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Clark Jr’s NMMI class photograph https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blog/troop-bs-le-du-large-forward-echelon-identified monthly 0.5 2026-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/813d6e60-4878-40a8-b837-da5383abec84/Ile+du+Large+echelon.jpeg Blog - Troop B's Île du Large forward echelon identified - Make it stand out The original record detailing the men selected for the Île du Large mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e64b35c8-08df-4bf8-99ce-35914bf74e9d/85713825_1944-05_Roll-0471-02639.jpg Blog - Troop B's Île du Large forward echelon identified - Make it stand out The Morning Report describing the formation of the Troop B forward echelon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/127e282f-3e5b-4a13-88bf-609f9b5681e6/85713825_1944-05_Roll-0471-02651.jpg Blog - Troop B's Île du Large forward echelon identified - Make it stand out The Morning Report describing Marquez and Sheldon’s wounding in a bombing raid on Torquay. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blog/congressman-vince-fong-secures-medals-for-a-24th-cav-recon-family monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/8b4657e7-6b13-4eeb-872a-9e37f1ad3215/Vince+Fong+-+Nels+Christensen.jpg Blog - Congressman Vince Fong secures medals for a 24th Cav Recon family - Make it stand out Congressman Fong with Staff Sergeant Nels Christensen’s daughter, Linda Goodale, and grandson, Paul Beckley. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blog/riders-for-the-flag monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1e622ce2-1752-4997-bd41-603b00b7150e/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+12.02.55.png Blog - Riders for the Flag - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blog/to-the-men-of-the-dust-and-the-sabers-thrust monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7349ab6f-ca8d-41a9-a29e-9b62fe9512ad/Regimental+song.png Blog - To the men of the dust and the saber's thrust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blog/under-fire-on-patrol monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/826ccc6c-7c6d-4e8b-9725-a80d66d8e2ed/Screenshot+2026-01-21+at+14.00.23.png Blog - Under fire on patrol - Make it stand out After Action Report describing the squadron’s work that day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/306b48bc-9446-4afd-a0ea-c447469b3661/Screenshot+2026-01-21+at+14.04.33.png Blog - Under fire on patrol - Make it stand out The hospital admission record for Corporal Masi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/4dde62c7-2acc-4675-bd95-65de6b689da6/dad+in+front+of+tank.JPEG Blog - Under fire on patrol - Make it stand out Unconnected with this incident, Joe is pictured standing beside a Panzerwerfer 42 rocket launcher, commonly known as the Nebelwerfer. Date and location unknown. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blog/update-2nd-lt-joseph-gresham-troop-a-was-possibly-killed-by-friendly-fire monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9fb7f3b6-660d-4f37-9371-49f68e7869f2/22nd+Inf+report.JPG Blog - Update: 2nd Lt. Joseph Gresham, Troop A, was possibly killed by friendly fire - Make it stand out Transcription: Lt. Henry returned from 1st Bn. with report that there was a mixup among the 24th Cav. and tank troops. A lot of firing and misunderstanding of the enemy. Tanks reported to be 400 or 500 yds off objective. Believe a captain from 24th was killed by our troops. Lt. Henry sort of straightened things out. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blog/may-8-1945-the-real-ve-day monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b2d69efd-813c-4420-8df9-c5ac54302210/Screenshot+2025-05-07+at+09.03.30.png Blog - May 8 1945 - the real VE Day - Make it stand out Commanding officer of Troop B, Capt. Harry Ruble Haverstick (20918263) at the 24th Cav Recon command post, known as ‘Jiggy’. Date and location currently unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/39ba3c67-c789-4049-b3f1-d4234501f0ee/Screenshot+2025-05-08+at+10.31.05.png Blog - May 8 1945 - the real VE Day - Make it stand out Dispositions of each element of the squadron on May 8 1945. You can view this map interactively here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/31656ec3-bcb7-4d00-857d-4dc05fffe85c/Screenshot+2025-05-08+at+09.39.40.png Blog - May 8 1945 - the real VE Day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blog/little-but-a-shadow monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1e6c0e80-aaf1-42b0-9f79-06469a2331dd/Fargo+Forum+December+5+1944.jpg Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out From the Fargo Forum newspaper, December 5 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/8919ed91-21a3-49e0-8b23-ca53c1e7a4a8/KIA.png Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out Joseph was killed in action near Mürringen, Belgium, on September 18 1944. He was 27 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/acabb984-a2b0-4877-a87c-66e7da31ef81/Screenshot+2025-04-16+at+21.33.08.png Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/fda7b1d5-ea36-4ce0-8ad1-edd34c94d8cf/Ambushed.png Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out Maybe Joseph was one of those three men killed in the ambush of their jeep (known in army parlance as a ¼ ton truck or a ‘bantam’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/0d630029-cb1d-4fda-b026-e71300bdb575/Died+in+hospital.png Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out The hospital record of Joseph’s death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/479b7eba-0d4d-4603-8488-3f6fe8713db5/Screenshot+2025-04-16+at+21.36.22.png Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b7af0afb-e7a1-47e8-9890-8e0eca220cdb/wall+of+honor.1.JPG Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d277b7fc-ea6d-4eca-9f39-b8f8a2fab4b0/Exhibition+1.png Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out Tim is pictured working on the White Earth Hall of Honor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/ed5a7ec3-b052-4f12-a1d1-a57d2e9615e0/Memorial.png Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out (Work in progress - Budd is aware of the typo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/32038f1d-b0d5-47d0-ba3a-b1d2906199ca/Headstone.jpg Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out Joseph is buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/afb6d02a-1089-4ad4-acc0-bb2276e48068/Weaver%2C+Joe+1.png Blog - Remembering Joseph L. Weaver, for whom only shadows remain - Make it stand out Joseph L. 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I took this picture while passing them. All of a sudden, they were behind us. It was our job to find the enemy. 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Make it stand out Men of Tank Company F training in Britain, ahead of D Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/de32d3e6-8551-4498-89fe-3603e42f192a/Grevenbroich_19451.jpg Home - Make it stand out March 3 1945, men of Reconnaissance Troop C with prisoners of war in Grevenbroich, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f44622ca-296a-487e-8d08-7f2799e7ada0/Stuart+M5A1++descendant+la+rue+Thiers+a%CC%80+Charleville.+photo+He%CC%81raux+2.JPG Home - Make it stand out September 3 1944. Men from Tank Company F in a Stuart M5A1 are greeted by civilians on Rue Thiers, in Charleville-Mézières, northern France. Photo credit: Nicolas Conreur’s blog ‘Ma Kubelwagen Lili’. Original taken during the liberation of Charleville by local photographer Mr Jean Héraux. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/research-team daily 0.75 2024-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573cc03cc2ea51f428cb5dd6/1470677942234-06KBGVGXR0V2QUD4H2CU/image-asset.jpeg Research team https://www.24thcavrecon.org/contact-the-project daily 0.75 2024-09-10 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/project daily 0.75 2024-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/dd4bdc2e-9e4d-4523-b01a-23da42890e6c/Jeep2.png Project background - Make it stand out Unidentified men from a platoon of Troop A pass a sign for St Pierre Eglise, at Hameau Gallis, Cotentin peninsula, on June 20 1944. Taken from footage shot by the US Army Signal Corps at the time, depicting the 4th Infantry Division moving into the Cotentin peninsula from Utah Beach. The story of how this image was identified is told on the Facebook project page here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/2808b444-7e0b-4275-97ad-8ab413453c05/St_Pierre_2.jpg Project background - Make it stand out The Ithaca Journal front page - June 22 1944. See full clipping on Newspapers.com. (Note: no mention of the 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/32280ebd-9df2-46b3-aa34-dd742c0176af/20240623_131623.jpg Project background - Make it stand out The ‘Square du 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron’ St Pierre Eglise - June 23 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e26dfeef-4784-4565-aa68-7212a09e9068/Untitled+design+%282%29.png Project background - Make it stand out Work is ongoing to create a visual timeline of the squadron’s journey, from Britain to Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/942bb782-5d9e-44d6-960e-e68d1e344fc6/20240623_144731.jpg Project background - Make it stand out This year my town of St Pierre Eglise commemorated liberation by the squadron for the first time. They are not forgotten here. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/project-team daily 0.75 2024-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/dd078f42-54bf-4884-8357-be612c57ce0b/Mike.png Project team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/5b46e3d8-44fe-4475-958d-99ba9dc40e7f/YannP.png Project team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/555caf7d-d64d-437a-893c-747efa754b98/Diane.png Project team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f8d745f1-5b91-47de-9978-1ff38526b398/Karen.png Project team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/263a5678-dbe8-4c3f-a041-18f7dc957b5f/Cavalier+du+24th+Squadron+observant+la+passerelle+Bayard+a%CC%80+Me%CC%81zie%CC%80res.+3+septembre+1944.JPEG Project team - Make it stand out An unidentified 24th Cav Recon trooper stands in the place of Mike’s portrait (above) 80 years before, in Charleville, Ardennes.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e72060ae-52e6-4de5-a51b-7be970f5e019/Cash.jpg Project team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/00e6990f-0416-4f18-bad2-9e39f12ef69e/Kellen.png Project team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/schedule-appointment-ready daily 0.75 2024-08-13 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/the-men daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/cb1fc901-ce6b-4e41-93c5-9a00e3846cd2/FGH.png The men https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/00f6149a-0206-4c3a-9a72-abc86be9bf18/Brooks+O+Norman+1.png The men https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/bf7994e5-5b29-436b-b475-1b3e89ba3562/Bill+Stephens.png The men https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/83ce7f55-4d62-4ab3-aad8-657a6c5dd0f3/Frederick+C+Flinchbaugh.png The men - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/3d2d96c5-82d5-4ab3-bc59-1037622a25eb/Troop+E.png The men - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d58b648a-b7d1-4e7f-bebd-34876c5f69fb/Company+F.png The men - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/hq-service daily 0.75 2024-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e1f49d0f-efb0-4d52-8a40-4989f95ea8b8/FGH.png HQ & service Lt Col. Frederick Harold Gaston Jr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/0d5b22cc-6eb8-44a3-85e6-6ea94626e22f/Donald+Coffey.png HQ & service Tec 5 Donald W. Coffey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/a0164b39-8694-4ba8-9e6c-0ccaeba7e3b2/John+J+Seery.png HQ & service 1st Lt. John J. Seery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/ddcfc666-62f4-499a-8a07-558c3f155b06/Harry+Clark.png HQ & service - Make it stand out Major Harry A. Clark Jr https://www.24thcavrecon.org/troop-a daily 0.75 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/744d86da-4aab-4b4b-8c89-5b72f23d8aa6/Screenshot+2024-09-10+at+21.32.43.png Troop A Captain Brooks Ogden Norman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/c0e64b9e-cc6e-4a7a-a87b-170fbea37664/EdValentine.png Troop A - Make it stand out Pfc Edward J Valentine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/4d5a7535-b8a1-4a52-91e9-6ebae838356f/Joe+Gresham.png Troop A - Make it stand out 2nd Lt. Joseph W. Gresham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/fb48e926-3204-4b6f-9ae0-1d590cffc089/Allen+R+Gunkel.png Troop A - Make it stand out Tec 5 Allen R. Gunkel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e1b6b329-0412-4909-8aa9-e889671efec0/Gus+-+gallery.png Troop A - Make it stand out Lt. Gus Mose Blass II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d2fcfbcd-4329-4362-856f-54410ad65365/Luther+Deniston.png Troop A - Make it stand out Private Luther R. Deniston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/bd2fae76-fa39-4c08-aac8-4ceb1e2f2a57/Private+Dexter+Lyle+Hoff.png Troop A - Make it stand out Private Dexter Lyle Hoff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b723a6c9-06f4-4331-b2ba-9b8999f69c88/Robert+J+Kowalski.png Troop A - Make it stand out Tec 5 Robert J. Kowalski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d9e59711-5c7a-4545-a8c8-0ce88e239090/Sell+Horace+McDaniel.png Troop A - Make it stand out Pfc Sell Horace McDaniel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/c3e3d562-640c-43a4-bccf-7bcbfdd7f51d/HarryHall.png Troop A Sergeant Harry Franklin Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/a7e71011-80d5-4aa9-932b-2548ac33d5dd/JohnLFreeman.png Troop A - Make it stand out Corporal John L Freeman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/35e994d0-fb78-404e-b9cb-94f7599a6f4b/Robert+L+George.png Troop A - Make it stand out Private Robert L. George https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7d05dab2-6877-4430-9681-9ed2b1bac848/George+N+Deniston.png Troop A - Make it stand out Pfc George N. Deniston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/803a691e-b08e-4a2a-90b1-0991e027c814/Elliott+Cameron.png Troop A - Make it stand out S/Sgt Elliott E. Cameron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b91c6a70-141c-4fda-8e4c-4c3173017ff8/William+Gasperovich.png Troop A - Make it stand out Pfc William Gasperovich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/4da1c66b-1a4f-4fe5-9f00-fba090eb9af3/Roy+B+Jacobsen.png Troop A - Make it stand out Tec 5 Roy B. Jacobsen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/2afcc2ae-a28d-466d-886a-de42478cb7d1/Peter+J+Liaros.jpg Troop A - Make it stand out Tec 5 Peter J. Liaros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/ad2e54c3-1a2f-4f22-b4e1-c2b40b5ba18d/Norman+P+Weinberger.png Troop A - Make it stand out Pfc Norman P. Weinberger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/3ffc7146-ab48-4b0b-aa4e-7e568ea47bde/Screenshot+2024-09-10+at+19.17.48.png Troop A Corporal Mike Arendec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/cf278ae9-8aef-4c84-8df1-b6f84794e513/Barrett+C+Dillow.png Troop A - Make it stand out Captain Barrett Collyer Dillow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7cd5156d-f3d4-48da-9896-5f62c0d229cb/Robert+R+Bloom.png Troop A - Make it stand out Private Robert. R. Bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d430f4c2-515c-4bd5-8d32-b976a472021a/Joe_profile.png Troop A - Make it stand out Corporal Joe Negri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d9e34649-4d7c-4733-8506-744e145fef57/Sgt+Thomas+W+Dearolf.png Troop A - Make it stand out Sgt. Thomas W. Dearolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/5a6b9572-2689-4b31-bc40-8cc5f1ee66d1/Pfc+Donald+Eugene+Henderson.png Troop A - Make it stand out Pfc Donald E. Henderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d1a42b29-1d4c-465f-9404-79233599330b/Lt+Robert+D+Kelso.png Troop A - Make it stand out Lt. Robert D. Kelso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/af2f80d4-4385-48a6-ad79-617ce2883a8e/Untitled+design+%287%29.png Troop A - Make it stand out Tec 5 Alex NMI Louis https://www.24thcavrecon.org/troop-b daily 0.75 2026-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d17b29c1-8ef9-4b77-9473-5a52156da898/Anton+J.+Evesaeter.png Troop B Private First Class Anton J Elvesaeter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/93c214ae-5440-40f5-80e5-6f04719fdb1c/Lionel+A+DeWitt.png Troop B - Make it stand out Private First Class Lionel A. DeWitt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/10b5642c-cca4-44d4-9f10-05b025345956/Malcolm+Matz+Anderson.png Troop B - Make it stand out Tec 5 Malcolm M. Anderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/070c4139-f93c-43ce-b541-17b2f000561b/WilliamWStephens.png Troop B Corporal William W Stephens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/95b8aa55-9acf-42fb-b864-e41db5a4310f/Arnold+F+Davis.png Troop B - Make it stand out Private First Class Arnold F. Davis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/cb14056d-d7e9-41fb-8b2a-8e06a4a61a28/Max+C+Auman.png Troop B - Make it stand out Private Max C. Auman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9067a20d-35c6-4ee9-8a7f-e96a20023dd2/Alfred+P+Whitener.png Troop B Corporal Alfred P Whitener https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b3fc5f43-124b-4ac5-82e9-0800c72529cb/William+Gray+Allen.png Troop B - Make it stand out Sergeant William Gray Allen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b9c38345-e491-4e0b-93f5-887d4804a095/Norman+J+Banicki.png Troop B - Make it stand out Tec 5 Norman J. Banicki https://www.24thcavrecon.org/troop-c daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/26a2f927-5c70-4ab0-bba7-5f1d7b570b22/BCD1CRE.jpg Troop C - Make it stand out Capt. Barrett Collyer Dillow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/6171dd68-d58b-45f5-94fd-eb7c92bb73c4/Lenley+E+Ballew.png Troop C Tec 5 Lenley E. Ballew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/03ea1bea-5668-4993-8524-8185a3eae490/Warren+G+Passmore.png Troop C - Make it stand out Private Warren G. Passmore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f5f78a21-1009-41d9-aa43-ed27ed947449/T5+George+Sweep.jpg Troop C - Make it stand out Tec 5 George Sweep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7e7580b0-e608-483b-994b-9e4148d9d03f/Frederick+C+Flinchbaugh.png Troop C Tec 5 Frederick C. Flinchbaugh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1451f8ae-54df-4371-8dbf-7e15a0e52761/Eldor+H+Milbrett.png Troop C - Make it stand out Private Eldor H. Milbrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/a5572968-9566-4a5e-a0e2-e4a15501a0cf/Joseph+Weaver.png Troop C - Make it stand out Sgt Joseph L. Weaver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/599237a7-1c4c-4986-9d13-c11cbe0e56eb/Selmer+E+Langager.png Troop C Corporal Selmer E. Langager https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/5799b1c4-d766-4134-b6df-36bc4f16038b/Clifford+F+Thompson.png Troop C - Make it stand out Private Clifford F. Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/ec0edd75-1327-4435-a241-cc6880eede77/Gallery+pic+Lukasik.png Troop C - Make it stand out Sgt Matthew Lukasik https://www.24thcavrecon.org/troop-e daily 0.75 2024-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/fcb564f4-008c-44a3-966c-7641debaa9da/Vernon+Toyne.png Troop E Sgt Vernon Toyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/603ff537-e334-44f1-b9cb-eebb1da8b406/Everil+M+Thompson.png Troop E Tec4 Everil M. Thompson https://www.24thcavrecon.org/company-f daily 0.75 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/99dc8ca1-08eb-480c-ad73-16674554aa58/Elliott+Averett+Jr.png Company F Captain Elliott Averett Jr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7c7d726c-0620-480a-80ce-34c58328ea0f/Profile+pic.png Company F - Make it stand out 1st. Lt. Judson F. Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/60473f6b-bdf7-460d-9973-879deb1cc5cf/Capt+Kiffin+Browning.png Company F Captain Kiffin Wilson Browning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f05473b2-8798-4b67-86be-33836d866457/Photo.png Company F - Make it stand out Tec 4 Wenceslaus (Jim) B. Bares https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/4110d29c-6853-4769-9209-ec2ad0871122/Frank+M+Johnson.png Company F Private Frank M. Johnson https://www.24thcavrecon.org/mission daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/c8e70570-b53d-4dbf-aa4d-8eea1601254b/Troop+B+Jeep+Valconville+1.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Unidentified men of Reconnaissance Troop B greeted by locals in the village of Valcanville, in the Val de Saire on the Cotentin peninsula of Normandy. Believed to have been taken on June 21 1944. (Photo source currently unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/969cb8f5-5574-40fd-ac98-7f2180eaae63/Ambrose+1941-45+260.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Currently unidentified Tank Company F officer, wearing German officer’s cap, with Chaffee M24 tank. Date and location of photograph unknown. From the collection of Ambrose Lawrence Zens, 4th Cavalry Group https://www.24thcavrecon.org/timeline daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/ab80e77c-51d3-463f-afa6-5a4bc147ec63/Screenshot+2025-05-14+at+14.46.36.png Squadron timeline - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/eacc5d0d-a6b4-4aa1-84fb-a00df9865e13/Screenshot+2025-07-26+at+08.41.23.png Squadron timeline - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/fb55f0f8-d4f1-41f8-8fa8-7391fc1c9efb/Screenshot+2026-02-05+at+12.31.37.png Squadron timeline - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/594fef0b-6787-45f1-b4d0-d55f5a39fe18/Screenshot+2026-01-16+at+11.44.59.png Squadron timeline - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f336f4a2-ac97-439d-aa4e-7a29b17e0d12/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+14.00.47.png Squadron timeline - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/87998d31-b8a4-4aeb-8085-c13471ae7fee/Screenshot+2026-02-15+at+13.47.26.png Squadron timeline - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/63b56fce-b7d9-4b6d-9cc0-ee934602421a/Screenshot+2026-03-05+at+13.42.19.png Squadron timeline - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/medical-detachment daily 0.75 2025-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/50c5cd88-7243-4df8-8583-ff80e6e029fa/William+M+Kober.png Medical Detachment Captain Doctor William M. Kober https://www.24thcavrecon.org/fhgjr daily 0.75 2026-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/af1606dc-0cc6-4979-bda4-3e5d8bc59859/FHGJr+%28YP+ver%29.jpeg FHGJr - Make it stand out Photograph date and location presently unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9feb07af-b850-4849-985d-5a4f140ca13c/FHGR_HQ.jpg FHGJr - Make it stand out Lt. Col. Frederick Harold Gaston Jr photographed in a command post meeting by the Signal Corps on November 10 1944, in Eupen, Belgium. This photograph was supplied by Tom Averett, son of Capt. Elliott Averett Jr (pictured standing in the corner). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/02ad51c4-ec41-4140-a095-5fb140a8a381/Screenshot+2024-11-21+at+14.40.15.png FHGJr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/bf1ecbfb-fdf1-4048-b268-a1cfed46246c/Pop%27s+Medal+%28Top+Row%29.jpg FHGJr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/6e60a441-4d5f-4a38-9287-1c3b5e5939b9/Fred_Gaston_Jr_career.jpg FHGJr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/0e6a5049-074e-47dd-a231-cf3d091af62c/FHG+WWII.jpg FHGJr - Make it stand out Photograph dated 1942/43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7e380e43-f7b0-4fc9-b412-1d4e124b6b59/Pop%27s+Medals+%28Dress+Jacket%29.jpg FHGJr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/bon daily 0.75 2026-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/0734a5ed-f274-44cc-8499-0220d2af3db8/Brooks+O+Norman+1.png BON - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/c60cd2b0-76dc-4dbc-9485-e0dbb31e0325/CaptBrooksO.Norman24thCavalryandSgtLawrenceF.Becker17thAirborne04.jpeg.8c7ab3eb0205a1b7467a64c41881f761.jpeg BON - Make it stand out Captain Norman in the news, January 1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/01308cf1-8491-48c8-91c9-f3e4c0c6385c/Screenshot+2024-11-22+at+12.23.08.png BON - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e85310c0-5995-4ae2-b29f-61749acc0098/Brooks_Norman_wounded_detail.jpg BON - Make it stand out Note confusion between the official record and this report in the Peninsula Daily News for January 17 1945 on his wounding in July 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f41b9ebb-8e80-4a44-a3b6-e0de436d785d/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+08.29.13.png BON - Make it stand out Brooks Norman’s enlistment record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/2d6b3fb2-e3a0-4424-b67d-fe3c727f41cd/Brooks_Norman_Silver_Star.jpg BON - Make it stand out Update: on January 26 2026 this news clipping appeared on Newspapers dot com reporting, on August 8 1945, that Brooks Norman was cited for the Silver Star. No further details known yet. Source: the Seattle Daily Times. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/coffey daily 0.75 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/5465aafa-f6d5-46c3-97c9-3152389cc5dd/Mom+%26+Dad+Wedding.jpg Coffey - Make it stand out Donald Coffey pictured with Audrey on February 22 1940 - the day of their wedding - when he was stationed in Fort Meade, South Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/21a01705-a216-4a96-bd85-1cb1bc8d7912/Donald+Audrey+Coffey+S+Dakota.jpg Coffey - Make it stand out Donald Coffey with wife Audrey (née Pierce), probably in South Dakota around the time of their wedding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/102c874f-a4a0-4f28-8cb5-e43aef2112a4/Captioned+02+23+1941.jpg Coffey - Make it stand out Donald and Audrey the day after their wedding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/86a12077-82aa-4946-ab74-c6815f6b75cc/DW+COFFEY+05+44.jpg Coffey - Make it stand out A studio portrait from 1944. The patch denotes Technician 5th Grade (Tech 5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7ccdf650-80a1-4b64-9704-948bca93f3de/Screenshot+2024-11-22+at+15.21.55.png Coffey - Make it stand out The action in which Donald Coffey was badly wounded https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/c458dd27-0fb3-4223-86cc-f01f4ba6fe1b/Screenshot+2024-11-22+at+15.15.49.png Coffey - Make it stand out Donald Coffey listed as injured in After Action reports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/27fac6b3-c2af-4f13-9d5f-bced6f0256b6/Donald_Coffey_injured.jpg Coffey - Make it stand out From the Iowa City Press-Citizen, Sat, 05 Aug 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/27cd8999-e8e6-4888-905c-19774b858408/Screenshot+2024-11-22+at+15.43.00.png Coffey - Make it stand out From the Daily Iowan, July 12 1945 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/hfh daily 0.75 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f2eca61a-8378-4043-a962-8428df1ffa32/HFH+in+Uniform.jpg HFH Harry Franklin Hall in uniform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/39e654c4-5b19-468b-b188-9e8ac2df51c1/HFH+With+2+Soldiers.jpg HFH Harry in an unknown European location with two unidentified comrades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/5da0f7f5-1137-48ac-a4f0-41849fa12ec5/HFH+Honorable+Discharge.jpg HFH Harry’s Honorable Discharge certificate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/3ec7b95f-733c-468d-bccc-d03ea2ab7cda/HFH+Separation+Qualification+Record.jpg HFH Radio communications were a particular strength of mechanized reconnaissance squadrons and Harry was a specialist operator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/437fbd78-ea7b-476d-96d1-b57481489c92/HFH+and+mother+Rose+Hall.jpg HFH With mother, Rose Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/80313769-f0e8-4473-b74e-eb48ecff0476/HFH+at+Home+in+Snow+Shoe+PA.jpg HFH At home, after the war, in Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/960dbe90-7572-40df-9994-1a099b54d0cd/HFH+School+Picture.jpg HFH High school yearbook https://www.24thcavrecon.org/ejv daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/fbb34c86-9ef1-4a24-b4fc-17fcc507aa8e/EdValentine.png EJV Val believes that his father’s poor eyesight may have been the reason that he was assigned a medic’s role https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e7749487-c10b-4fd7-9528-003d4f1f01fa/Valentine_tag.jpeg EJV Edward J Valentine’s dog tags https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/22a795c0-da9d-4edf-817c-832381cfb12b/Section_TroopA.jpg EJV A section of Troop A (Ed Valentine 3rd from left in first seated row) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/dcc8e280-74bb-4505-9619-6351113f4d5b/Edward+%26+Annie+Valentine+1952.jpeg EJV Edward and wife, Annie, at home after the war https://www.24thcavrecon.org/jlf daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7ad75c11-f226-457a-81c4-9c4947c9cbbc/JohnLFreeman.png JLF - Make it stand out We have only this gravestone portrait of John L. Freeman, despite numerous appeals through local Facebook groups and local media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/4439cdd9-1998-4dfc-89e7-59dcd982464e/Draft+card.jpeg JLF - Make it stand out John’s Draft Card https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b003dc78-a664-4d2f-a37f-ee85663860c3/Gravestone.jpeg JLF - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7178ad6e-9562-407d-9469-bef9939f168d/Ozark_County_Times_1948_02_19_1.jpg JLF - Make it stand out From the Ozark County Times February 19 1948 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/mikea daily 0.75 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/92d6f394-9fbe-4cbf-9553-8728881f15b9/Screenshot+2024-11-27+at+21.08.58.png MikeA - Make it stand out Mike Arendec with the Troop A guidon, probably in Germany towards the end of the war, displaying all five campaigns fought by the squadron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9231fc09-2088-44f8-bf04-433c50817d10/Screenshot+2024-12-03+at+05.30.07.png MikeA - Make it stand out Although Mike’s hospital record refers only to an automobile accident it’s clear that the accident was caused by hostile fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b63a3b35-7c44-49e6-ba95-197955f38dfd/mike+the+mail+clerk+and+dad.jpg MikeA - Make it stand out Photo captioned ‘Mike the mail clerk with dad’ from the collection of Corporal Joseph Negri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e61d2882-145b-4227-8830-637bf0555e04/Mike+Arendec+2.jpg MikeA Mike appears to be holding a mortar shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/0f42c608-998d-4bf9-8e77-ac0a9af6cffa/Screenshot+2024-12-03+at+06.51.46.png MikeA Mike at Troop A command post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b3283400-709d-4e66-83b6-29c0b1255b05/Mike+Arendec+on+horse+with+unidentified+man.jpg MikeA Mike with unidentified man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/de772922-e76d-4c22-9ec8-6760706e84dd/signal-2024-11-28-094510_002.jpeg MikeA - Make it stand out Somewhere in Germany. Mike is top right. From the Joseph Negri collection. The photograph is captioned ‘The mail orderly is kinda drunk’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d42af8b5-3781-4923-b99e-f01d2f70daf9/Screenshot+2024-12-03+at+07.13.05.jpg MikeA Mike’s Purple Heart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b97dc36d-fa38-42c3-9a04-42e1db3f8158/Screenshot+2024-12-03+at+07.15.07.jpg MikeA Purple Heart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d2bacd11-301c-4b6a-9601-2dbe23678b8f/Mike+Arendec+Good+Conduct+medal+2.jpg MikeA - Make it stand out Mike’s Good Conduct medal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/33c8603e-a30e-43c3-a80b-c19d454f76fa/Mike+Arendec+5.jpg MikeA Unknown location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/2b4a9bc3-29eb-4aeb-83d4-103b94a78bdd/Obit.jpg MikeA Obituary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/15dff168-8362-4e95-8726-4da993c586ae/Screenshot+2024-12-03+at+07.28.08.png MikeA - Make it stand out Top - Mike’s 4th Cavalry regimental badges. Bottom - his ‘ruptured duck’ badges. The ‘ruptured duck’ was a nickname for the Honorable Service Lapel Button, a badge awarded to members of the U.S. military who were honorably discharged during and after World War II. It was worn on civilian clothing to signify the wearer’s veteran status. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9613c1f2-b6c6-43e9-966d-4c455daae56d/HonDischarge.jpg MikeA - Make it stand out Mike’s Honorable Discharge certificate https://www.24thcavrecon.org/bcd daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/3c7057dc-5215-4a12-a2b2-d9ba30ade890/BCD1E.jpg BCD - Make it stand out Photo credit - with thanks to Ben Hill at Theta Chi Fraternity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7959cbdb-0acd-41a1-89cb-1bd66c1931f7/Citations+1944%3A45+%281%29.jpg BCD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f8bccf8f-f3c1-4795-be65-98fe5280892e/Dapa+and+Callum+Oct+2012.jpg BCD - Make it stand out Barrett C. Dillow - aka ‘Dapa’ - with grandson Callum, October 2012 (Photo courtesy of grandson Barrett Dillow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/09b9cad3-9c07-4ea5-85a8-856c7ed18915/Page+11+from+The+Rattle+Vol.+33+No.+3+-+Mar-Apr-May+1945.jpg BCD - Make it stand out Image from the Theta Chi fraternity alumni newsletter The Rattle, volume 33 - March, April, May 1945 (with thanks to Ben Hill) https://www.24thcavrecon.org/negri daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/48b8842c-1558-4d5e-8650-d27b5df0e9db/IMG_3950.JPEG Negri - Make it stand out Cpl. Joe Negri, date and location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/8e4fafec-614e-4e6e-bfd0-29325263c579/dad+mil.jpg Negri - Make it stand out Joseph Negri, following enlistment into the 20th Armored Division. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/760fbd86-fbd3-4374-a1dc-ad08d5dc1ce2/1943+Joe+age+18.5+%282%29.jpg Negri - Make it stand out Joe aged 18, in 1943 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/401a8350-9671-4e60-90f2-d830e31eb6a9/Joe%27s+jeep+called+Babs++Vivian.jpg Negri - Make it stand out Joe (left) with Pfc John Joseph Triano (42041749). Date and location to be determined. Vehicles were often named and this Jeep - mounting a ‘Ma Deuce’ 50 caliber machine gun - was referred to by Joe as ‘Babs Vivian’ https://www.24thcavrecon.org/kober daily 0.75 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/8ad571fd-479f-4b91-9733-cf95ac588fbd/Screenshot+2025-03-02+at+14.48.36.png Kober - Make it stand out Captain Dr. William M. Kober, outside his medical aid station. Picture believed to be taken in Britain, during training, ahead of the allied invasion of Normandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d20eb5cd-cc1e-4564-9677-72f22cf50ad2/Screenshot+2025-03-03+at+12.16.59.png Kober - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b46be681-4d46-4af8-bcf2-655ded849a41/Screenshot+2025-03-03+at+12.20.31.png Kober - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1f5dd12f-52da-486c-a9df-c5e55f5b5881/Screenshot+2025-03-03+at+12.29.28.png Kober - Make it stand out Letter sent by William Kober to son Mike, on July 6 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/717ee2b2-83dc-4d8a-93fa-17bac92deac4/Screenshot+2025-03-03+at+12.45.45.png Kober - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/5ac3dde4-0a1a-4240-a002-2b35f11138d6/Screenshot+2025-03-03+at+12.47.50.png Kober - Make it stand out Bill with wife, Ethel May and son Mike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b57b84db-2dad-415e-b6ba-4608fed0661d/Screenshot+2025-03-03+at+12.57.17.png Kober - Make it stand out Letter to Ethel May Kober from Colonel Joseph M. Tully, commanding officer of the 4th Cavalry Group, informing her of her husband’s death in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e3b4e973-1ea7-4757-9423-cc988cbacb8f/Screenshot+2025-03-03+at+13.01.01.png Kober - Make it stand out The obituary for Bill Kober, published by Yale University School of Medicine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/a0068cec-6724-42e6-891f-bab9a9dbbb45/Screenshot+2025-03-03+at+14.26.38.png Kober - Make it stand out Mike Kober believes that his dad always carried the values of an Eagle Scout into battle https://www.24thcavrecon.org/stephens daily 0.75 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/bd338a68-369c-449e-8641-4d4fc8791022/WilliamWStephens_resized.jpeg Stephens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9a4ec8d9-6998-4b9e-a057-de5592c0f737/Bill+Stephens+on+bomb.jpg Stephens - Make it stand out The reverse of this image reads: ‘Me, taken in Kessel, Germany. German bomb.’ The project team thinks it may be an SC 1000 high explosive demolition bomb, nicknamed by the Germans as ‘the Hermann”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e8dad03e-792d-4295-94b9-e89b0f383120/Bill+Stephens+with+knocked+out+tank.jpg Stephens - Make it stand out Bill is photographed (possibly by Corporal Joe Negri) in front of a knocked out tank. Date/location unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f8304fdf-d3e1-40bb-acbb-1820dfdda1bb/Bill+Stephens+%26+Alfred+Whitener.jpg Stephens - Make it stand out Bill and Alfred in training, probably in the US. Bill is in the rear of the Jeep. Alfred Whitener is driving. The 3rd trooper is currently unidentified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9fdb3cd1-4a13-4ad0-a41a-4bd3ee60ee64/Croix+de+Guerre+citation.jpg Stephens - Make it stand out Bill’s citation for the Croix de Guerre, awarded to the squadron by the French government. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/predday daily 0.75 2025-04-20 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/gsweep daily 0.75 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/cdeff976-da1f-42a0-96c6-7a5f0d0df98c/T5+G+Sweep.jpg GSweep - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b8b15d3f-cfd9-4ce2-83c5-0921ec61ddbb/T5+Sweep.jpg GSweep - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/testimonials-ready daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/faq-ready daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/june-1944 daily 0.75 2026-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9ba24743-2b7d-431f-bf32-ee1e3830dfe5/Screenshot+2025-05-14+at+14.46.36.png June 1944 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/eajr daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/c7f501d6-55bd-4779-bc3a-64b676b4bb51/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+13.26.40.png EAJr - Make it stand out Captain Elliott Averett Jr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/53df9db1-5e26-4743-a9d0-ddbc56221e62/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+13.35.56.png EAJr March 1944, training with Tank Company F at Goodwood Camp, near Chichester, West Sussex, Great Britain. L-R: Lieutenants Elliott Averett Jr, Kiffin Browning, Sam Mitchell and Bill Myers. (William Myers O-1031428 will be KIA on July 29, in France) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/281395aa-e01e-4e91-b6c3-65f86cec297d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+13.46.07.png EAJr December 1 1944, Hürtgen Forest, with his M5A1 Stuart tank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/704cfcf8-822d-4453-aca5-76bf314777fd/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+13.49.01.png EAJr December 1 1944, Hürtgen Forest. Caption: ‘Just for a laugh with 30 cal. machine gun at the side of a muddy road’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/037a99c1-84cd-4368-849f-93b82bf6a29f/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+13.56.56.png EAJr December 1944, Hürtgen Forest. Caption: ‘EA with socks from Auntie, just received in mail’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/8c186073-5d20-4e0b-8fdb-3e92aa244501/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+14.07.22.png EAJr Elliott in Bonn, Germany, March 1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/bf125a45-472c-4503-9996-fa4097eae8ec/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+14.04.21.png EAJr Germany, January 1945. Elliott with a German 88mm Flak 36 or 37. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/27764da8-b3cc-43e0-bfde-d99f736794b7/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+14.22.13.png EAJr Güntersberge, Germany, May 1945. Captioned: In the drive to my house with Sgts. Stewart, McMahon, and Watters. Güntersberge May 45 – First time in dress uniform since April 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d873aa08-0e65-486a-8dd8-e06d3b66eac6/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+14.16.48.png EAJr - Make it stand out Letter home, May 1945 (after Germany’s surrender), sent from Güntersberge, Germany. It reads: Here are some pictures of me and some of the finest men in the world. Sent my 1st. Sgt. back to the States to get out of the army this morning. We both almost cried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/91152536-18e4-4d60-96c3-1ba12a420cb9/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+14.27.14.png EAJr - Make it stand out May 1945, Güntersberge, Germany. Captioned: Lt. Stahl and I. Leaning against a stretcher rack on an ambulance jeep in front of the factory we are using as a mess hall, tank park and maintenance shop. Note the use of varnished plastic helmet liners, rather than combat helmets, as the squadron assumed the role of security for the allied military government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9c1648e3-ca53-49ca-a9f7-8a9a1732ff9a/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+14.36.36.png EAJr - Make it stand out Elliott collected various souvenirs, including this collection (which also included a Swastika flag) from a lighthouse on the eastern coast of the Cotentin peninsula which was cleared by the squadron in June 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/063537eb-aee8-430e-af3e-25b8b4137b98/Citation.jpg EAJr - Make it stand out Citation for the Silver Star. According to squadron After Action Reports Tank Company F and Company A, 26th Infantry, took the town of Altenburn on this date. This was part of the operation to prevent a German breakout from the Ruhr pocket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/66dd74af-f7e6-47cd-8560-409dc5fd8bca/Silver+Star.jpg EAJr - Make it stand out Captain Elliott Averett Jr’s Silver Star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/13f5a8a4-88f7-4a4f-87be-c47f311fd1b1/Saddle+bag+1.jpg EAJr - Make it stand out Elliott’s saddlebag, from his early days in the cavalry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1477d6f9-416e-443b-bc8b-82fb396f1bd4/Screenshot+2025-06-02+at+12.29.41.png EAJr - Make it stand out Caption details: Elliott (left) T/5 Aga, light armorer T/4 Bertsch, cook T/4 Yoches, mechanic T/4 Chatham, my tank driver Resting by the roadside. Plenty tired! March 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e184cc6a-4442-41d8-846e-db5d6fc7a573/1940s-Elliott+Averett-Horseback.jpg EAJr - Make it stand out Elliott Averett Jr on horseback, before the war. Date unknown. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/jfmiller daily 0.75 2025-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/72febfda-0e08-47c5-a019-485e6aeaadf5/1-Dad+tank+letter+nov+4+1944.png JFMiller - Make it stand out 1st. Lt. Judson F. Miller with his Stuart M5 tank, Germany, November 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/edfe1c41-7661-477c-b83b-fb36ac59760c/1-Dad+on+top+of+knocked+out+tank.png JFMiller - Make it stand out Judson F. Miller atop a knocked-out German Panzer IV tank, possibly during the Battle of the Bulge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/69be97dd-e393-425c-9c98-19fe324c3463/1-Battle+of+Bulge+Dad+and+3.png JFMiller - Make it stand out During the Battle of the Bulge. Judson is 3rd from left. Photo caption: My tank crew. Left to right: Good Buffalo - Indian and driver, Scardella - Italian & my gunner, Me (Hey do you like the haircut?), Kush - Polish & my driver. [Site editor’s note: Philip ‘Comer’ Good Buffalo (37049043) was of Native American Oglala Sioux heritage] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/307ecaea-2f7b-4128-8451-90eb328c31b5/Awarding+of+Bronze+Star.png JFMiller - Make it stand out Judson F. Miller receives the Bronze Star medal sometime after hostilities ceased, probably in Germany, for his actions in April 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/50ee5139-ba5c-432d-92ed-e85da161f08d/Screenshot+2025-06-24+at+14.37.47.png JFMiller - Make it stand out The opening section of the 3-page recommendation. Text below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/3e48fd9a-b512-4e9f-8780-077a3c9303e6/Screenshot+2025-06-25+at+13.29.46.png JFMiller - Make it stand out Letter home from Britain, ahead of D Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/3b2f4411-7541-4ecd-bec2-f346b6c0df9b/Screenshot+2025-06-25+at+13.30.05.png JFMiller - Make it stand out Letter home from France, July 4 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/f87deb46-26bd-4e73-9229-df464f637fc0/Screenshot+2025-06-25+at+14.28.11.png JFMiller - Make it stand out Judson pictured in Volkhoven, Germany, March 1945. From the collection of Company F commanding officer, Capt. Elliott Averett Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/2855232f-b470-4621-9e96-4ed33fbeab51/Screenshot+2025-06-25+at+13.45.39.png JFMiller - Make it stand out Major General Judson F. Miller, sometime in the 1970s. Note the extensive array of ribbons indicating a storied service career and multiple commendations. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/gresham daily 0.75 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e37ecbe3-0ae3-4cda-a13d-50758beea119/Joe+Gresham+March+1943++KIA+sometime+after.jpg Gresham - Make it stand out Joe Gresham in early 1943, newly commissioned as a 2nd Lt. out of Fort Riley, the premier cavalry officers school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/a65a8e0a-606f-4f31-8925-7716a7851e65/Letter2-JoeToFrances_062144.jpg Gresham - Make it stand out Letter to Frances Gresham, 21 June 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e62171c2-3144-4454-9f2c-84b78ee205fb/Screenshot+2025-06-23+at+12.19.19.png Gresham - Make it stand out Notice of Joe’s death received by his mother, Mary, 13 days later on July 6 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/27f9f9c3-af0b-447c-a4df-3a493049d5b9/Screenshot+2025-06-23+at+12.25.15.png Gresham - Make it stand out Joe’s dog tag. Aside from name and serial number this indicates his blood group (A), religion (Protestant) and dates of tetanus vaccinations in 1942 and 1943. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/af5e8a87-983f-4149-8016-7ba1f4cbf368/JoesCap.jpg Gresham - Make it stand out Joe’s US Army overseas cap. The gold/yellow piping denotes cavalry and the tan cloth is summer uniform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/5fe68b77-5356-4cd5-a157-86e8bb4487f1/BrooksN+letter+pt1.jpg Gresham - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d21cb42e-3bd4-421d-9ad8-bd4b81e2d0cc/Fort+Riley+Class.jpg Gresham - Make it stand out Joe is pictured front left in this Fort Riley officer candidate class portrait from early 1943 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/july-1944 daily 0.75 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d285cccc-28e1-4086-bb9c-3a59eb3ca46b/Screenshot+2025-07-26+at+08.41.23.png July 1944 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/blass daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/c5f28f3e-e97a-4d8a-bc90-138bdfef7ea9/Screenshot+2025-09-14+at+15.41.42.png Blass - Make it stand out Gus Blass, the youngest platoon leader in the squadron, with his M8 Greyhound armoured car, named ‘Jackie’. Location unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/a9c96d39-9240-4468-87b9-d418afa8f224/Screenshot+2025-09-15+at+10.51.53.png Blass - Make it stand out Gus Blass with ‘my pal’T/5 Cornelson’. Location unknown. (This is Cornell Harold Corneliuson (37024174) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/65c67ab5-d875-40e4-863d-988523f9bac4/Screenshot+2025-09-14+at+16.14.10.png Blass - Make it stand out Mittelbau-Dora, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, used in the production of V-2 rockets and V-1 flying bombs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/b5504b77-23a0-4280-ac99-dfd155810657/Screenshot+2025-09-15+at+11.23.20.png Blass - Make it stand out Although it’s not confirmed to be the same tank crew, circumstantially Gus’s story ties in with this anecdote from Troop A comrade Corporal Joseph Negri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/966ec7f4-80ed-4cbc-bec1-52fcbef5aaf5/Screenshot+2025-09-15+at+11.29.07.png Blass - Make it stand out Gus Blass with Lt. Robert D. Kelso (01032023). Location unknown. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/downloads daily 0.75 2025-09-15 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/weaver daily 0.75 2025-11-02 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/bloom daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/9d3a0b4a-c228-4572-bf02-aec540a83de8/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+13.50.49.png Bloom - Make it stand out Robert Ronald Bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/0e00fc87-8653-429f-bdb9-d1e8ebaa30df/Screenshot+2025-11-03+at+12.15.51.png Bloom - Make it stand out Dear Mother, Just a line to let you know I am getting along fine. I hope you are all the same. Has Earl went to the army yet? We had a very nice Christmas dinner here. I sent you a box of what we had. I sent you a pillow case for Christmas — did you get it yet? Well, I’ve got to close now. Good bye with love, Bob https://www.24thcavrecon.org/site-updates daily 0.75 2026-07-02 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/lukasik daily 0.75 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/14e9ca31-008a-43b8-8aa6-8f246fe85c23/Matty+on+tank.jpg Lukasik - Make it stand out Matt Lukasik on an M8 Greyhound armoured car, location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e5924056-b978-4acb-b033-419e1da41643/Matty+Driving+with+his+platoon.jpg Lukasik - Make it stand out Original caption ‘Matty driving with his platoon’. This appears to be in Germany, sometime after cessation of hostilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/555f25b1-26e6-431f-8df6-143bc744e4ad/Buffalo+News+11-8-44.jpg Lukasik - Make it stand out Buffalo News - August 11 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/e8417738-b818-461c-a73e-5c0d30d986b7/DSC+citation.jpg Lukasik - Make it stand out For extraordinary heroism in action on 13 April 1945, near Sulzhayn, Germany. During an attack on strongly prepared enemy positions, Sergeant Lukasik personally destroyed an enemy machine gun nest, capturing four occupants and killing two. Then, despite painful wounds and loss of blood, he singlehandedly attacked the enemy with rifle grenades and small arms fire, breaking up an incipient counter-attack and permitting the orderly regrouping of friendly forces to his rear. Sergeant Lukasik’s keen tactical knowledge, unflinching courage, and indomitable spirit in a critical situation reflect the highest credit on himself and the armed Forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d7a40a97-27b6-46f5-8b23-7bfb23181295/Matty+standing+in+plane+that+platoon+disabled+and+captured+pilot.jpg Lukasik - Make it stand out Sgt. Matthew Lukasik with captured Focke-Wulf 190 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396952245-IP4MZFSPO2MCA14JMUSF/George%2C+Matty+%26+Smi.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396952220-S32ISQGPLX7BSVEU27BR/Matty+%26+Friend.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396953380-M67TMR2AJZJXAKGDDZGX/Matty+%26+platoon.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396953513-4V8JFXUW3SKF71FG59B5/Matty+at+Mojave+Desert+2.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396954504-7UVO6FMLNCMFSRQ7W3T2/Matty+at+Mojave+Desert.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396954764-CKJAH5SA0PRZLQXAY3WU/Matty+at+the+baracks.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396955664-SP1HRC0VN290GQTOA97B/Matty+getting+food+for+hospitals.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396956028-GWMBINS3LEPHQMJ35X8G/Matty+we+believe+after+a+party.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768396956821-SG06457Y950FUQ0ZVJIJ/Matty.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768473204683-AZ4SHJS051O4EB8CWQOM/Matty+Service+Record.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768473251116-3FJTIJE2LVJ4ZJE4TU3U/Buffalo+Evening+News+30-1-46.jpg Lukasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/8deda053-eff1-4c74-a084-51f1ea83db62/Matty+at+age+63+bartending.jpg Lukasik - Make it stand out Matt Lukasik, aged 63, behind the bar he eventually ran https://www.24thcavrecon.org/charleville-september-1944 daily 0.75 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/72cebde7-5c22-4035-8d68-26ab1d467909/Place+Ducale+AM+M8.jpg Charleville - September 1944 - Make it stand out A local woman greets the crew of an M8 Greyhound armoured car of the squadron on Place Ducale, Charleville-Mézières, September 3 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/3edae5bd-5745-4d2e-a895-a8cedbec62e2/Rocroi+Libe%CC%81+Jeep.png Charleville - September 1944 - Make it stand out Squadron element (possibly from the platoon of Troop B mentioned in Nico’s text) in Rocroi, 32km north of Charleville-Mézières https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/95fe31ff-5fce-4f67-bc99-abb72a2916a5/Me%CC%81zie%CC%80res%2C+patrouille+ame%CC%81ricaine+promenade+du+Dulmen..jpg Charleville - September 1944 - Make it stand out Men (possibly from Troop C) patrolling on Promenade de Dülmen, Mézières https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483875917-GIHRIEF891FW19Y2G4NC/635th+Tank+Destroyer+Battallion+attache%CC%81+au+24+CR+sq.++Cours+Briand+a%CC%80+Charleville.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483882234-TN809DUMSKZ1Z8C8DRMC/Devant+la+mairie+de+Charleville++place+Ducale+le++3+sept+44%2C+une+M8+de+la+troop+B+du+24th+CR+surveille+la+rue+de+Mantoue.+photo+He%CC%81raux.JPG Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483885700-AWTUYJ6E5P4427TCDE59/ffi+charleville.PNG Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483920209-QFNDMDYPNPM1728KCEER/jeep+du+24+cavalry+Reconnaissance+Squadron.+photo+He%CC%81raux.JPG Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483921452-BYPP7SAXJ3RXLOH5F0EY/Jeep+Helen+du+24+sq.JPG Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483922881-MJQPM4519NVPGA1B1OI8/Mezieres+devant+le+pont+d%27Arches.+Ame%CC%81ricain+et+FFI.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483925737-3788GKEUIRE7Z069VQQS/Me%CC%81zieres%2C+a%CC%80+l%27angle+de+la+rue+d%27Alsace+et+de+la+promenade+de+Dulmen%2C+face+a%CC%80+la+passerelle+Bayard.+Ame%CC%81ricains+et+FFI+avec+M20%2C++2+Harley+Davidson+et+des+jeeps..png Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483930051-RF22A09WGUQ8U0NVKFPG/Me%CC%81zie%CC%80res%2C+devant+le+pont+d%27Arches+de%CC%81truit.+Une+jeep+ame%CC%81ricaine+avec++le+Docteur+Charles+Hanrion+et+un+FFI+.+Le+docteur+sera+tue%CC%81++quelques+heures+plus+tard+lors+des+affrontements+avec+les+allemands+retranche%CC%81s.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483931119-U9TWBDKCATKB2R2215DZ/Me%CC%81zie%CC%80res%2C+patrouille+ame%CC%81ricaine+promenade+du+Dulmen..jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483932691-64E9S2TO0WDFOV48HFMW/Me%CC%81zie%CC%80res%2C+place+d%27Arches..png Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483936691-I7IPQZVOZ9KS0OK1C0R4/Me%CC%81zie%CC%80res%2C+rue+d%27Alsace%2C+un+char+Panther+abandonne%CC%81+face+a%CC%80+la+passerelle+Bayard..png Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483937995-MP6VKYQO8CL66RFOYH56/Me%CC%81zie%CC%80res.+Passerelle+Bayard%2C+les+soldats+ame%CC%81ricains+viennent+d%27effectuer+une+parouille+sur+l%27autre+rive+.+le+3+septembre+1944.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483939165-X0C5YNLRXNHP93QOVD1P/Me%CC%81zie%CC%80res.+passerelle+Bayard%2C+soldats+ame%CC%81ricain+revenant+de+patrouille.JPG Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483940224-J13XGUIXQQAPADWHWHT1/Me%CC%81zieres.+promenade+de+Dulmen.+soldat+ame%CC%81ricain+surveillant+la+passerelle+Bayard.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483943181-QG8TPKN4RFXK4CBEPCXJ/Obusier+Howitzer+M8+en+haut+de+la+rue+thiers+de+Charleville%2C+le+3+septembre+1944.+photo+He%CC%81raux.JPG Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483944401-P144L8ADZ3SBUDF12CLE/Page+journal+annonc%CC%A7ant+la+libe%CC%81ration+de+la+Charleville.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483945806-UTPMUTSUWRKCHMICTR17/Place+Ducale+AM+M8.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483947412-VAWS7GGT1DVW9F8RIGJ8/Place+Ducale%2C+AM+M8+et+FFI.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483948898-1EGCKF7OGSX5Z1U9PCR0/Place+Ducale%2C+automitrailleuse+Ford+M8.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483951368-FKGZR8445YECK6T237QN/Place+Ducale.+FFI++et+gendarmes+devant+une+automitrailleuse..jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483954418-P7WMKMRGD61Z07BLFUF2/stuart+24+cr+Charleville+rue+Thiers+3+septembre+44.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483955687-I8B16LUHVL2S7938JO1R/Stuart+24+CR+troop+F+place+Ducale+Charleville+.3+septembre+1944.JPG Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483960633-N8GKPF8NIXOYBSDC4H2L/Un+Jeep+du+4th+CR+squadron+arrivant+sur+la+place+Ducale.jpg Charleville - September 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1768483964340-ODE0DDQH4GLO47JG7KFB/une+automitrailleuse+M8+descend+la+rue+Thiers+a%CC%80+Charleville+le+3+septemebre+1944.+photo+He%CC%81raux.JPG Charleville - September 1944 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/liaros daily 0.75 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/04d9ac8a-c3b8-4a66-874b-aacef6ab5851/Screenshot+2025-03-26+135457+Liaros+1941.jpg Liaros - Make it stand out Peter J. Liaros pictured in his school yearbook, 1941 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/d0585155-74cf-4f93-9584-0e326700dc84/Liaros%2C+Peter+-+from+Heather+5-11-2025+%282%29.jpg Liaros - Make it stand out Memorial to Peter J. Liaros transcribed below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/70477421-e755-41f0-888a-e500d677f052/The_Buffalo_News_1945_01_15_7.jpg Liaros - Make it stand out Peter’s December 1944 wounding reported in the Buffalo News, January 15 1945 [Editor’s note: it seems to have been common for cavalry to be misidentified in media reports at the time, most often as ‘armor’ or ‘infantry’] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/abe0275f-cafd-4bc8-8613-5a4290daba23/Peter_J_Liaros_KIA.jpg Liaros - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/august-1944 daily 0.75 2026-08-22 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/september-1944 daily 0.75 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/ab2fc27a-c1d3-41c7-bda4-85a9d0431d3b/Screenshot+2026-02-08+at+20.46.38.png September 1944 - Make it stand out A Jeep of Reconnaissance Troop B passes through Revin, 30 km north of Charleville-Mézières. Photographic credit: The Liberation of the Ardennes in pictures, Archives départementales des Ardennes. See more pictures of the squadron in this area on the page detailing the liberation of Charleville. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/october-1944 daily 0.75 2026-03-15 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/support daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/dc073237-e75e-4850-abee-f02440de2c31/St+Pierre+plaque+2.jpg Support The original design for the plaque now displayed in the market square of the town where I live. https://www.24thcavrecon.org/november-1944 daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/january-1945 daily 0.75 2026-02-22 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/doctrine daily 0.75 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/14c42242-8d7a-454a-9197-8b6e8485e6ab/Screenshot+2026-02-26+at+15.19.13.png Doctrine - Make it stand out From the collection of Tank Company F commander Capt. Elliott Averett Jr. Original caption details: Trogovich, Nowacki, Elvestrom, Wuelke. Mürringen, Belgium. Sept 44. (Nowacki is currently tentatively identified as Sgt Sylvester G. Nowacki 35162842) https://www.24thcavrecon.org/december-1944 daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/elvesaeter daily 0.75 2026-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7d6439f4-6700-40cc-bf75-f925921dc4de/Screenshot+2026-06-04+at+13.50.41.png Elvesaeter - Make it stand out Photograph source unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/280025bd-2c03-4b9e-936d-6f5529c1164a/Anton_Elvesaeter_interview_1941.jpg Elvesaeter - Make it stand out Credit: Argus-Leader - Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Tue, May 20, 1941 · Page 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/7853a4c8-a868-41ff-899c-8da7f8f8ca90/20260119_144800.jpg Elvesaeter - Make it stand out Among the family memorabilia are framed wartime certificates, including a clearly identifiable Purple Heart certificate and another medal certificate that may relate to the Bronze Star, though the available photograph is not clear enough to confirm the text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/50f75a84-3968-47f3-9987-0577d11ff48a/Headstone.jpg Elvesaeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/25c864a1-413b-440c-9656-22cfc851441b/IMG_0347.jpg Elvesaeter - Make it stand out In memory of those who fell in the fight for Norway. Fridtjof Nilssen, born 26 July 1905, fell 17 July 1941. Anton J. Elveseter, born 24 November 1906, fell 6 June 1944. Anne Carlsen Hegg, born 6 September 1910, torpedoed 27 February 1945. Grant us, God, that we may live at home in peace and happiness. Raised by their fellow villagers. [Photo credit: Torgeir Iversen] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/c08e7397-d707-4210-9cd5-86a84aa1bb82/20260119_145447.jpg Elvesaeter - Make it stand out From Anton’s Norwegian military service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/4ade5ba9-a474-4516-a1e7-fec1b3aacd4f/20260119_145002.jpg Elvesaeter - Make it stand out From the Elvesæter family collection. (Anton’s precise position in these two photographs is still to be determined) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/0d41241a-0609-4933-a0c8-ac84fc54b4bc/Anton_Elvesaeter_KIA.jpg Elvesaeter - Make it stand out Credit: Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sun, Sep 3, 1944 · Page 11 https://www.24thcavrecon.org/averett-collection-1 daily 0.75 2026-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786881185917-EBJHZ7BI7KFUO633HU7S/1944-0301-Sussex-01.jpg Averett collection 1 - England - March 1944 L to R: Elliott Averett Jr, Kiffin Browning, Sam Mitchell, Bill Myers. Goodwood Camp, Chichester, Sussex, England. Note: 2d Lt William L. Myers, O-1031428, would be killed in action on 29 July 44, in the vicinity of LAVALLE, FRANCE. 1st Lt Samuel T. Mitchell, O-1031425 would be wounded in action in the vicinity of LAVALLE, FRANCE on 29 July 44. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786881199803-9UYV9AUAH9QP8BFKDRIK/1944-0301-Sussex-02.jpg Averett collection 1 - England - March 1944 L to R: Elliott Averett Jr, Kiffin Browning, Sam Mitchell, Bill Myers. Goodwood Camp, nr Chichester, Sussex, England, March, 1944 Note: 2d Lt William L. Myers, O-1031428, would be KIA 29 July 44, in the vicinity of LAVALLE, FRANCE. 1st Lt Samuel T. Mitchell, 01031425, would be WIA in the vicinity of LAVALLE, FRANCE on 29 July 44. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786881214245-MKFD2BEE0KRF1HPOWIOR/1944-0301-Sussex-03.jpg Averett collection 1 - England - March 1944 Elliott Averett Jr, Goodwood Camp, near Chichester, Sussex, England - March 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786881237270-6BH46NAV0WRPFS2KQ5XL/1944-0901-Belgium-06.jpg Averett collection 1 - Belgium - September 1944 Trogovich Nowacki (likely to be Sgt Sylvester G Nowacki 35162842) Elvestrom Wuelke or Wulke Mürringen Belgium. Sept. 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786882628543-UZU44OV6543PRFH2PSOL/1944-1110-Averett.jpg Averett collection 1 - Belgium - November 1944 Signal Corps photograph. Elliott Averett Jr looks on from the corner. Squadron commanding officer Lt. Col. Frederick Harold Gaston Jr also pictured. Other men currently unidentified. 10 Nov 44 HQ Based on squadron records this was probably in Eupen, Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786883328665-DL16ZRBXDW59CB9JNITT/1944-1201-Germany-01.jpg Averett collection 1 - Germany - 1944 Elliott Averett Jr pictured in the Hürtgen Forest, Germany, December 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786884441972-IE3GJLGSSPFT3QV36KT3/1944-1201-Germany-02.jpg Averett collection 1 - Germany - December 1944 Elliott Averett Jr pictured in the Hürtgen Forest, Germany, December 1944, with a Stuart M5A1 tank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786884500946-JIPC18S9G5LEXL6P4HOY/1944-1201-Germany-03.jpg Averett collection 1 - Germany - December 1944 Elliott Averett Jr, captioned ‘Just for a laugh. With 30 cal. machine gun at the side of a muddy road’. Hürtgen Forest, Germany, December 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786884548719-61OGI07QJ2U6QIEPHUH0/1944-1201-Germany-04.jpg Averett collection 1 - Germany - December 1944 Elliott Averett Jr. Captioned ‘Just for a laugh!’. Hürtgen Forest, Germany, December 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786884604856-M0T6MWYUD9G9WE0AS7GR/1944-1201-Germany-05.jpg Averett collection 1 - Germany - December 1944 1st Sgt. Baier (probably Edmund G. Baier, 6864109) Lt. Brooks (no further identification details established yet) Hurtgen Forest, Germany Dec., ’44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786884729553-A2YEPVO1V1V1TLUKMNRC/1944-1201-Germany-06.jpg Averett collection 1 - Germany - December 1944 Elliott Averett Jr, Hürtgen Forest, Germany, December 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b8a88de4355a5823ce6014/1786884778759-TTO6L5KZIMS8SGS0APBI/1944-1201-Germany-07.jpg Averett collection 1 - Germany - December 1944 Elliott Averett Jr. Captioned: ‘Supposed to be me crawling out of a log and dirt dug-out we made for protection from enemy artillery’. Hürtgen Forest, Germany, December 1944.