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Finally catching up with my postings...Day 5 of our trip (June 9, 2019):Ste. Mere Eglise, where the 82nd and 101st Abn D...
07/12/2019

Finally catching up with my postings...
Day 5 of our trip (June 9, 2019):
Ste. Mere Eglise, where the 82nd and 101st Abn Divisions jumped, flew, landed in the early hours of June 6, 1944. This was the 1st town liberated on the Western Front. We are enjoying a re-enactment festival.

Day 4: Travel from London to Wi******er to Portsmouth for the ferry to Normandy.
06/13/2019

Day 4: Travel from London to Wi******er to Portsmouth for the ferry to Normandy.

Day 3: London
06/13/2019

Day 3: London

Day 2 of our journey.
06/07/2019

Day 2 of our journey.

On our way to Europe!!
06/06/2019

On our way to Europe!!

On Sunday June 9, our travelers will visit 44 gravesites of our Youngstown boys buried in Normandy. Each student has bee...
05/31/2019

On Sunday June 9, our travelers will visit 44 gravesites of our Youngstown boys buried in Normandy. Each student has been assigned a soldier to research. After telling us his story our student will leave the (bigger) piece of our commemorative coin at the grave and bring the other piece back home to Youngstown.

Thank you Joe & Charlie (SRHS '18) Staffeld of ALBCO for creating and donating 100 coins free of charge in less than 2 weeks time.

05/30/2019

Less than a week away from our Journey in the Footprints of Heroes!!
Even got the shirt!

Had a great time talking with Sgt Bob Noody. F Co. 506 PIR 101st Airborne Div.
08/21/2018

Had a great time talking with Sgt Bob Noody. F Co. 506 PIR 101st Airborne Div.

PFC John Davis, T/Sgt James Debth, SGT Andrew Piccuta, Cpl George Foradas receiving the French Legion d'honneur from Fre...
08/21/2018

PFC John Davis, T/Sgt James Debth, SGT Andrew Piccuta, Cpl George Foradas receiving the French Legion d'honneur from French Consul General at D-Day Ohio.

Largest D-Day re-enactment in the United States. Great celebration.The "invasion" lasted an hour and included airplane s...
08/21/2018

Largest D-Day re-enactment in the United States. Great celebration.
The "invasion" lasted an hour and included airplane strafing runs, artillery and tank firings, automatic weapons, and of course troops coming ashore assaulting the beach defenses.

Some of our travelers learning about Genealogical research in preparation for our trip from the Local History & Genealog...
08/10/2018

Some of our travelers learning about Genealogical research in preparation for our trip from the Local History & Genealogy librarian of the Mahoning County Public Library, Tim Seman.

We learned about Cpl. Kenneth L. Shearer.
Kenneth was born in 1915 and lived with his sister Anna at his grandparents house in Mahoning County. He attended Austintown Fitch High School and he enlisted in the army in 1942. Kenneth was assigned to the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division and jumped into Normandy during the early hours of DDAY. Kenneth got wounded on July 7, 1944 near La Haye du Puits, France and died of his wounds two days later. He is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery. The newspaper article is from the Youngstown Vindicator dated Aug 6, 1944, and lists him as wounded. Youngstown Raised. At Rest in Normandy.

Cpl. Shearer is one of the 44 Youngstown Boys that our student travelers will discover and honor in the next 300 days of their journey.

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