Posts Tagged ‘Dachau’
History of Memorial Day: Why We Fight
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF MEMORIAL DAY: WHY WE FIGHT As we celebrate Memorial Day, the world is different from what it was two and a half decades ago. We have troops in countries that we didn’t have then, and after 9/11, we now remember why we fight. The History Channel often reruns the HBO series Band of…
Read MoreHistory of the Liberation of Dachau: Present Day. Part 3
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF THE LIBERATION OF DACHAU: Present Day. Part 3 n Part 1, I discussed the Nazi Concentration Camps and Dachau. In Part 2, I talk about my father’s involvement in the liberation as part of the 42nd “Rainbow” Division and his subsequent capture of the Nazi general in charge of Munich’s anti-aircraft artillery. …
Read MoreHistory of the Liberation of Dachau, Part 2: April 30, 1945
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF THE LIBERATION OF DACHAU: APRIL 30, 1945. Part 2 n Part 1, I discussed the Nazi Concentration Camps and the initial movement of US Army divisions into Dachau. Dachau: The Camp As my father and the 42nd “Rainbow” Division moved into the Dachau Concentration Camp, of the 32,000 survivors still alive in…
Read MoreHistory of the Liberation of Dachau, Part 1: April 29, 1945
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF THE LIBERATION OF DACHAU, PART 1: APRIL 29, 1945 remember what my father had told me of his participation in the liberation of Dachau shortly before he died in 1976. Some of his war buddies discovered the tribute site I’d created for my father and called or emailed me to recount stories I’d…
Read MoreHistory of the Liberation of Dachau — a Personal Reflection
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF THE LIBERATION OF DACHAU, a Personal Reflection On April 29, 1945, 81 years ago, toward the end of World War II, the Allies captured and liberated Dachau. My father, Staff Sergeant John Petro, was one of the liberators. It was one of the few stories from The War that my father told me…
Read MoreMemorial Day: Why We Fight
Reading Time: 2 minutesMEMORIAL DAY: WHY WE FIGHT The world is different than it was even a decade ago as we celebrate Memorial Day. We now are fighting a war, and we now remember why we fight. The History Channel re-runs the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” the adaptation of the Stephen Ambrose book about a company of…
Read MoreHistory of Memorial Day: Why We Fight
Reading Time: 2 minutesMEMORIAL DAY: WHY WE FIGHT The world is different than it was even a few years ago as we celebrate Memorial Day. We now are fighting a war, and we now remember why we fight. The History Channel re-runs the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” the adaptation of the Stephen Ambrose book about a company…
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