The 10th Armored Division was activated at fort benning, georgia on the 15th of july in 1942. From the very beginning, it was known as a hot outfit. Its nickname, tiger division. The commanding general of the 10th, Major General paul w garden was a superb leader. Carryout orders, march, maneuver and shoot where his by words. No man had more pride in his troops and no general was more revered by his men. I am john drew devereaux, a Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division during world war ii. We had a marvelous kind of spirit in our division. I think it was due in great part to the training we got from general new garden it was our general Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One was that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttons. This was uncomfortable but we got so that we looked at other outfits that were them then unbuttoned and thought they looked like slobs
The 10th Armored Division was activated at fort benning, georgia on the 15th of july in 1942. From the beginning it was known as a hot outfit. Its nickname, tiger division. The commanding general of the 10th, Major General paul w garden was a superb leader. Carryout orders, march, maneuver and shoot where his by words. No journal was more revered by his men. Devereaux, adrew Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division in world war ii. Spirit in ourlous division. I think it was due to the training we got from the general art Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttoned. This was uncomfortable but we got so that we looked at other outfits that were them unbuttoned and thought they look liked sloths. When you gave a salute in the 10th Armored Division, a tiger salute, you lifted your chin in the air like that. That seemed to
The country exploring the american story as we take book to be an American History tv im the road. With the support of the local Cable Television provider, we visited only four cities in the last year. And over the next two hours, we will look and highlight from some of the stops. We begin our special feature in milwaukee. So this is the photograph of the lynching that occurred im august 7th, 1930, near indiana. James cameron was 16 at the time, was supposed to be the third person hanging from the tree. But he miraculously survived the lynching. His two friends abe and tommy, it was like 18 and 19 years old, they were killed that day. By mob. Between ten and 50000 angry white people. This was actually in North Central indiana. Join lynching took place. So you end up writing the book they called the time of the survivor story memoir of the memories of the surviving lynching. Actually started his life that when he was in jail. I was a mistrial that he was finally convicted and sentenced.
Though the rain is diminishing, we have a number of flood warnings out. The rain is meandering through Northern Ireland for the rest of the afternoon across the north of wales, the midlands, Northern England for a time and heading south. For the south weve got some sunshine, but a scattering of heavy showers. Its relatively mild steel but already the northerly wind is making its presence felt further north, bringing in the sunshine but equally a few wintry showers which will continue, particularly over the hill, in northern and eastern areas overnight, pushing our weather front further southwards leaving rather damp surfaces behind. With a widespread frost temperatures are going to plummet after dark. Is becomes the main concern if you are travelling through the night and first thing tomorrow morning with possibly the odd bit of mist and fog, but more the following night ice is the main concern. Tomorrow, perhaps cloudier but not that much rain, patchy light rain for the most pa rt rai
Im melissa chan youre watching d. W. News asia thank you for joining us starting saturday 6 in india will now be able to pass visa free into pakistan in order to visit one of their holiest sites which sits just 4 kilometers past the border it will be the 1st time in 70 years that pilgrims will be able to do so. The shrine of guru narcan cartop or the final resting place of sikhism spawned or is one of the religions most sacred sites crews have been sprucing up the complex before pilgrims flock here to mark the 550th anniversary of girl who nonexperts. The top war in northeast pakistan lies just 4 kilometers from the border with india until now pilgrims couldnt just simply cross from. Another shrine in indias punjab state which is home to the Worlds Largest city community. 150 kilometers to the west the town in pakistan where grew and on up was born the. Pilgrims gathered here are hopeful that the new corridor will make travel easier and help foster better ties between the 2 neighbors.