By Admin (Admin) (24.21.234.167 - 24.21.234.167) on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 10:18 pm:| By Admin (Admin) (24.21.234.167 - 24.21.234.167) on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 10:18 pm: |
Excerpt courtesy of our good friend, John A. Smith (Robert Burr Smith's Brother)
Normandy
In the dead of night we are scattered like seed across the sleeping Norman countryside. In small, murderous groups – squads, platoons, companies – we drive to the beach exits. The bridges and locks. The villages and commanding ground. This is the flooded DZ with only the fire-swept roads above water. St. Marie-Du-Mont, the death road between vierville and St. Come-Du-Mont. And the bridges across the Douve River and Grand Canal; and this is Carentan. And this is the enemy who defended the places; the 6th Parachute Regiment which left its dead in windrows from Vierville to Carentan: and the 17th SS who try to retake Carentan but they cannot because no one is ever going to drive the 506th from a position it wants to hold. This is Normandy.
From Currahee Scrapbook
| By Derek D. Tircuit (Dtircuit) (216.78.134.241 - 216.78.134.241) on Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 12:48 pm: |
Excerpt courtesy of our good friend, John A. Smith (Robert Burr Smith's Brother)
HEADQUARTERS 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
Office of the Division Commander
APO472, U.S. Army
8 May 1945
MEMORANDUM:
TO : Colonel R.F. Sink, 506th Prcht Inf Regt.
1. A German Colonel has arrived at Headquarters of 36th
Division from Marshal Goering. The Colonel has a letter which he
Is taking to Generals Devers and Eisenhower. He states that both
Goering and Kesselring are present with a small staff at Peller?
Coordinates: 820710.
2. I can’t find a town of that name on my map, but the
coordinates I believe accurate. The place was further described
as just north of Bruck.
3. Go get them.
MAXWELL D. TAYLOR
Major General, USA,
Commanding
| By Derek D. Tircuit (Dtircuit) (216.78.134.241 - 216.78.134.241) on Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 12:50 pm: |
Excerpt courtesy of our good friend, John A. Smith (Robert Burr Smith's Brother)
FROM THIS POINT ON IT MIGHT BE WELL TO NOTE THE MANY SQUAREHEADS WHICH FELL OR WERE GATHERED BY THE 506TH:
1: AT GOLLINS, AUSTRIA, 7 MAY, THECG OF THE 82ND CORPS, GENERAL TOLSDORF SURRENDERED HIS TROOPS.
2: BAD GASTEIN, AUSTRIA, 9 MAI, FIELD MARSHALL KESSELRING, HERMAN GORING AND PARTY. (IT MUST BE NOTED FOR PURPOSES OF AUTHENTICITY THAT GORING ENT TO A NEIGHBORNING UNIT WHO WOULD NOT BE DANDLED). BESIDES KESSELRING:
a. MR. FUNK, SECRETARY OF ECONOMICS
b. MR. BORMAN, SECRETARY OF CHANCELLERY
c. DR. BACKE, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
d. MR. ONESORGE, POSTMASTER GENERAL
3: AT FISCHORN SCHLOSS, ZELL AM ZEE, NAZI NO.12, PHILLIP BOUHLER, REICHSLEITER OF THE INTERIOR (CORRESPONDS TO A CABINET POSITION)
4. AT TUMMERSBACH, ACROSS FROM ZELL AM ZEE, NAZI CHIEF OF TREASURY SCHWARTZ.
IN ADDITION, OVER 150 ARRESTED, INCLUDING GESTAPO AGENTS, SECRET AGENTS- HIGH RANK STORM TROOPERS, MEBERS OF "WEREWOLF", AND COUNTLESS DP'S WHO MUST BE SCREENED, FED AND WATCHED LIKE THE DEVIL. THIS THEN IS THE JOURNAL OF GERMANY.
AND THERE WAS A GENERAL WHO WOULD NOT HAVE US IN BERCHTESGADEN
BUT THERE WAS A GENERAL WHO WOULD!
| By Paul D. Alexander (Paul_Ga) (165.121.50.71) on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:41 am: |
I believe I should add that the "Borman" mentioned in the third message was Martin Bormann's brother, Gerhard.
Yours,
Paul
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