by Preston Durrer | 18 Apr 2010 | News
The return of WWII veterans of the “Greatest Generation” to former battlefields is always dressed with a lot of emotions and memories. For many US units, the war ended in the Eastern part of Germany, prior to the encounter with Red Army units at the Elbe...
by Preston Durrer | 01 Mar 2008 | Biographies
Arthur William Jasper was born in Philadelphia on June 3, 1925. He lived in Philly for about five months, after which his family moved to the far out (at that time) suburbs, right next to the farming country. With an intense interest in agriculture, he spent every...
by Preston Durrer | 26 Aug 2007 | Biographies
Dick was born August 5, 1925 in Baltimore. He attended schools in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and graduated from Hollidaysburg (PA) High School in June 1943. He entered the Army in September 1943, enrolled in ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program). His basic...
by Preston Durrer | 10 Dec 2005 | Obituaries
PHENIX CITY, AL – Colonel Retired Robert B. Cobb, 89, of Phenix City died December 7 at St. Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, December 15 at 1:00 p.m. in Main Post Cemetery, Ft. Benning, Ga., according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary,...
by Preston Durrer | 25 Jun 2005 | News
Fred A. Woodress, DivHqs, is the author of a new book of plays, “Slave or Free and 11 Other Problem-solving Plays” with wife Anne Blackmon Woodress from AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Ind. Two of the plays by Fred Woodress are about World War II....
