France Tour with two of my sons

There is to much to put on this blog of what we saw and the experience itself. The highlight of this tour was finding the farms that most likely my Father fought in his time with the 167th Regiment of the 43rd Rainbow Division. The letters that my Father wrote home were researched by my oldest Son and my second Son discovered a book written after WW I about "The Alabama Boys" in the Rainbow Division. My Fathers name is mentioned twice, once were he was decorated and another as a member of a Company in the regiment. He was awarded the Silver Star from driving a mule wagon of ammunition across a battlefield. We think we found the farm this happened. It was either the Red Cross Farm or the Mueurse Farm. We visited both and the pictures above are (1st) scenes of the battlefield of the Red Cross Farm and (second) the owner of the Muerse Farm and the plaque on the wall of his garage.

A Major Event in My Life!

Today, February 6, 2008, a major event in my life will occur and begin as I fly to Amsterdam, The Netherlands from Atlanta, GA, USA at 5:45pm and begin a seven day tour of France with my two oldest children, Dave and Rick. This trip is my 80th birthday present from them! The highlights of the trip will include time in a small town Chateau Thierry near where my father got the Silver Star in a battle in WW I as the Rainbow Division of "Alabama Boys" turned back the Germans and started the Germans going back to Germany for good. We will also visit wine making in this region, mostly champaign that is made near there. Two days later we drive to Normandy and stay there three days to see a lot of D-Day history, before returning to Paris the last night before our flight back to Atlanta, GA, USA.
This trip is a trip of my lifetime!