by Steve Snyder | Sep 18, 2014 | Historical
The following is an email from 90-year-old Hans Berger that he sent to me after meeting with my youngest son, Clayton, in Munich a couple of weeks ago. Hi Steve, Thank you again for a copy of your book and your dedication to it. I really enjoyed Clayton’s short...
by Steve Snyder | Sep 17, 2014 | Historical
On September 2, 1944, regiments of the 9th Infantry Division of the 1st U.S. Army crossed over the Wartoise Bridge from France into the hamlet of Cendron, Belgium to liberate the Belgian people from four years of Nazi occupation and oppression. As part of the 70th...
by Steve Snyder | Sep 16, 2014 | Historical
In September 1944, the Allied forces of Canada, England, and the United States liberated Belgium from four years of Nazi occupation and oppression. It was a joyous time! ...
by Steve Snyder | Sep 15, 2014 | Historical
On December 1, 1943, my father flew a bombing mission to Soligen, Germany. His crew’s ball turret gunner Louis Colwart had been injured on a November 26 mission to Bremen and could not go. His replacement was 19 year Philip Mundell who was flying on his very...
by Steve Snyder | Sep 10, 2014 | Historical
In 1944, Luftwaffe pilot, Hans Berger, shot down my father’s B-17. Today in 2014, my youngest son had lunch with Hans Berger! On February 8, 1944, two Focke-Wulf 190 German fighter planes attacked the 306th Bomb Group B-17 Susan Ruth over the French/Belgian...
