Lee, Commanding General, Communications Zone, ETO. He was decorated in Paris in the office of Lieutenant General John C. For his actions he was awarded the Medal of Honor five months later, on 11 December 1944. After treatment of his wounds, Ehlers refused to be evacuated and continued to lead his squad. Ehlers was wounded, but managed to cover the platoon’s withdrawal this included carrying a wounded automatic rifleman to safety and running back through enemy fire to retrieve his Browning Automatic Rifle. The next day the platoon came under heavy fire. On that day, he led his unit’s attack against German forces and single-handedly defeated several enemy machine gun nests. They fought their way off the beach and by June 9 were near the town of Goville, 8 miles (13 km) inland. When the first wave became pinned down on the beach, his unit was transferred to a Higgins boat and sent forward early to assist. His squad, part of the invasion’s second wave, waited off shore in a Landing Craft, Infantry, while the first group of soldiers landed. īy D-Day on June 6, 1944, Ehlers was a staff sergeant and squad leader in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He and his older brother Roland served in the same unit and participated in the fighting in North Africa and Sicily.
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Lorenzo Riveberi" - represents “Lorenzo Riveberi” (added by Maraz6s)įeel free to comment some of the soldiers names you know which are missing and i will add them To find them is very difficult because those are some of the “unknown” heroes of ww2, not famous ones like Vasily Saizev as an example.Įhlers joined the United States Army from the city of Manhattan, Kansas, in October 1940. Josen Dallmeiher - represents “Josef Dallmeier”Īlessio Guilleti - represents “Amedeo Guillet” (added by Maraz6s) Karl Korz - represents “Karl Koetz” (added by Conscript_Joe )įelix Bliesner - represents “Fritz Bliesner” (added by CaptainSebekel) Rolland McCreed - (probably) represents “Richard McCreedy” (added by LordBeaverbroke) Germany: Neil Orenko - represents “Nicholas Oresko” (added by LordBeaverbroke) Walter Ehmers - represents “Walter Ehlers” (added by SneakyFishXII) Victor Miganov - represents “Victor Mironov” (most likely) USA:įrank Penegory - represents “Frank Peregory”
Pavel Golichinkov - represents “Pavel Golovachov” (most likely)ĭenis Dotsenko - represents “Dmitriy Dotsenko” (closest one, also an anti tank unit, died in berlin) Vasiliy Arkhilov - represents “Vasily Arkhipov” Vasiliy Barankov - represents “Vasily Baranov” Petr Likhanov - represents “Pjotr Laktionov” I wanted to create a list of these real soldiers with their ingame names, because i am really interested in such details including my own research (which i already added in the list) List of the unique soldiers in real life: Ussr: The soldiers also fit in their timeperiod, like Vasily Barankov (Real life: Vasily Baranov who died in 1945 as a tanker in Berlin, awarded hero of the soviet union) is also a tanker in Berlin. Valerie Stancik shared his details with us, including what happened to the parachute he used that day.As a ww2 enthusiast i reserched a lot in russian ancestorypages in the internet and found out that these unique soldiers represent real award winning warheroes of their nation (with just slightly different names).
Deibler jumped from a plane to land at Normandy on D-Day. Deibler was Knighted at the request of the President of France into the French Legion of Honor in 2015 for the part he played in liberating France during WWII. In August of 2017, we had the privilege of entertaining a real, live Knight at the NarroWay Theatre! Dr. "Doc" Eugene Deibler, a Real Knight in Shining Armor With more than 600 holes in the plane, engines out and 500 miles from England, Richardson and crew literally found themselves "coming in on a wing and a prayer." Emily Wilson wrote his story down for us, including his recount of what he dubs his "worst mission ever," a mission to Munich, Germany in 1944. But in the 1940's, he was serving in the European theatre as a gunner aboard a B-17. Posted in Real Heroes from World War IIĬharles "Chuck" Richardson, "Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer"Ĭharles Richardson visited the NarroWay Theatre in June 2017.
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He received training as a truck driver and mechanic at Fort Bragg, North Carolina before shipping out overseas.Ĭontinue Reading Charles "Chuck" Richardson With WWII in progress, he entered the U.S.
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