Colonel Heefner's VI Corps tour

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1 Colonel Heefner's VI Corps tour & 7 th US Army trail, from Besancon to Saint Dié, 16 Medals of Honor Awarded (Memorial Days by Children of France Organization) New common program for September 2011 For more details, contact eric.vandroux@libertysufr.fr - Doubs : THU SEPT 15 VALENCE BESANCON o Saint-Vit : Monument in Memory of the crew of a destroyed Sherman, 36 th Infantry Division, o Besançon : In remembrance of Technician 5 th Grade Robert D. Maxwell, Medal of Honor, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort de Chaudanne : Monument in Memory of the soldiers of the 3rd Inf. Div., The Bridge (Pont Battant), crossed by the soldiers of the 30 th Infantry Regiment thanks ladders in September 1944, FRI SEPT 16 BESANCON - LUXEUIL o Sauvagney : Monument in Memory of the soldiers Edwin Morgan and John Kreiner, 36 th Infantry Division, o Geneuille : Monument in Memory of the soldier Albert Tamburine, 3 rd Infantry Division, - Haute-Saône : o Quenoche : Tablet in Memory of the soldiers of the 7 th US Army, In Memory of Private Frank Taverni, 3 rd Infantry Division, o Vesoul : Tablet in Memory of the soldiers of the 3 rd Inf. Div., In Memory of the soldiers who died on September 12th, 1944, in Vesoul s area : Pfc Norman Davis, Pvt Virgil L. Reed, 3 rd Inf. Div. Sergeant Carl M. Lybrand, Staff Sergeant Stanley C. Banek, Sergeant Arthur T. Baird, 36 th Inf. Div. o Noroy le Bourg : In Memory of these soldiers (3 rd Inf. Div.) : 2 nd Lieutenant Raymond Zussman, Medal of Honor, Staff Sergeant John H. Stanton, Distinguished Service Cross,

2 Staff Sergeant Rene Deltieure, Silver Star, o Saulx de Vesoul : Monument for the Memory of the soldiers of the 3 rd Infantry Division who gave their lives for the Liberation of Saulx, Plazza of the 3 rd Infantry Division, In Memory of 1 st Lt John J. Tominac, Medal of Honor, SAT SEPT 17 LUXEUIL o Raddon et Chapendu : Dedication of a Monument in Memory of Sergeant Harold O. Messerschmidt, Medal of Honor, and the soldiers of the Company L, 30 th Infantry Regiment, 3 rd Infantry Division. The family of Horold O. Messerschmidt will be there, o Luxeuil : Ceremony at the Grave of Kiffin Yates Rockwell (Escadrille Lafayette) at the Luxeuil Cemetery, Commemorative tablet for the Memory of the American Pilots of the Escadrille Lafayette (World War One), Commemorative tablet for the Memory of the soldiers of the 3 rd, 36 th and 45 th Infantry Divisions, The 7 th US Army Cross-Roads, Concert by the US Army Europe Band, Medieval show in the street, SUN SEPT 18 LUXEUIL o Luxeuil : Parade through the town by US Color Guard, platoons of US and French infantry, the USAEUR band, veterans and their families, many French and American VIPs including the US military, Dedication of "Alexander Patch Square", in the presence of the Patch family, Television coverage by French television and the US Forces American TV Network, Exposition about the Soldiers of the 7 th US Army who delivered East of France in 1944, - Vosges : MON SEPT 19 VOSGES o Epinal American Cemetery : 5255 graves In Memory of : 1 st Lt Victor L. Kandle, Medal of Honor, 3 rd Inf. Div., Staff Sergeant Gus J. Kefurt, Medal of Honor, 3 rd Inf. Div., Technical Sergeant John D. Kelly, Medal of Honor, 79 th Inf. Div.,

3 Sergeant Ellis R. Weicht, Medal of Honor, 36 th Inf. Div, In Memory of the other American Soldiers, o The Lost Battalion area : Bruyères : American Monument in Helledraye Forest, In Memory of Staff Sergeant Robert T. Kuroda, Medal of Honor, 442 nd RCT, Biffontaine (Borne 6) : Monument in Memory of the soldiers of the 36 th Inf. Div. and of the 442 nd RCT. In Memory of these soldiers of the 442nd R.C.T. : o Private Barney F. Hajiro, Medal of Honor, o Technician Fifth Grade James K. Okubo, Medal of Honor, o Private George T. Sakato, Medal of Honor, o Private Joe M. Nishimoto, Medal of Honor (for action near La Houssière). TUE SEPT 20 LUXEUIL SAINT-JUAN - Haute-Saône : o Lure, delivered by the 3rd Infantry Division, September 16th 1944, o Vy-Les-Lure, the terrible battle of Company L, 7th Inf. Regt, 3 rd Inf. Div., - Doubs : o Saint-Juan : Site of the Temporary US Military Cemetery 7 th US Army. There will be a special ceremony in Memory of the 987 soldiers of the 7 th US Army who were buried there Roses will be laid by French children for the Memory of all these soldiers. Some special roses will be laid for the Memory of : soldiers of the 3 rd Infantry Division : Landers Thomas J., Frank Taverni, Earl Silverstein, Ancavage Joseph S., Tamburine Albert J., Strehle Frank, Lybrand Carl M., Bridgman George H, Reed Virgil L. soldiers of the 3 6th Infantry Division : Baird Arthur T., Kreiner John, Bean Harry F., Norris John H., Long James W., Russo Dominic J., Clemens Melvin R., Anthony R. Monaco soldiers of the 45th Infantry Division : DiSabato Michael, Duffy Edward, and so on

4 And for whom who will come, but not in the Colonel Heefner's VI Corps tour, and who will wish to visit the others sites of the Vosges Mountains : WED SEPT 21and 22 VOSGES - Vosges : o Noirgueux : Monument in Memory of the Crossing of the Moselle River by the soldiers of the 3 6th Inf. Div. o Cleurie : Monument in Memory of the soldiers of the 3 rd Infantry Division. o La Forge : In Memory of 1 st Lt Victor L. Kandle, Medal of Honor, 3 rd Inf. Div. o Vagney : Tablet in Memory of 2 nd Lt James Harris, Medal of Honor, 3 rd Inf. Div. o Frémifontaine : Monument in Memory of the soldiers of the 45 th Infantry Division. In Memory of Pfc Richard J. Conway, 45 th Infantry Division. o Vervezelle : Tablet in Memory of Staff Sergeant Rene Deltieure, 3 rd Inf. Division. o Belmont-Sur-Buttant : In Memory of Technical Sergeant Charles H. Coolidge, Medal of Honor, 36 th Infantry Division. o Les Rouges-Eaux (Monplaisir) : Monument for the Memory of the French and the soldiers of the 3 rd Infantry Division who died in that place.: Pvt Charles L. Atkins, Pfc Patrick F. Ferina, Pfc Nicholas R. Gallo, S/Sgt Frederick R. Schlaantine, Pfc George R. Yuengert. In Memory of Staff Sergeant Clyde L. Choate, Medal of Honor, 3 rd Infantry Division. o Col du Haut-Jacques : Monument in Memory of the soldiers of 7 th Inf. Regt, 3 rd Inf. Division. In Memory of Private Wilburn K. Ross, Medal of Honor, 3 rd Infantry Division. o Saint Dié : Monument for the soldiers of the 103 rd Cactus Division.

5 In Memory of Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams, Medal of Honor, 3 rd Infantry Division. Memorial Days by Children of France Organization For more details, contact eric.vandroux@libertysufr.fr