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WHAT'S NEW ON THIS SITE
- Postings for the last 12 months -
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TIP:
When you click on a "Go" link, a new window will open
in front of the "What's New" window. After viewing
the specific "Go" material, it's best to close the
new window and then return to the "What's New" window.
This avoids backtracking into pages on other subjects. |
MAY
1st
2008 |
A
new policy with this What's New page:
We will now be listing our new postings on a quarterly basis
instead of month-to-month. Our only addition in April was a revised
Home Page with exciting news of Generals Odierno and Chiarelli,
and a sample of higher definition video's to come (Cold War Training
Photos). BUT much has been happening behind the scenes that will
eventually translate into still much more 3AD materials to come
on the site, particularly in the area of video's. Stay tuned. |
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FEB
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MARCH
2008
Postings: |
New
3AD YouTube Channel launched as we
begin to switch of our growing video collection over to YouTube
from Google Video. A lot of re-editing and reformatting is involved,
as YouTube has new & higher technical standards. The plan
is to have the "Channel" as a "best of" collection
only - or the top six video's from each era (WWII, Cold War,
Gulf War). The complete collection will still be listed on the
3AD.com "Live Video's" index. Google purchased YouTube
in 2007, and, as a result, Google Video will be gradually phasing
out for most purposes. (They have already thrown in the towel
on customer support and on long-promised technical improvements.)
Go
to 3AD YouTube (It's just a start.) |
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First-time reunion for D Co,
122 Matintenance Bn is announced.
(Vets of Ayers Kaserne, 1st Brigade, The Rock) Go |
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Hap Paulson, 703rd TD Bn,
WWII vet and all-time Division Poet
Laureate has added three new works to his poetry collection -
we believe the largest and finest such collection by an Army
vet anywhere on the Internet. See his "Poetry Set #2"
for those marked "New." Go |
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JAN
2008
Postings: |
Former Spearhead
Major, and now Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli
is in the running to become the top commander in Iraq, according
to a recent NY Times article now posted in part and starting
on our Home Page (with photos). Go |
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"Eagles Don't Die" is a novel published in late 2007 and written by
a 3AD veteran that is based on a real life break-in at a 3AD
nuclear weapons training facility in Hanau in 1971. On Cold War
Index page (right side). Go |
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A 1944 New York Daily News front-page
photo shows the 3AD's 991st FA Bn
in the first Allied shelling of German soil. On WWII Index page
(right side). Posting also includes text of the related article.
Go |
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Photo of interior of Gen. Rose's bullet-holed
helmet is now shown for the first
time and integrated into our previously posted story about the
helmet. WWII Feature Articles section. Go |
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Three 3AD soldiers added to our list of those killed in WWII: Pfc. Harry G.
Moran and SSgt. Walter O. Lorenz, both of 36th AIR, with thanks
to Alexis Boban, a Ranes, France, historian; and also added is
Maj. Charles E. Gravely of Div Hq, Forward, with thanks to his
son for the supporting documentation. Go |
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The 503rd Aviation Bn is the subject of a new section on the Cold War Index,
Feature Articles section. Includes three narratives by Lt. Col.
William Perrin, USA (Ret). Go |
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WWII veteran Bob Kauffman has added two additional works to his index in the
Soldiers' Memoirs section. Go |
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A high resolution 1960's aerial photo
Fliegerhorst Airfield in Hanau replaces
one of lesser quality. Enlargement now possible. In Cold War
Photo Collection. Go |
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Photo of two "guaranteed" Army
Service Medals is now in Cold War
Feature Articles. Go |
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Two photos from the 3AD WWII Reunion in Lousiville in 2007 are added to spice up the 2008
Reunion informantion page (the two lower photos). Go |
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DEC
2007
Postings: |
3AD
Google Video Index has 4 new entries,
as follows: Go
1 in WWII general section:
3AD WWII vets visit Ayers Kaserne (The Rock) in 1986.
2 in WWII vet interviews:
Bob Kauffman of D/36th Inf has two new video's
and now has his own, and most worthy, video section.
1 in Cold War section:
1/40th FA Bn MLRS unit crosses the Main River in 1986. |
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3AD Christmas Music was playable directly on our Home Page throughout
December, as performed in concert by the 3AD Band in 1983. That
music is now re-posted in the Band Section on the At Ease Index.
Go |
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The Home Page was revised to include a Spearhead newspaper front-page
(showing a 155mm howitzer) as a promotion for the Site's expanded
coverage of that historic Cold War newspaper. Go |
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That Spearhead newspaper section on the Cold War Index was increased with 14 new entries,
with many more to be gradually added in 2008. Go |
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Two soldiers added to Soldiers'
Memoirs on the WWII Index are John
DeRiggi Go
and Chuck Miller Go, both tank crewmen who barely managed
to survive the war. |
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The Cold War Index page (right side) was revised to include the news from
Jim Chorazy of Web Staff that an important new book is coming
in 2008 - "Cold War U.S. Army". Go |
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The Gulf War Index page (right side) was revised to include 3 excellent photos
taken by Ray Starmann, former Asst. S-2 Officer (Intell) of 4-7
Cav. Go |
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The origin of "Rolling
Thunder", the History
Channel documentary on the 3AD, and how the project came to be,
is revealed in the "Ruth/Mudd Letters", posted in the
3AD Association section on the WWII Index. Go |
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The WWII Features section on the WWII Index now includes a Combat Map of the
32nd Armored Regiment, with an enlarged version showing great
details. Go |
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The Elvis Presley Photo Collection in the Elvis scetion of the At Ease Index has a new
lead photo from Jim MacClay of Web Staff. Sgt. Presley is shown
in fatigues looling in a mirror. Also new to the collection is
Elvis' DD Form 214, or separation/discharge form, which, as far
as we know, has never appeared on the internet before. It's not
very interesting, except it's THE KING's! Go |
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Lastly, the "Overseas
Weekly" section on the At Ease
Index is a project that we are abandoning. 3AD.com will no longer
display articles, graphics, or photos from that controversial
and legendary publication. Some basic background on "OW",
however, will remain. Go |
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NOV
&
OCT
2007
Postings: |
3AD
Google Video Index has 7 new entries,
as follows:
3 in WWII general section:
3AD Monument at Ft. Knox
Gen Rose Helmet at the Patton Museum
Season's Greetings musical slide-show
2 in WWII vet interviews:
Harley Swenson of B/32 AR
Joe Femia of B/36 AIR
1 in Gulf War section:
Post-combat debriefing; includes Maj. Gen. Funk
1 in Cold War section:
3AD Ranger Camp at Marburg in 1990 |
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Home Page revised to include Season's Greeting slide-show and the story
with photos of 3AD photo used prominently in the new WWII documentary
"The War" by Ken Burns. |
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The 3AD Association Index
(WWII vets) has various updates following
the Louisville reunion, including the listing of returning President
Bill Goss and board members, and initial announcement about 2008
reunion. |
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SEPT
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AUG
2007
Postings: |
3AD
Google Video Index was reorganized
with a separate index page for each era and a Google "Audio"
index started. Ten new entries total added, as follows:
2 in WWII vet interviews.
5 in Gulf War section.
3 in Audio section. |
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Complete re-make of Home Page right side with sample listing, including still frames,
of videos in the main Video Index. |
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Five soldiers added to Soldiers'
Memoirs on WWII Index, including:
William Castille, Henry Earl, Paul Maurer, Clarence Smoyer, and
Bob Withers. |
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Three outstanding Gulf War
photos from Greg Berge shown on the
right side of the Gulf War Index page. More
Berge Gulf War photos are coming. |
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Photo of the grave site of 3AD WWII tanker legend Lafayette Pool in San Antonio,
TX, added to the Pool section on WWII Index. Some would say a
sacred spot. |
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Five carefully considered
new links added to our 3AD Links and
Research Center page in the newly named section "Recommended
Websites of Varied Interest." |
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Origin of "Spearhead"
nickname is challenged in this new
page on WWII Feature Section. |
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The newspaper obituary of
Haynes Dugan, 3AD Association WWII
historian, is added to his section on the WWII Index. He passed
away in Feb., 2007. |
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The newspaper obituary of
Belton Cooper, 3AD WWII vet, military
vehicles expert, and author of "Death Traps," was added
to Feature Articles in the WWII Index. He passed away in May,
2007. |
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Two quasi "For Men Only"
items were added to the Humor Section
on the At Ease Index. Definitely worth a look. (Areas of Division
history cannot be denied.) |
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JULY
2007
Postings: |
EIGHT new videos
added to the 3AD Google Video Index, with each temporarily indicated
with "New" beside it.
Includes:
2 in WWII vet interviews.
1 in WWII regular section.
4 in Cold War section
1 in Gulf War section.
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JUNE
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MAY
2007
Postings: |
TEN new videos
added to the 3AD Google Video Index, with each temporarily indicated
with "New" beside it.
A revamped Home Page
to include two embedded video's and three new 3AD Gulf War photos
from the coming still-photo collection of Gregory Berge (3rd
Bde, 3AD, 1988 - 1991).
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3AD Association (WWII) Reunion information and forms for Louisville in September.
All info and forms can be printed out easily. |
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APRIL
2007
Postings: |
A
15 min. video of 3AD's 1987 CAT gunnery victory is added to the 3AD-Google Video Index, as well as
temporarily being embedded on our Home Page. This was an arduous
editing and restoration project that left no time for other postings.
It is apparently the first and only CAT video (from any year)
to appear anywhere on the Internet, and the word is that the
1987 team could not be happier. |
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MARCH
2007
Postings: |
3AD-Google
Video Index has five more entries,
each marked "NEW," including a movie trailer for "Rolling
Thunder - The True Story of the 3rd Armored Division," the
powerful documentary that first appeared on The History Channel
in 2002. Also, take special note of the talk on video by WWII
vet Bob Kauffman for its emotion and detail. |
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FEB
2007
Postings: |
3AD-Google Video
Index has three new entries, including
rare footage of the burial of Gen. Rose in Ittenbach, Germany,
in 1945 as the war was still underway. Some very tedious and
time-consuming research and production work was involved with
these video's, but we are learning. |
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A new book, "The
Hotton Report," is presented
on our home page. Written by the son of a 3AD WWII veteran, it
is a fascinating account of 3AD involvement in Battle of the
Bulge combat in and around the town of Hotton, Belgium, with
details never before told. |
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Eight 3AD units
during WWII have been belatedly added
to the unit list, to include the Counter-Intelligence Corps Detachment,
POW Interrogation Teams, and others. WWII Section / "Div.
Units & War Data." |
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JAN
2007
Postings: |
3AD-Google Video
Index has an expanded and improved
selection, including five new WWII veterans' video interviews
and revisions of several previously posted works. |
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The Reunion Index
has several updates, including the
first news of the CAT 1987 20th-Year Reunion coming in April,
2007, just outside of Ft. Knox. |
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Three important
new links to websites were added to
our Links page in the "Websites II" category (top right
of page). |
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WWII Allied Occupation
Currency for use in Germany was added
to the WWII Feature Articles section. |
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