July 1942-Camp Toccoa, Georgia.
2nd Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division under Captain Herbert Sobel commanding, with Lt Richard Winters as Platoon leader.

June 6, 1944-under Lt Richard Winters I would drop into Normandy and fight during the Brecourt Manor action, being relieved after 33 days in the line.

September 17, 1944-after 3 months rest and refitting I am back into action dropping into Holland as part of 'Market Garden'. The duration would be spent on 'Hell's Highway' waiting for an armoured advance to end the European war.

December 16, 1944-whilst on leave in Mourmelon-Le-Grand, the German Army throws an offensive into the Ardennes Forset, committing me again to battle in Belgium this time. In January 1945, my company takes the town of Foy and ends a bitter stalemate that had lasted since the beginning of the Bastogne seige.

January 1945-we move into the town of Hagenau, France and stay there until we can consolidate our position and conduct a raid to capture some German prisoners for intelligence purposes.

April 1945-liberation of Landsberg Concentration Camp. Begin fraternization, against US Army policy, with German women.

May 7, 1945-we capture Berchtesgaden and Hitler's vaunted 'Eagle's Nest' after beating the French there under General LeClerc. The European war ends whilst we are staioned in Zell Am See, Austria soon thereafter.
HAPPY V-E DAY...

September 2, 1945-the Second World War ends with the capitualation of Japan. Regardless of wounds, medals or points, I am going home. In November of that year, the 101st Airborne is deactivated-Easy Company is no more...

THATS WHERE I WOULD SERVE IN WORLD WAR TWO...CURRAHEE!!!

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett