Hi all,
Forgive me for not writing out a report here, but i just finished one on Trigger Time and can't be bothered to type it all again here - sorry. So here's a link to the post on TT Easy Company Memorial Brecourt
Cheers
Paul Woodadge
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It was nice meeting you at Brecourt Paul! 
I wrote down my report on MDW.com
To see my pictures go to http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/lind...ent%20Brecourt/
Best regards,
Linda
I wrote down my report on MDW.com
To see my pictures go to http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/lind...ent%20Brecourt/
Best regards,
Linda
Nice pictures Linda! Thanks for sharing them. It was good to see you at the dedication and we had a great time last Sunday!
Drop by whenever you're in the area!
C U
Frank
Drop by whenever you're in the area!
C U
Frank
Excellent! Another reason to visit the Brecourt Manor site.
The good points - it was a great ceremony with meaningful heartfelt speeches and the monument looks magificent. The bad points - it's going to be criticised for only listing the E/506th Normandy dead (including the Beuzeville stick) and including Benjamin Stoney and Salty Harris who technically died whilst serving with other companies and not mentioning non-Easy personnel killed nearby - Houck and Hill for example.
Indeed. There will be criticism that this monument only honours one company out of the hundreds that served in Normandy. I don't think you can single out any one company for additional praise. It must be tough to have served in Dog or Fox company knowing you played your part but not being able to share any of the limelight.
Steve
PS. On the link Paul posted I find Klonikefox's comments about Easy Coys 'low' casualties very interesting.
The good points - it was a great ceremony with meaningful heartfelt speeches and the monument looks magificent. The bad points - it's going to be criticised for only listing the E/506th Normandy dead (including the Beuzeville stick) and including Benjamin Stoney and Salty Harris who technically died whilst serving with other companies and not mentioning non-Easy personnel killed nearby - Houck and Hill for example.
Indeed. There will be criticism that this monument only honours one company out of the hundreds that served in Normandy. I don't think you can single out any one company for additional praise. It must be tough to have served in Dog or Fox company knowing you played your part but not being able to share any of the limelight.
Steve
PS. On the link Paul posted I find Klonikefox's comments about Easy Coys 'low' casualties very interesting.
I thought this would be as good as place as any to add this item. the pictures did not tranfer over heres the link. http://www.lerenfort.fsnet.co.uk/page115.html
"In the Company of Heroes".
There are going to very few visitors to this site who have not heard of "Easy Company" 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne. Their story has become folklore to a whole new generation of avid historians, and we support the rebirth of interest in that former generations service and sacrifice. Above, the village of Aldbourne today. New homes surround the older parts of the village where young soldiers rested and trained before going to the airfields and climbing aboard the C47 transports for their next mission.
There is still evidence of the places where men trained, ate, slept, although the latter is only partly true as the much publicised removal of the old stable block from near the village green to America in 2004 severed a very tangible link with the past.
However, yet more exciting finds come to light, even now. At left are some of the identity disks that a local metal detectorist has located in recent years. The names may be familiar to someone. Any further information on these individuals is welcome;
Elmer L. Debarea, A.S.N. 37246317. Baker Company 501st. Read his story here
Stanley Stockdale Jr, A.S.N. 35883057. Unit not known at this time (photo below).
Bernard A. Korst, A.S.N. 37029806. Charlie Company 502nd.
Ernest Bills, A.S.N. 15072101. Easy Company 502nd.
Clyde C. Schneider, A.S.N. 36297181. Dog Company 501st. Read his story here
John L. Davis, A.S.N. 15316846. A Technician 5th Grade in Service Company 506th. John L. Davis came to Aldbourne from Trumbull County, Ohio, U.S.A. Sadly we know little about him. He died during the liberation of Normandy. However, the discovery of his disk in England led to another story being told. There was another John L. Davis, a Corporal in 502nd P.I.R. Both men had been in England.
Stanley Stockdale Jr in 1944.
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"In the Company of Heroes".
There are going to very few visitors to this site who have not heard of "Easy Company" 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne. Their story has become folklore to a whole new generation of avid historians, and we support the rebirth of interest in that former generations service and sacrifice. Above, the village of Aldbourne today. New homes surround the older parts of the village where young soldiers rested and trained before going to the airfields and climbing aboard the C47 transports for their next mission.
There is still evidence of the places where men trained, ate, slept, although the latter is only partly true as the much publicised removal of the old stable block from near the village green to America in 2004 severed a very tangible link with the past.
However, yet more exciting finds come to light, even now. At left are some of the identity disks that a local metal detectorist has located in recent years. The names may be familiar to someone. Any further information on these individuals is welcome;
Elmer L. Debarea, A.S.N. 37246317. Baker Company 501st. Read his story here
Stanley Stockdale Jr, A.S.N. 35883057. Unit not known at this time (photo below).
Bernard A. Korst, A.S.N. 37029806. Charlie Company 502nd.
Ernest Bills, A.S.N. 15072101. Easy Company 502nd.
Clyde C. Schneider, A.S.N. 36297181. Dog Company 501st. Read his story here
John L. Davis, A.S.N. 15316846. A Technician 5th Grade in Service Company 506th. John L. Davis came to Aldbourne from Trumbull County, Ohio, U.S.A. Sadly we know little about him. He died during the liberation of Normandy. However, the discovery of his disk in England led to another story being told. There was another John L. Davis, a Corporal in 502nd P.I.R. Both men had been in England.
Stanley Stockdale Jr in 1944.
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Heres another with the link for the pictures.
http://www.lerenfort.fsnet.co.uk/page120.html
Colford E. Garton Jr, A.S.N. 12132010. G Company,
506th P.I.R.
The 1941 dated US canteen cup below was found in England recently. The soldier to whom it had once belonged had trained as a paratrooper and was one of Colonel Sinks men.
Below: The canteen cup and the details that can be deciphered from it. On the bottom of the cup is the legend "C2010G", this is the initial of the owners first name (Colford), as well as the last 4 numbers of his ASN, "2010" and lastly the "G" of G Company. The marking of personal items in this way being standard practice in the US Army.
On one side is written "Phillie" - we guess this is perhaps his nickname, but also his home state of Philadelphia. On the other is his surname "Garton".
Colford Garton, ASN. 12132010 attended the Parachute training class number 49 at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1942. He was a member of G Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
He was later at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with his comrades before leaving for England.
Perhaps in another camp the name Garton was also being marked on equipment, this time by Colfords' brother William. When Colford Garton came home from the war in 1945 he did so knowing that his brother was not going to be there with him. Sadly Private William Garton, ASN. 33585334 was killed on 28 October 1944 during the attack on Moncourt Woods in France as a soldier in 104th Infantry Regiment of the 26th "Yankee" Division. How this must have hit Colford we will never know. Will Garton lies with comrades in plot C, row 19, grave 38 of the St. Avold cemetery in France.
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http://www.lerenfort.fsnet.co.uk/page120.html
Colford E. Garton Jr, A.S.N. 12132010. G Company,
506th P.I.R.
The 1941 dated US canteen cup below was found in England recently. The soldier to whom it had once belonged had trained as a paratrooper and was one of Colonel Sinks men.
Below: The canteen cup and the details that can be deciphered from it. On the bottom of the cup is the legend "C2010G", this is the initial of the owners first name (Colford), as well as the last 4 numbers of his ASN, "2010" and lastly the "G" of G Company. The marking of personal items in this way being standard practice in the US Army.
On one side is written "Phillie" - we guess this is perhaps his nickname, but also his home state of Philadelphia. On the other is his surname "Garton".
Colford Garton, ASN. 12132010 attended the Parachute training class number 49 at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1942. He was a member of G Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
He was later at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with his comrades before leaving for England.
Perhaps in another camp the name Garton was also being marked on equipment, this time by Colfords' brother William. When Colford Garton came home from the war in 1945 he did so knowing that his brother was not going to be there with him. Sadly Private William Garton, ASN. 33585334 was killed on 28 October 1944 during the attack on Moncourt Woods in France as a soldier in 104th Infantry Regiment of the 26th "Yankee" Division. How this must have hit Colford we will never know. Will Garton lies with comrades in plot C, row 19, grave 38 of the St. Avold cemetery in France.
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