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PART 4 FORWARD: We were lucky enough to meet this fine fellow – George Perrine, United States Army, 2nd Armored Division – on D-Day 70th anniversary, 2014.  He is sharing his story, in his own words, of his time during the war. It is a long tale so we will be posting it over a few […]

PART 3 FORWARD: We were lucky enough to meet this fine fellow – George Perrine, United States Army, 2nd Armored Division – on D-Day 70th anniversary, 2014.  He is sharing his story, in his own words, of his time during the war. It is a long tale so we will be posting it over a few […]

PART 2 FORWARD: We were lucky enough to meet this fine fellow – George Perrine, United States Army, 2nd Armored Division – on D-Day 70th anniversary, 2014.  He is sharing his story, in his own words, of his time during the war. It is a long tale so we will be posting it over a […]

FORWARD: We were lucky enough to meet this fine fellow – George Perrine, United States Army, 2nd Armored Division – on D-Day 70th anniversary, 2014.  He was a very interesting fellow to talk to, and he was like a “rock star” on D-Day with plenty of people wanting to meet him. Our thanks to Mr. […]

  Waffen- SS Order of Battle, Normandy, June 1944 On June 6, 1944, the Hitlerjugend and Panzer Lehr Divisions were ordered to move against the British breaches as the Allies poured ashore on D-Day. They were under the command of “Sepp” Dietrich’s I SS Panzer Corps. The Leibstandarte Division remained in Belgium to counter the […]