Iron Men of MetzIron Men of Metz - 95th Infantry Division

Iron Men of MetzIron Men of Metz

95th Infantry Division Association95th Infantry Division Association

“The Legacy Continues”“The Legacy Continues”

201420142014

REUNION PLANS UNDERWAY

The 65th Reunion is being organ-

ized and is tentatively scheduled for

March 2014. It will include a trip to

Fort Sill for the rededication of the

95th Memorial first established at

the Maj. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle

Armed Forces Reserve Center in

Oklahoma City in 1993 by the

WWII veterans. Watch The Journal

o r c h e c ko u t o u r w e b s i t e ,

www.95divassociation.com for more

details.

Member Spotlight on LT. COL. Andrew Field

don’t forget to pay your 2014 dues.

Field was responsible for 10 new mem-

bers joining the Association in 2013.

When asked how he accomplished this

he said, “I had such a great experience

at the reunion! I met two veterans

from my battalion and I shared their

stories with Soldiers during training. I

made membership applications avail-

able and encouraged Soldiers to join.”

Right (L to R): Staff Sgt. Mason West,

D/2-378, Walter Blenko (E/378, WWII),

Col. Tony Wright, 2-378 past com-

mander, Lt. Col. Andrew Field, 2-378,

current commander, and David Ley-

shon, (K/378, WWII) during the 64th

Reunion in Arlington, Texas. Leyshon

was with the 378 at Moselle and Metz.

Blenko was in the fighting with 378

subsequent to Metz. Coincidentally,

Field had just happened to have the

Metz and Moselle flag streamers made

prior to the reunion.

Task Force Cobra

95th Soldiers in TF Cobra deployed to Afghanistan in 2013 to participate in the NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan. The Soldiers served as police advisors at military training centers throughout Afghanistan and a small contingency worked as advisors to key leaders.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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New Year’s Day

2 3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20

Martin Luther King Day

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JANUARY 2014

Reminder: 2014

Dues are payable!!

www.95divassociation.com

Reunion fun with family and friends of the 95th


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2

Groundhog Day

3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13

14

Valentine’s Day

15

16 17

President’s Day

18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25

1944: Division closes on

its new Post at Ft.

Indiantown Gap, Pa.

26 27 28

FEBRUARY 2014

Have you registered for the 65th

Reunion in Oklahoma next month?

Yeehaw!! It’s reunion time in

Oklahoma City.

Look forward to

seeing you

pardner...

Iron Man Frank Bever has fun at the Stockyards

Museum in Fort Worth during the 2013 reunion.


1

2

3 4 5Ash Wednesday

1945: Uerdinger,

Germany falls

6 7 8

9 Daylight Savings Time

starts

10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17

St. Patrick’s Day

18 19 20

2003: Operation Iraqi

Freedom begins

21 22

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24 25

26 27 28

29

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31

March 2013 MARCH 2014

95th Soldiers plot grid coordinates before heading out into the woods during the land navigation segment of the 1st Brigade’s 2013 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Sill, Okla.


1

April Fool’s Day

2

3 4 5

6 7

1945: Hamm, Germany

falls

8 9 10 11 12

13

Palm Sunday

1945: Dortmund,

Germany falls

14

1945: Last resistance in

Ruhr pocket cleared

15

First Day of Passover

16

1944: Medal of Honor

awarded to Staff Sgt.

Andrew Miller, 377th

17 18

Good Friday

19

20

Easter Sunday

21 22

Last Day of Passover

23

Army Reserve’s 106th

Birthday

24

25 26

27 28 29 30

APRIL 2014

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

St. Avold, France


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4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11

Mother’s Day

12 13 14 15 16 17

Armed Forces Day

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26

Memorial Day

27 28 29 30 31

May 2013 May 2014

I can hear the big 'uns screech and scream, As they go flying o'er my head;

They seem to say both night and day, "Remember ... the dead ... the dead."

Excerpt from Thots! by L.L. McCollum, History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion

95th Drill Sergeant of the Year — 2013

Staff Sgt. Troy Braun

Drill Sergeant Braun is a native of Cedar City, Utah, and has been in the U.S. Army for 12 years. He serves as a drill sergeant with C Company, 1st Battalion, 415th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 95th

Training Division (IET), in Marana, Ariz.


1 2 3 4 5 6

D-Day

7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Flag Day

Army’s 238th Birthday

15

Father’s Day

16 17 18

I-Company, 377th

Reunion (Columbus, IN)

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I-Company, 377th


20

I-Company, 377th


21

I-Company, 377th


22

I-Company, 377th

23 24 25 26 27 28

1943: Louisiana

maneuvers commenced

29

1945: Division returns

to U.S.

30 31

June 2014


1 2 3 4

Independence Day

5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15

1942: Division activated

at newly constructed

Camp Swift, Texas

16 17 18

1944: First units depart

for Camp Myles

Standish, Mass.

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20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

July 2013 JulY 2014

Original Iron Men celebrated their 64th reunion in Arlington, Texas in August 2013. Front row (L to R): Jerome Schwartz, Anthony Vittiglio, Charles “Red” Whittington, Ceo Bauer, Stephen Jamison.

Back row (L to R): Paul Madden, Frank Pagliaro, John Komp, Anthony Duno, Walter Blenko and

William Turner.

Original Iron Men


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3 4 5 6

1944: U.S.S. Mariposa

sails

7 8 9

1944: U.S.S. West Point

sails

10 11 12 13 14

1944: U.S.S. Mariposa arrives

at Liverpool, England 15 16

17

1944: U.S.S. West Point arrives

at Liverpool, England

18 19 20 21 22 23

1943: Louisiana

maneuvers ended

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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August 2014

Soldiers from 4th Brigade team up and test their warrior skills in the Tough Mudder in Oshkosh, Wis. (L to R) Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Lanners, Nate Krinke, Maj. Nancy McCoy, Master Sgt. Steven Wiser and Sgt. 1st Class Barry Back. Photo by Katie Lanners.


1

Labor Day

2010: Operation New

Dawn begins

2

3

1943: Division closes on

its new Post at Camp

Polk, La.

4 5

1918: First activation at

Camp Sherman, Ohio

6

7

Grandparents Day

8

9 10 11

Patriot Day

12 13

14

1944: Convoy anchors

near Omaha Beach

15 16 17 18 19

National POW/MIA

Recognition Day

1944: Arrived continent

(D+105)

20

21 22 23 24 25

Rosh Hashana

26 27

28

Gold Star Mother’s Day

29 30

September 2013 SEPTEMBER 2014

Above: 95th Soldier, Master Sgt. (Ret.) Adam C. Rudy’s family returned home to find their home was destroyed by an EF5 tornado that struck Moore, Okla. on May 20, 2013. Soldiers from the 3/378, 1st Brigade, helped raise money to assist Rudy’s family in their recovery. Right: Command Sgt. Maj. Bryant Potts makes a special pres-entation to Rudy on behalf of the 3/378.


1 2 3 4

Yom Kippur

5 6

1945: Division

Inactivated

7

2001: Operation Endur-

ing Freedom begins

8 9 10 11

1943: Movement to

Camp Coxcomb, CA

12

13

Columbus Day

14 15

16

Boss’s Day

17

18

19

1944: First elements

entered combat

20

1944: Entire Division

entered combat

21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

Halloween

October 2014

In 2009, Iron Men traveled to Metz to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the

liberation of Metz. They’re standing in front of the Eagle monument at Fort

Bellecroix which was dedicated to the 95th Infantry Division on November 19, 1989.

70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Metz

November 2014


1

2

Daylight Savings Time

ends

3 4

Election Day

5 6 7 8 1944: First assault on

the forts of Metz

9 10 11

Veteran’s Day

12 13 14

1944: 379th begins as-

sault at Metz, France

15

16 17 18 19

1944: Division launches

final assault on Metz

20 21 22

1944: City of Metz

captured

23 24 25 26

1944: 377th and 378th

attack at Maginot forts

27

Thanksgiving Day

28 1944: 95th enters

Germany

29

30

November 2013

During WWII, Division soldiers were in combat 145 days.

Campaigns included Northern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland

and Central Europe.

NOVEMBER 2014

Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Hill, Santa Claus and Brig. Gen. A. Ray Royalty.

Merry Christmas from the

95th Infantry Division Association


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2 3

1944: Capture of bridge

over the Saar River at

Saarlautern

4 5 6

7

Pearl Harbor

Remembrance Day

8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15

2011: Operation Iraqi

Freedom ends

16

17

First day of Hanukkah

18 19 20

21

1918: Demobilized for

first time

22 23 24

Last day of Hanukkah

Christmas Eve

25

Christmas Day

26 27

28 29 30 31

New Year’s Eve

December 2014

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