This picture was taken June 6, 2015 at Colleville Cemetery Normandy France with Belgian Koen Moentjens. Joe was with the 551st Parachute Infantry during WWII. Honoring our veterans daily. www.JennyLasala.com
This picture was taken June 6, 2015 at Colleville Cemetery Normandy France with Belgian Koen Moentjens. Honoring our veterans daily. www.JennyLasala.com
Herb Griffin recently turned 90 years young. As a special thank you for his service, we shipped him a copy of Comes A Soldier’s Whisper containing my father’s wartime letters written as a 101st Airborne paratrooper from 1943 to 1945. Herb was also a part of the Normandy Invasion, and fought all the way to the battle of St. Lo where he was seriously wounded and sent back to England. The doctors were going to amputate his right arm, but…..
Nellis Verhey, 82nd Airborne, 508 PIR, Infantry Reg. Pathfinder This picture was taken June 6, 2015 at Colleville Cemetery Normandy France with Belgian Koen Moentjens. Honoring our veterans daily. www.JennyLasala.com
This picture was taken June 6, 2015 at Colleville Cemetery Normandy France with Belgian Koen Moentjens. Honoring our veterans one day at a time. www.JennyLasala.com
Belgian Koen Moentjens having a beer with WWII 101st Airborne paratrooper, Vincent J. Speranza Honoring our veterans one day at a time… OUR BOOK SHELF: www.JennyLasala.com
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I’m from Belgium. This picture was taken June 6, 2015 at Colleville Cemetery France ( Normandy ). I always wear this hat , most of the time for the 82nd Airborne, out of respect for those who served. This is the only veteran out of all the others visiting that I was unable to identify. If anyone knows this veteran, please step forward and advise. Thank you! ~ Koen Moentjens We honor veterans daily! www.JennyLasala.com
Barney sends birthday wishes to his Dad in Heaven. Owen Tharp, Sr. was born 91 years ago today. He was born on September 12, 1924. Barney’s Dad’s military chapter of his life and his sons paralleled in so many ways. Owen was drafted into the United States Army and so was Barney. Owen served as an Infantryman in Germany in World War II and Barney Tharp served as an Infantryman in Vietnam in the Vietnam War. They both shared an…..
Ceasar was born in Bovino, Italy on June 11, 1919 and came to the United States when he was 9 years old. He served in the U.S. Army Lightning Division, 8th Field Artillery Battalion during WWII. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor having been at Hickham, Field, Hawaii when Pear Harbor was attacked. He served in Guadalcanal, Philippines and the Pacific Theater. Most of his working life was as a machinist for Maxwell House Coffee in Hoboken, New Jersey. Cesar…..
