Posts tagged 3rd Infantry Division
“He told all our friends I was dead!”
“He told all our friends I was dead!”

While twentieth-century conflicts like World War II and the Vietnam War remain embedded in the American cultural consciousness, the Korean War has often been described as “forgotten” for its relative lack of representation and acknowledgment despite costing the lives of 36,914 American servicemen and an estimated 2,661,509 Korean civilians.

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Lifetime of Service, Youth and War, Long Road HomeEsteban GomezKorean War, Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Operation Killer, 3rd Infantry Division, Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, POWs, Melvin Shadduck, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), Army Language School, Japanese, 500th Military Intelligence Group, Vietnam War, Silver Star, Purple Heart, GI Bill, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)
Hero of the Rhine
Hero of the Rhine

Many people believe that they will change the course of history, but few have the means and opportunity to do so. Karl Henry Timmerman, the product of German immigration, was instrumental in securing victory over forces holding the Rhine Bridge in World War II, which broke open Germany’s defenses in the west. In doing so, Karl honorably served his country and created a legacy dictated by his actions and not those of his father.

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Know Your Enemy, Lifetime of ServiceEsteban GomezGermany, immigration, World War I, World War II, West Point, cancer, Karl Timmermann Memorial Bridge, Timmermann Theater, Korean War, Malmedy Massacre, Purple Heart, 3rd Infantry Division, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, Phantom Division