Dedicated to the men of the 'Greatest Generation'.  

Nothing in life is more exhilarating than to be shot at -
with no result.

Winston Churchill, 1874-1965


Something to Consider: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759



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Ardennes,   Rhineland,   Central Europe

There and Back Again - 1943 to 1945

And all this before many of us were twenty-one.
What that comes later could top it?


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NOTICE:
  Younger Associates interested in forming a new 8th Armored Division Association please contact Robert Leach, Division Historian. See attached letter for more information.


NOTICE:
If interested in 2010 - 65th ANNIVERSARY TRIPS - Check these.
1. BATTLE OF THE BULGE TRIP - MAY 3 - 11, 2010
2. VE TOUR TO NORMANDY AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - JULY 23- AUG 3, 2010
3. V.E. TOUR - ALSACE LORRAINE AREA - SEPT 13 - 24, 2010
See summaries here



         

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