Posts by admin_lynnetattardi
Blog No. 19 – December 22, 2024
December 25, 1944,
Ardennes Forest, Battle of the Bulge
On December 25, 1944, our soldiers were in the midst of the Battle of the B...
Blog No. 18 – December 11 and 12, 2024
On December 11, 1941, American chargé d'affaires Leland B. Morris, the highest ranking American diplomat in Germany, was summoned to Fo...
Blog No. 17 – November 29, 2024
USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfi...
Blog No. 16 – November 18, 2024
The Liege Hospital is Bombed
(Footsteps Research, Public Domain)
The Liege Hospital is the 15th General Hospital in Liege, Belgium. I...
Blog No. 15 – November 8, 2024
Torch Operation, North Africa 1942
On November 8, 1942, Allied forces were led by the United States and the United Kingdom in launchin...
Blog No. 11 September 27, 2024
Cindy’s Mother’s Story
as told by Paul (last name withheld)
to and then written by Lynne T. Attardi
Stanislawa Letkowski nee S...
Blog No. 10 September 22, 2024
Part of Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy
A US M18 Hellcat of the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the streets of Brest in Sep...
Blog No. 9 September 12, 2024
Source: National Archives
Allied tanks in the German city of Koblenz.
(Still from Universal News)
Quoting from the National Archives...
Blog No. 8 September 2, 2024
The Phony War
That someone called a war by this name I found intriguing, so I researched it and thought it might be an interesting blo...
Blog No. 7 August 28, 2024
“ I don’t mind saying that I am sick of the whole mess....”
World War II area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ), John...