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The battle was for control over the key strategic height Hill 609 and its surrounding area between the American forces of the U.S. II Corps and German units of the Afrika Korps. [1] The battle proved a formative experience for the American forces - in their first clear-cut victory of the campaign, and has been called "the American Army's coming ...
Daniel J. Travanti (born Danielo Giovanni Travanti; March 7, 1940) [1] is an American actor. He is best known for playing police captain Frank Furillo in the television drama series Hill Street Blues (1981–1987) [2] for which he received a Golden Globe Award from five nominations, and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from five nominations.
At 10:15 on 2 May Companies E and G, 2/3 Marines assaulted Hill 881N from the south and east. Company G encountered a PAVN position and pulled back to allow for artillery support. Company E almost reached the summit of the hill when it was hit by an intense rainstorm and the Battalion was pulled back into night defensive positions. [1]: 43
In the last battle of the campaign the Manteuffel Group was bypassed when the Allies broke through the northern front at Hill 609, and was forced to capitulate it ran out of fuel and ammunition near Bizerte on 9 May 1943.
George Shibata (November 14, 1926 – May 20, 1987) was an American military officer, attorney, and film & television actor. He was the first Japanese American graduate of any of the United States Service Academies, graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1951.
Following the death of Lord of the Rings actor Bernard Hill on May 5, fellow castmates and longtime friends from the J.R.R. Tolkien movie trilogy bid farewell to their King Théoden in a touching ...
He was born in Warsaw, Russian Empire, in 1911.His father Lev Mamedoff was an officer in the Special Corps of Gendarmes of the Russian Empire stationed in Poland. [2]Andrew was son of Lev Mamedoff and Natalia Mamedoff (née Vonsiatsky), and nephew of Anastasy Vonsiatsky.
Ira Hamilton Hayes (January 12, 1923 – January 24, 1955) was an Akimel O'odham American and a United States Marine during World War II.Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, located in Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona.