For those dedicated followers of the site, you might remember last Monday we featured a World War II, 90th Infantry Division photo from Chambois, France. The 90th ID experienced heavy fighting in the Chambois area during the Battle of the Falaise Gap in August 1944. Our historian friend from France, Tristan, who lives in the [...]
Albion Man Publishes Books About Area Vets By Dennis Nartker – [email protected] Friday, 04 February 2011 ALBION — An Albion man has turned his interest in history and area veterans’ war stories into two five-star-rated hardbound books. In 2005 Mike McCoy wrote and published “Bootprints,” the story of U.S. Army Sgt. Hobert Winbrenner’s experiences on [...]
Oak Farm Montessori School in Avilla, Indiana is preparing for their annual History Fair next week. Students are busy putting the final touches on history reports ranging from the Band of Brothers to Rosa Parks, from D-Day to Cleopatra. In conjunction with the upcoming event, upper elementary Oak Farm students, grades 4-6, each received a [...]
Our good friend, Chris Guska, over at the 90th Division Association Website also moonlights with the 90th Infantry Division Preservation Group. In BOOTPRINTS, infantryman Hobert Winebrenner, talks of personalizing certain weaponry, while readying for a jeep recon patrol, just after the Breakout from the Cotentin Peninsula. “At that point, we held a surplus of BARs. [...]