Thursday, February 21, 2019
Henri Guillaumet, Pilot from Ligne
A memorial in Ligne, France, to Henri Guillaumet, a pilot who lost his life in World War Two.
The memorial was placed on the 50th anniversary of his death.
MKTH photograph.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Monday, February 18, 2019
In memory of Paul Vincent.
A monument to Paul Vincent, who was arrested on May 12, 1944, deported to Nevengamme, and who died at Bergen Belsen on April 13, 1945.
Saturday, February 16, 2019
Monument to the soldiers of Villers sur Fere who lost their lives in World War One.
A monument in the French town of Vilers sur Fere to those who lost their lives in the service of France during World War One.
Friday, February 15, 2019
Monument to returning partisans, France.
A French monument to six French partisans who returned by parachute and lost their lives on May 9, 1944.
I'm unfamiliar with this incident, but a large percentage of these operations were unsuccessful due to the penetration of the British SOE by the Germans. The SOE was only one of several British secret service organizations during the war and was not a full time professional one. Following the war it investigated the penetration and somewhat, but not fully, determined what had occurred, although it also operated to cover up the event as well.
This monument indicates that the captured Frenchmen were deported to Germany where they must have been subsequently executed at some point.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Wyoming National Guard Museum. Signed Into Law on February 14, 2019
ORIGINAL House
Bill No. HB0039
ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2019 General Session
AN
ACT relating to defense forces and affairs; designating the historic
Wyoming national guard armory as a museum; and providing for an
effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 19‑14‑112 is created to read:
19‑14‑112. Description and declaration of Wyoming national guard museum.
The
lands in Laramie county, Wyoming, described as follows are hereby
declared to be the Wyoming national guard museum to be managed by the
military department: All of Block 8, Replat of Airport Addition to the
City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, as shown by the Replat of said Airport
Addition on file and of record in the office of the County Clerk and
Ex-Officio Register of Deeds, in and for said Laramie County, said
replat being filed on October 1, 1935, as No. 287212; LESS the Southerly
ten (10) feet of said Block 8, Replat of Airport Addition quitclaimed
to the City of Cheyenne by the Wyoming Army National Guard, as filed
June 15, 1995, in Book 1400, Page 461, in the records of said Clerk of
Laramie County, Wyoming.
Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2019.
(END)
Speaker of the House
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President of the Senate
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Governor
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TIME APPROVED: _________
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DATE APPROVED: _________
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I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
Chief Clerk
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Lex Anteinternet: Blog Mirror: “And They Thought We Couldn’t Fight:...
Lex Anteinternet: Blog Mirror: “And They Thought We Couldn’t Fight:...: “And They Thought We Couldn’t Fight:”* Remembering the Nine Soldiers in a World War I Photograph
Saturday, January 26, 2019
French War Memorial, Reconnaissante France.
French war memorial in Reconnaissante France. Like many of these memorials, this one had the names of the World War Two war dead added following the Second World War.
MKTH photographs.
Friday, January 25, 2019
French village war memorial for World War One.
MKTH photographs.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Blog Mirror: A Wyoming ranch hand went missing amid one of the great disasters of U.S. Army history igniting a decades long effort to find him.
A remarkable story from the Casper Star Tribune:
A Wyoming ranch hand went missing amid one of the great disasters of U.S. Army history igniting a decades long effort to find him.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Memorial to French War Dead. Gandelu France
This memorial in Gandelu, France has been kept current following its original dedication to World War One's lost soldiers. Those lost in World War Two, the French Indo-China War, and the Algerian War were later added.
MKTH Photographs.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Sunday, January 13, 2019
War Memorial, Coulombs, France.
The war memorial in Coulombs, France, dedicated to the men of the town who lost their lives in World War One and World War Two.
The flags are those of France and the European Community.
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