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8th Infantry Regiment Commanders !
From "4th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Regiment, Commemerative, 1946"
Front row, seated, left to right:
MAJ Oma R. Bates S-3, COL James A. Van Fleet, Commanding Officer,
LTC Fred A. Steiner, Executive Officer, MAJ Hugh W. McClary, Asst S-3
Back row, standing, left to right:
LTC C.C. Simmons, 1st Bn Cdr, LTC MacNeely, 2nd Bn Cdr,
LTC E.H. Strickland, 3rd Bn Cdr
Photo taken in marshaling yard near Plymouth, England just before loading for the D-day invasion!
General Eisenhower !
From "4th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Regiment, Commemerative, 1946"
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives to inspect the 8th Infantry and a portion of the
29th Field Artillery! Colonel Van Fleet is in the center of the "handshake".
Roosevelt & Van Fleet !
From "4th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Regiment, Commemerative, 1946"
General "Teddy" Roosevelt with Colonel Van Fleet and staff outline the next curve ball to be thrown
at the Krauts. It's "on to Cherbourg".
Taking A Break !
From "4th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Regiment, Commemerative, 1946"
General Roosevelt and Colonel Van Fleet take a break during the Cherbourg drive!
German POW's taken during the early days on the Cotentin Peninsula (near Cherbourg), June 1944.
A POW interogation reveals interesting facts. This German is probably telling everything he knows!
