Hey guys, Joedemadio here with a new Medal of Honor Monday Story. This will be the final story for the Operation Market Garden Anniversary. That means, next week we’ll continue with different campaigns and battles. Today we’re taking a look at a paratrooper of the 101st Airborne. Joe Eugene Mann was born on July 8th 1922 […]
Hey guys Joedemadio here with Medal of Honor Monday. So the anniversary for Operation Market Garden is coming up amd I thought it would be interesting to tell a medal of honor story that took place during the operation. Also, instead of the Medal of Honor I’d like to cover the British highest military decoration, […]
I recently got contacted by a man saying his great uncle fought during Operation Market Garden. The man was going on a business trip to The Netherlands and wanted to visit the place where his great uncle got hit. His uncle was Captain Thomas A. Norwood, an officer in the 326th Engineers Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. After surviving […]
Wednesday September 17th it will be the 70th anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Luckily, wednesday is my day off from studies, so I will be visiting the battlefields of Operation Market Garden (OMG) As a preparation of the anniversary it is the perfect time to rewatch some great movies such as A Bridge Too […]
Betuws War Museum – The Island ’44-’45 If I would need three words to describe this museum I’d say: Quality Above Quantity. Before I rang the bell I wasn’t sure if I was at the right address. A man opened the door and we told about the museum. He welcomed us and sent us to […]
101st Airborne Tribute Video Just before the 70th anniversary of Operation Market Garden I made a visit to the Drop Zones of the 101st Airborne Division near Son and Breugel. Imagine these skies were once filled with parachutes. Soldiers heading into battle without knowing what’s going to happen next. After that I visited The […]
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