Normandy 2017: Part 2
Days 3 through 5: Remembering Stanley Stockins, George Radeka and Philip Germer
Our trip started with a nine hour drive on Thursday and then my vigil for Philip Germer on Friday. On Saturday, June 3rd, I stood vigil at the grave of Stanley Stockins and on Sunday, June 4th I stood vigil at the grave of George Radeka. In part two of my three part series you can see some photos from the weekend dedicated to Stanley and . . .
Normandy 2017: Part 1
On the road & Remembering Philip Germer
In 2016 we had to cancel our annual trip to Normandy due to French gas strikes. In June 2017 Daddy and I were excited to return to Normandy to continue our work on Project Vigil. We had such a positive experience and met so many fine people that I've decided to share my favorite pictures from our trip with you here on my blog. In this, . . .
Memorial Day, 2017
Remembering Dennis P. Dowd Jr.
Today I would like to remember Dennis P. Dowd Jr.
Dennis was born on April 22nd, 1887 in New York City. He graduated from Georgetown University (class of 1908) and Columbia Law School (class of 1911). At the outbreak of WWI, Dennis sailed for France, where he enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in Paris in August 1914.
. . .Warren H. "Skip" Muck
KIA January 10th, 1945, Le Bois Jacques, Bastogne, Belgium
Today is January 10th, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of the death of Warren "Skip" Muck in the Battle of the Bulge. On this day I would like to honor Skip Muck's memory and his sacrifice by dedicating a blog post to him. I hope you will like it.
Warren's early life
Warren "Skip" Muck was born . . .
Please be patient: We are trying to fix the E-Mail problem
Hi Everyone,
I would like to explain that the problem with the dead-end links you receive in your notification e-mails come from the failure of our Internet server Bluehost to communicate with our blog host Silvrback. My only other option is to deactivate the automatic notifications for future posts and I don’t really want to do . . .
D-Day 2016
Why I do Project Vigil
On this day 72 years ago, 6,603 American soldiers were killed in action during the invasion of Normandy. These happy, healthy, courageous young men were full of life and ready to lay down their lives to liberate a country that few of them had ever even seen before. They were taken from this earth at such a young age so long ago that I fear . . .
Our trip to Normandy is cancelled
Strike three, we're out!
Due to the French labor strikes, where angry protesters have been cutting off gas supplies to gas stations and blocking highways at toll booths all over France, Daddy and I have made the difficult decision to postpone our trip to Normandy for D-Day 2016. I'm very sorry we won't be able to meet with our old friends and make new ones, . . .
