Lt. Joseph George Tengi was born and educated in Garfied, New Jersey. Shortly after being graduated from the Garfield High School, he was employed as a teller by Garfield Trust Company. He entered service May 2, 1942. He had been attending evening classes at New York University and would have received a degree in accounting in six months. Lt. Tengi was commissioned at Camp Davis, N.C., in December, 1942 and was overseas since November 21, 1944. Joseph lived up to…..
June 6th is fast approaching and marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day. General Dwight D. Eisenhower tentatively set May 31, 1944, as D-Day for the Normandy Invasion. Ike set D-Day in motion with the official invasion order from the Combined Chiefs of Staff in Washington came on February 9, 1944 and read as follows: “You will enter the continent of Europe and, in conjunction with the other United Nations, undertake operations aimed at the heart of Germany and the destruction…..
We at Comes A Soldier’s Whisper sincerely appreciate your visits and following to our daily postings remembering history and honoring our veterans, past, present and future. Although your visits and the growing following to this page shows that America cares about our history and her VETERANS, your posted comments have been profound. Each and everyone of you have in some way been touched by a solder. So we are taking this opportunity to “repost” some of the many wonderful comments…..
Nancy Van Apeldoorn is the creator of LAP ROBES FOR VETERANS with her motto of so many veterans, sew little time. Nancy’s husband is a Vietnam veteran. She understands that the battle doesn’t end when our soldiers come home. She has made it her mission to provide lap robes for Veterans in nursing Homes, Gold Star Mothers, Vietnam Veterans in hospice, Honor Flights at Rochester International Airport, and last year sent to Walter Reed Hospital as well as providing for…..
It is easy to understand how troops in combat can summon courage from deep within to win battles and protect their fellow soldiers. Leaders in all types of organizations must also remember that ordinary people, in extraordinary circumstances, may also need to find the courage to confront troublesome situations that run counter to an organization’s values, culture and goals. If people know that their leaders will support their efforts, you will find even more of them who are willing to…..
First of the elite corps of parachuting parsons developed to keep step with the airborne troops was Captain Manus “John” McGettigan, a 31 year-oldd Episcopalian from Brooklyn, New York. He was the newly assigned Catholic Chaplain for troops of the 506th PIR who joined the unit in August 1944. Father McGettigan jumped into battle armed only with the items necessary to look after the spiritual lives of his men, as the Geneva Convention forbids ministers who accompany combat troops as…..
“I had my pistol in one hand, my cricket in the other…I crept along the hedgerow looking for a gate. Just as I found it, I heard a stir on the other side. I drew my pistol and got all set. Then I heard the click. That was the most pleasant sound I ever heard in the entire war.” ~ General Maxwell D. Taylor , commander of the 101st Airborne Division On June 6, 1944, the 82nd and 101st Airborne…..
William Homer “Bill” Genaust, born in 1907 was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who served as a war photographer in the battle of Saipan, and Iwo Jima, where he was killed in action during World War II on March 4, 1945. He is most known for photographing the second American Flag Raising on top of Mount Suribachi (Iwo Jima) in color, using a 16 millimeter motion picture camera on February 23, 1945. Sgt. Genaust and Pfc. Bob Campbell, a…..
As a 101st Airborne paratrooper and radio communicator with the 502nd PIR during WWII, David Tharp fought in Normandy, Carentan, Holland and the Battle of the Bulge. He was mystified with his life and body intact. Whatever you may have read or heard about the war, it was much worse. War changes the soldier. It changes his family too. A soldier thinks of many things in battle, his fellow soldiers, family and especially the letters from home. The letters were…..
It is said that the eyes are the window to ones’ soul and a window into the lives of those who have lived and passed before us and missing them every day. A 101st Airborne paratrooper’s life and letters during WWII in Comes A Soldier’s Whisper to his sweetheart whose letters and communication kept him going in battle. He would write, “I’m amazed at my life and body intact” after surviving D-Day, Carentan, Holland and the Battle of the Bulge……
