Category: WWII

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I recently migrated all my websites to WordPress, with this being the last one. Given its comprehensive nature, it’s an arduous task. Still, it’s worth the time and effort because it not only requires me to update links (and remove those that are no longer viable), but also because our redesign makes it more user- and mobile-friendly. One item undergoing the most significant change is the Engineer Gallery, which sports a fresher interface and is much faster to navigate, and I’m proud to say, I completed it yesterday…

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Today, I permanently lowered the price of my two-part documentary, No Bridge Too Far, from $12.95 to $9.95. If you were unaware of my historical documentary, read-on… No Bridge Too Far, a WWII documentary, written, directed and produced by Marion …

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My next project was going to be a sci-fi story about trees (now on temporary hold), however, after careful consideration, I decided to compile all the personal WWII veteran’s stories shared with me over a 15-year period.

While these memoirs exist on my website, I’d like to present them in book form for their families, friends and other interested readers. I know “my boys” (as I lovingly called them), would be thrilled.

The book’s main focus will regard combat engineers in the ETO (my dad was one). Along with the individual histories, will be vignettes about the second world war in Europe, tying everything together.

I’m excited and can’t wait to get started.

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Imagine soldiers not only going through the horrors of everyday warfare but then stumbling upon concentration camps near or at the end of the war. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, then this unfolds before your very eyes. Who would do this to fellow human beings? Who would incarcerate citizens, torture, starve, gas and work millions of people to death, “just because”…

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In stark contrast to the Hitler Youth, the Edelweiss Pirates resisted Nazism in any way they could at a time when doing so was a criminal offense.
Despite leaving behind little information on their exploits, a group of German teenagers known as the Edelweiss Pirates played an important role in Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany.
Much like the tenacious edelweiss flower clinging to the crags of Austria’s Alps that the group was named after, these young Germans resisted Nazi indoctrination.

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Many moons ago when I started my VI Corps Combat Engineers of WWII website, I also began a forum, which currently has 2,336 members registered. Our members have made a total of 31,138 posts in 5,423 threads. I’m always pleased to see the amount of traffic it receives on a daily basis, even after all this time. For instance, in the last fifteen minutes (those are how stats are presented), I see 102 visitors. The most users online at one time was 673 on 04-25-2024 at 03:22 PM. That astounds me and makes me feel very proud…

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