Project Vigil

Normandy 2016

We're going back!

Like every year, in the month of May, I write a blog post about returning to Normandy.

Daddy and I will be leaving on the 3rd of June and we will be there until the 7th. If you want to meet us, then just stop by the cemetery. We usually are there until closing time. To find us, here are the plot locations where we will be holding . . .

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May 11, 2016

The Sea of Stars and Crosses

A spiritual walk through the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

On June 5th, 2015, Daddy filmed a video while we walked through the Normandy American Cemetery, called "The Sea of Stars and Crosses".

Click here to view the YouTube video that Daddy and I created today.

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February 28, 2016

Video: Remembering Stanley Stockins

Project Vigil 2015

At the heart of Project Vigil

Before I started my blog, my father and I would go to Normandy in June for the anniversary of D-Day to do what we call "Project Vigil." This is what I do: For several days a year I stand vigil at the graves of Stanley Stockins, George Radeka and Philip Germer, in the Normandy American Cemetery . . .

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January 01, 2016

Phil Germer's Favorite Christmas Song

"White Christmas"

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Philip Germer at Fort Benning, Georgia

When my father and I were researching the life of Philip Germer, Phil's niece Joanne related the following story to us: While Phil was in Paratrooper training in 1942 and 43, he often wrote letters home, especially to his sister Mary (Joanne's mother). Phil loved music. He loved to . . .

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December 23, 2015

"Nuts!"

How one word changed the course of history

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Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe

"NUTS!"

On this day 71 years ago, the 101st Airborne was surrounded and cut off from any supplies during the Siege of Bastogne, otherwise known as "The Battle of the Bulge."
Since December 19th, the 101st Airborne Division had been fighting off German attacks . . .

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December 22, 2015

Lloyd L. Thompson

KIA October 29th, 1944, Germany

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Lloyd Leslie Thompson

Born: Mission Hill, South Dakota
Enlistment:Drafted
S/N:37073334
Unit:285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion
Rank:Fourth Grade Technician Sergeant
KIA:October 29th, 1944
Resting Place: Mission Hill Congressional Cemetery, Yankton County, South Dakota

Lloyd's . . .

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December 21, 2015

Video: I Promise to Remember

I dedicate this video to Mr. Leif Maseng and all the veterans.

"Be loyal. Remember, your country is the best in the world. It's a wonderful country."

On June 3rd, 2014 my father and I were visiting the town of Arromanches, when we met a group of WW2 veterans on a tour from South Carolina. I stopped and thanked as many as I could, and some of the men were kind enough to pose for . . .

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December 08, 2015

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