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It’s been a while since I have posted but I got a note from Klaus to remind people that he is still dedicated to his mission:

Jack doing guard duty during the 10th’s 3rd anniversary fair July 1945

I have slacked off a bit since the weather turned warm, but 10th Armored Division Historian, Klaus Feindler certainly has not! I received the following attachment from Klaus with a request to put it up on the webpage. Thanks for all of the hard work you do all year round, Klaus!

10^th AD in My Backyard

I live within a mile and a half of the Long Island National Cemetery (aka Pinelawn), located in Farmingdale, New York.  While doing further research for the Honor Roll of the 10^th Armored Division, we came across the fact that there are thirteen (13) members who are buried there.  In order to check this out, we visited Pinelawn over the Memorial Day weekend.  Thus far, we were able to find twelve (12) of the thirteen (13) graves which had been adorned with American flags by volunteers for the occasion. 

We took photographs of these graves and are prepared to furnish copies to the next of kin or friends upon request.  These veterans are listed in the table below, and we hope to hear from anyone who has information on them.  Contact us either by e-mail (compklaus@optonline.net) or regular mail (Klaus Feindler, 31 Beaumont Dr., Melville, NY 11747). 

Memorial Day is approaching all too quickly. The day of the year that most people consider the first “unofficial” day of Summer, while forgetting why we celebrate it.

I have decided to donate a flag (2 flags actually…an American flag and a P.O.W. flag) to my borough to be hoisted in memory of my father, the 10th Armored Division and every veteran who has payed in blood for the freedoms we enjoy.  The municipal flagpole always has a nice flag flying, albeit usually a small one, but the one I will have run up is 8 x 12 feet. Large in comparison.  Hopefully it will last all Summer and well into next Winter as a reminder to those that see it that freedom is not free.

Pictures of the ceremonies of the day will be posted.

In the process of poking around “YouTube” I came across a nice little video that was taken at the Mardasson Memorial near Bastogne, Belgium. There is no narrative…just some nice pans of the structure, mostly paying attention to the names of the states whose sons died defending the besieged city during the Ardennes Offensive. The video ends with an upward pan of a column in the memorial which features the emblems of the 101st Airborne, 82nd Airborne, 17th Airborne, 11th Armored and…at the very top of the column…the 10th Armored Division. Below is a link to the video.
Mardasson Video

 The complete version of the 10th Armored Division Honor Roll is now available online in .pdf and .html formats.

Thanks to Klaus Feindler, 10th Armored Division historian,  and his assisstant, Maureen Consiglio, the complete version of the Honor Roll is now posted on the front page of OldTigerCub.com. Here are the links: pdf version     html version

Note that both versions are relatively large files (1.4mb) so they may take a couple of minutes to load if the user has a slow internet connection, but the wait is worth it.

My thanks again to Klaus for all of the hard work that he put into this document, and my thanks especially for sending me the complete version in digital format and permitting me to share it with the internet community.

Actually, I have aquired, courtesy of Gerry Koren by way of Howard Liddic, 10th Armored Division historian, several issues of  “The Tiger’s Tale”, the official newsletter of the 10th AD, in digital format. They are fascinating reading, and bring a whole new perspective to life in the army, and what it was like to be part of the Tiger Division, both in training and in combat. in pdf format and some are very large (18meg  plus) so it may take some time to upload them all to the server. Here is the December 24, 1942 issue (note: the picture below is of the March 17,1943 issue. It was in jpg format and easier to resize and present on the page. The pdf link below leads to the Dec. 24,1942 issue)  It is one of the smaller files, but a good representation of the Division’s official publication. It is obvious that Gerry put a lot of time and care into scanning the original papers to digital form, as most of them are very high resolution. My thanks to Gerry Koren for all the hard work, and for allowing me to share them with the internet community.

the-tigers-tale_1942_12_24.pdf

I hope all will enjoy reading it as much as I did. The entire collection that I have will be posted on the OldTigerCub.com website as time permits, so watch for updates.

 Since this blog and website are dedicated to the memory of the men of the 10th Armored Division, it goes without saying that the names of the officers and enlisted men who were killed in action, died of wounds received in battle, or otherwise perished while serving overseas, should hold a special place of honor here. Accordingly I have posted a copy of the Honor Roll, as compiled by Klaus Feindler, on the front page of the oldtigercub.com website.

The current copy of the Honor Roll is a scanned copy from a printed book, but I am hoping to work with Klaus to publish a much more presentable and updated version sometime in the near future. For the time being, though, the scanned version can be found here in .pdf format.