Subdeacon Joe Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 https://www.today.com/news/d-day-veteran-97-reunites-french-love-after-75-years-t156214?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=FCFacebook&fbclid=IwAR2TvTVejbkTuIvMU5cqdmxeSll-qbOQOVv-m9frEeFunxTSfR6-rxlsc_k Quote Army veteran K.T. Robbins had never forgotten the French girl he had fallen in love with in 1944 when he was fighting in northeastern France during World War II. After having to hurriedly say goodbye to Jeannine Ganaye when he was transferred to fight on the Eastern Front, he eventually returned to America after the war, got married and resigned himself to never seeing her again. He held on to a black-and-white photograph of her as the only reminder of the time they shared together when he was 24 and she was 18 during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 The second story about Jake Larson, the last survivor of his unit, confuses me. At least his jacket. Which bears a 34th Infantry Division patch. The 34th fought in North Africa and Italy. They were not at Normandy. Under his division patch is V Army Corps. The V Corps was in Europe and at D Day but the 34th Division was not assigned to V Corps and was at the border of southern France when the Germans surrendered, having fought up through Italy. Now, Mr Larson is from Minnesota and when he joined up before the war, the 34th was a Minnesota NG unit so that fits. He might have been transferred at some point to V Corps prior to D Day. I’d love to talk to him. Could be he’s the last of the 34th Infantry but who knows for sure? History is fascinating. https://heavy.com/news/2019/05/jake-larson/ http://www.34ida.org/history/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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