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/07/08/rocket-man/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hoehne.jpgRocket Man... 05/06/97Advocate Staff Photograph by John H. Williams.Picture shot on may 6,97---Joe Hoehne, former rocket plane pilot in the Luftwaffe. Keyword Aviation defensehttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/me_163b.jpgMe_163B2016-09-09T02:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/07/11/a-lucky-bastard/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/shearer_crew.jpgBR man in WWII crew that completed all of its bombing missions... 11/01/04Rex Shearer, standing right, poses with his crewmates, kneeling from left, radio operator Marvin Silbersher, tail gunner Ivan Holland, ball turrell gunner Vernon Burtner and waist gunner Byrl Wilson and, standing from left, co-pilot Fred Beach, navigator Leroy Seeds, bombardier Earl Lumpkin and pilot Gus Neal. Sands flew a couple of missions after the crew's regular navigator; Leroy Seeds, was reassigned. (Photo provided by Rex Shearer) Keyword Defense, Foreign, History, Biography, Aviationhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/shearer.jpgRex Shearer... 10/11/04Advocate staff photo by Patrick Dennis. Photo shot on 10/11/04. Rex Shearer, from Baton Rouge, was an engineer/topturret gunner on a B-17 crew during WWII and was awarded a "Lucky Bastards Club" certificate after surviving the required missions and being sent home. Shearer will see his former crewmen next month at a reunion in Dayton, OH. Keyword Defense2016-12-25T03:23:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/08/09/working-on-planes-that-ended-the-war/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/graci.jpgFat Man, Little Boy and the Graci brothers *** New Orleans natives got a close look at the atomic bombs that ended WWIIAdvocate staff photo by Bill Feig. Photo shot on 7/10/06 --- Trax #00002999a --- Slug: Tinian --- Twin brothers Ben and Joe Graci, originally of New Orleans, hold a photo they are in that was autographed by pilot Paul Tibbets. They served on the Pacific Island of Tinian from which the airplanes that dropped both atomic bombs of Japan. Joseph even managed to take a photo of the bomb nicknamed "Fat Man," which would have gotten him in trouble had he been caught.https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/graci_bomb.jpgFat Man, Little Boy and the Graci brothers *** New Orleans natives got a close look at the atomic bombs that ended WWIIAdvocate staff photo by Bill Feig. Photo shot on 7/10/06 --- Trax #00002999a --- Slug: Tinian --- ...photo of the bomb nicknamed "Fat Man,"...Twin brothers Joseph and Ben Graci, originally of New Orleans, served on the Pacific Island of Tinian from which the airplanes that dropped both atomic bombs of Japan. Joseph even managed to take a photo of the bomb nicknamed "Fat Man," which would have gotten him in trouble had he been caught. They have some memorabilia.2024-02-27T03:21:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/03/25/flying-the-hump/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/john-ferguson.jpgJohn Ferguson2019-06-06T16:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/08/20/the-first-u-s-soldier-to-die-in-europe/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dieppe-casualty.jpgDieppe, Landungsversuch, toter alliierter Soldathttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/loustalot_grave.jpgLoustalot_Grave2024-08-29T02:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/07/23/on-the-run-behind-german-lines/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/osce-jones.jpgOsce Jones2016-07-23T01:28:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/07/14/who-more-than-self-their-country-loved/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/leonstandifer.jpgpeo LeonStandifer bf 040.jpgAdvocate staff photo by BILL FEIG Leon Standifer, holding the award, was decorated as a knight of the French Legion of Honor at ceremonies last week in New Orleans. He was recognized for his bravery during World War II. Thursday April 26, 2012, in Baton Rouge, La.. MAGS OUT / INTERNET OUT/ONLINE OUT/NO SALES/TV OUT/FOREIGN OUT/ LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC./GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT/225/10/12/IN REGISTER/LBI CUSTOM PUBLICATIONS OUT/2016-07-14T02:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/07/06/17-days-on-a-lifeboat-in-the-atlantic/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/talley1.jpgBob Talley... 12/16/98Advocate Staff Photograph by Mark Schiefelbein.Picture shot on 12-16-98.Baton Rouge resident Bob Talley spent 17 days adrift on a life raft with several dozen other soldiers during WWII, and lived to tell the tale. Keyword History defensehttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/talley.jpgBob Talley... 12/16/98Advocate Staff Photograph by Mark Schiefelbein.Picture shot on 12-16-98.Baton Rouge resident Bob Talley spent 17 days adrift on a life raft with several dozen other soldiers during WWII, and lived to tell the tale. Keyword History defensehttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/talley-lifeboat.jpgBob Talley... 12/16/98Photograph by Picture shot on WWII-era photo of solider Bob Talley (third from left) after he spent 17 days adrift on a liferaft during the war. Keyword Defense history2016-07-06T01:29:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/06/29/turning-down-a-million-dollar-wound/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/monroecombs.jpgJamesCombs.advAdvocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK -- World War II Veteran James Combs shows off a photo of himself at age 24 Thursday at his home in Lafayette.2016-07-01T04:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/06/20/currahee-military-museum/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/toccoa-museum-bunk1.jpgToccoa Museum bunkhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/toccoa-museum-bunk.jpgToccoa Museum bunkhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/toccoa-currahee-mountain.jpgToccoa Currahee Mountainhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/toccoa-museum-parachute.jpgToccoa Museum parachute2016-06-20T19:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/06/07/airborne-first-to-arrive-on-d-day/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-gliders-in-field.jpgD-Day, gliders in fieldhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-glider-infantry.jpgD-Day, glider infantryhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-crashed-horsa-glider.jpgD-Day, crashed Horsa gliderhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-ike-with-paratroopers.jpgD-Day, Ike with paratroopers2016-06-07T02:07:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/06/05/the-first-men-on-utah-beach/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-utah-beach-map.jpgD-Day, Utah Beach maphttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-uss-nevada-off-utah.jpgD-Day, USS Nevada off Utahhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-utah-landing.jpgD-Day, Utah landinghttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-utah-soldiers-ashore.jpgD-Day, Utah, soldiers ashore2018-06-02T03:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/06/04/588/2016-06-04T19:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/06/01/the-clock-ticks-down-to-d-day/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-boarding-gliders.jpgD-Day, boarding glidershttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-ready-to-board-ships-at-weymouth.jpgD-Day, ready to board ships at Weymouth??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-invasion-stripes.jpgD-Day, invasion stripeshttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/d-day-loading-ships-at-devon.jpgD-Day, loading ships at Devon??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????2016-08-01T17:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/03/31/building-pattons-bridges/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rhinebridgeby88th.jpgBridge built by 88th Engineers Battalion over Rhine River... 04/12/02Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling. Picture shot on 4-11-02 Copy of March 23, 1945 photo, showing bridge built across the Rhine River in Germany. The bridge was built by the 88th Engineers Battalion, which was commanded by Lt. Col. Charles Hair, who lives now in Baton Rouge. Keyword Defense Historyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/charles_hair.jpgCharles Hair... 04/11/02Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling. Picture shot on 4-11-02 Baton Rougean Charles Hair, with 88th Engineers Battalion's colors, and his service jacket with subsequent decorations added. He commanded the battalion, which built bridges for Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army, as the U.S. advanced across France, Luxembourg and Germany in World War II. Keyword Defense Historyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/patton-rhine.jpgPatton, Rhine2022-02-04T03:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/04/05/missing-in-action/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/remidelouche052.jpgRemiDelouche052.jpgAdvocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Remi Delouche was a B-25 co-pilot in WWII when he was shot down over Italy and captured by Italians in 1943. He was freed when Italy surrendered and recaptured by the Germans and spent the rest of the war in a German POW camp. Delouche holds a 1943 portrait of himself, left and his German POW camp personnel file.2016-05-30T17:25:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ww2thebigone.com/2016/04/07/bataan-death-march/https://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/camp-odonnell.jpgCamp O'Donnellhttps://ww2thebigone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bataan.jpgBataan Death MarchPrisoners of war on the Bataan Death March. 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