My Fathers Treasured Wartime Photographs ~ Papers ~ Medals and Ribbons
An Insight Into WW2 and My Fathers 93 Years ~ by photographs too...
An Insight Into WW2 and My Fathers 93 Years ~ by photographs too...
Munich, Germany, 8th May, 1945 ~ The 42nd Rainbow Division, my fathers men and unit, very proudly, holding high, all of the United States Flags during the parade and celebrations.
All my fathers details, now published online:
My father’s WAR Newspapers…dated, Tuesday, May 8th, 1945
Henry George Stuehmeyer born 7th July 1925 ~ 14th December 2018
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1.
ETO
WAR
ENDS
74 OF MY FATHERS MEN ALL SIGNED THIS NEWSPAPER
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US ARMY ~ Dated, Tuesday, May 8th, 1945.
232ND INFANTRY REGIMENT ~ CANNON COMPANY C ~ 42ND RAINBOW DIVISION
THE STARS AND STRIPES ~ Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1.
(Website link below)
74 Signatures and my father, 75 great men in total, made it back home to the USA, from the original 122 young men and heroes from the Cannon Company C, who had all set off together.
An unbelievable achievement, these great 75 Rainbowmen, war heroes made it right through the ETO, the EUROPEAN THEATRE of OPERATIONS, and to sign this fabulous newspaper. Well, it is a miracle that these very special Rainbowmen made it right up until the end, never to forget the rest of the men in their regiment and division, nor all of the courageous men and women across the battlefields and Europe, who very sadly never made it home, everyone a hero.
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Private 1st Class Raymond Deming, now aged 96, a great man and long-time family friend, very sadly, I believe is the only Rainbow wartime hero from their regiment, still with us today.
Raymond and my father trained together at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, and fought alongside one another right throughout the war. Raymond a year and a half older than my father, looked out for him right from their training days at Camp Gruber, when my father, a young orphan boy who had only just run away from his St. Louis orphanage "for a better life", decided to enlist in to the US Army.
My father and Raymond, the very last two Rainbow men, kept in touch right throughout their lives, the very last two, until very sadly my father passed away in his sleep, aged 93 years, on the morning of December 14th2018, in Petaluma, California. Please click here if you'd like to learn more of my father, 50 years in the military. www.jsfamilytrees.com/ww2-henry-stuehmeyer-and-50-years-of-military.html
Please do get in touch with me if your father, grandfather or relation is listed amongst these great men below. Also, if you know of any stories or articles connected to these men, then please get in touch because both Raymond and I would love to hear from you. Thank you in advance, Jed.
Website link ~ to my fathers military papers, also the complete list of men in his regiment...
http://www.jsfamilytrees.com/ve-day-8-may-1945--germany-henry-stuehmeyer.html
Attached below, are a couple or images showing; my fathers hand written codes to every man in his unit, also, the 42nd Rainbow Division Every State Flag Flying at Munich, on May 8th 1945..
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Henry George Stuehmeyer born 7th July 1925 ~ 14th December 2018, my father, my hero...
Here's a little of my father, the teenage boy who ran away from his orphanage "for a better life".
Seeing 33 medals, ribbons and citations pined to my father’s uniform, doesn't really tell you much.
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WW2... Just one man’s tale, and there really is a great deal more to tell.
1943, 15th Oct. ~ My father enlisted into the US Army, Cannon Company C, 232nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Rainbow Division, aged 18.
1944 ~ WW2, Marseille, “landed Dec 8th” as per my father’s war diary, aged just 18.
France, Germany and Austria ~ fighting through and across numerous known battlefields, taking close to 38 towns and cities, climbing and traversing mountains and rivers, at times in such wet and near freezing conditions, that their weapons froze up. My father and his regiment took part in the retrieval of Hitler's stolen famous art collection and treasures from the Austria salt mines.
A couple of the major battlefields, fought and taken by my father and his men:
Task Force Linden
Hatten
Operation Nordwind
Battle of the Bulge
Siegfried Line
The Rhineland Campaign ~ Aged 18, my father was awarded his 1st of 3 Bronze Stars for bravery.
Strasbourg
Wurzburg ~ Hitler’s SS stronghold. I believe it was a Schindler’s (List) shell which bounced toward and never exploded at my father’s feet.
Dachau
Munich
Nuremberg
Salzburg ~ Retrieval of Hitler's stolen art and treasures, from within the salt mines.
Hitler’s “Eagles Nest”
1945, 29th April ~ My father, aged just 19, and his men helped Liberate 32,000 Survivors at the Dachau concentration camp.
1945, 8th May ~ Victory in Europe Day The Stars and Stripes ~ ETO WAR ENDS…
Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1., dated, Tuesday, May 8th, 1945. The Stars and Stripes newspaper, with 74 Signatures and my father, 75 great men in total, made it back home to the USA, from the original 122 young men and heroes from the Cannon Company C, who had all set off together.
1946, 7th May ~ My father and a number of his men from the 42nd Rainbow Division, returned home to the USA, from Austria and Switzerland.
1949 ~ My father transferred into the US Air Force, and he was based right across the America, even in the coldest place on earth Alaska, including numerous Air Bases throughout Europe, and R.A.F Bases across the England too. Also my father possibly took part in the Berlin Airlift as well.
1956 ~ My father witnessed the Nevada desert atomic bomb drop, he and his buddies "climbed on the top of their bunker for a better view of the mushroom", rather than viewing this from within the safety of the bunker. My father survived this, sadly his buddies did not.
1967, 9th March ~ 1969, 31st Oct. ~ Three tours of Vietnam. Also, my father rolled up his kit and placed it in his foot locker, ready and waiting for the fourth tour.
1975 ~ 1995 ~ My father spent a further 20 years with the US Navy, whilst working for the US government.
51 years of military service, serving in all three US military forces, the US Army, US Air Force, also the US Navy too.
2015, 7th July ~ President Obama, and Michelle very kindly sent my father a 90th birthday card, wishing him a Very Happy Birthday, also a Thank You, for all that he had done for his country.
2018, 24th June ~ Nick Hope, Dachau Survivor, met my father Henry Stuehmeyer, Liberator, for the first time in 73 years, since the Liberation.
2020, 8th May ~ VE DAY ~ 42ND RAINBOW DIV ~ Jed Stuehmeyer
If you’d like to learn more about my father’s life and military career, please click here…
http://www.jsfamilytrees.com/ve-day-8-may-1945--germany-henry-stuehmeyer.html
My father’s WAR Newspapers…dated, Tuesday, May 8th, 1945
Henry George Stuehmeyer born 7th July 1925 ~ 14th December 2018
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1.
ETO
WAR
ENDS
74 OF MY FATHERS MEN ALL SIGNED THIS NEWSPAPER
~\~
US ARMY ~ Dated, Tuesday, May 8th, 1945.
232ND INFANTRY REGIMENT ~ CANNON COMPANY C ~ 42ND RAINBOW DIVISION
THE STARS AND STRIPES ~ Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1.
(Website link below)
74 Signatures and my father, 75 great men in total, made it back home to the USA, from the original 122 young men and heroes from the Cannon Company C, who had all set off together.
An unbelievable achievement, these great 75 Rainbowmen, war heroes made it right through the ETO, the EUROPEAN THEATRE of OPERATIONS, and to sign this fabulous newspaper. Well, it is a miracle that these very special Rainbowmen made it right up until the end, never to forget the rest of the men in their regiment and division, nor all of the courageous men and women across the battlefields and Europe, who very sadly never made it home, everyone a hero.
~\~
Private 1st Class Raymond Deming, now aged 96, a great man and long-time family friend, very sadly, I believe is the only Rainbow wartime hero from their regiment, still with us today.
Raymond and my father trained together at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, and fought alongside one another right throughout the war. Raymond a year and a half older than my father, looked out for him right from their training days at Camp Gruber, when my father, a young orphan boy who had only just run away from his St. Louis orphanage "for a better life", decided to enlist in to the US Army.
My father and Raymond, the very last two Rainbow men, kept in touch right throughout their lives, the very last two, until very sadly my father passed away in his sleep, aged 93 years, on the morning of December 14th2018, in Petaluma, California. Please click here if you'd like to learn more of my father, 50 years in the military. www.jsfamilytrees.com/ww2-henry-stuehmeyer-and-50-years-of-military.html
Please do get in touch with me if your father, grandfather or relation is listed amongst these great men below. Also, if you know of any stories or articles connected to these men, then please get in touch because both Raymond and I would love to hear from you. Thank you in advance, Jed.
Website link ~ to my fathers military papers, also the complete list of men in his regiment...
http://www.jsfamilytrees.com/ve-day-8-may-1945--germany-henry-stuehmeyer.html
Attached below, are a couple or images showing; my fathers hand written codes to every man in his unit, also, the 42nd Rainbow Division Every State Flag Flying at Munich, on May 8th 1945..
~\~
Henry George Stuehmeyer born 7th July 1925 ~ 14th December 2018, my father, my hero...
Here's a little of my father, the teenage boy who ran away from his orphanage "for a better life".
Seeing 33 medals, ribbons and citations pined to my father’s uniform, doesn't really tell you much.
~\~
WW2... Just one man’s tale, and there really is a great deal more to tell.
1943, 15th Oct. ~ My father enlisted into the US Army, Cannon Company C, 232nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Rainbow Division, aged 18.
1944 ~ WW2, Marseille, “landed Dec 8th” as per my father’s war diary, aged just 18.
France, Germany and Austria ~ fighting through and across numerous known battlefields, taking close to 38 towns and cities, climbing and traversing mountains and rivers, at times in such wet and near freezing conditions, that their weapons froze up. My father and his regiment took part in the retrieval of Hitler's stolen famous art collection and treasures from the Austria salt mines.
A couple of the major battlefields, fought and taken by my father and his men:
Task Force Linden
Hatten
Operation Nordwind
Battle of the Bulge
Siegfried Line
The Rhineland Campaign ~ Aged 18, my father was awarded his 1st of 3 Bronze Stars for bravery.
Strasbourg
Wurzburg ~ Hitler’s SS stronghold. I believe it was a Schindler’s (List) shell which bounced toward and never exploded at my father’s feet.
Dachau
Munich
Nuremberg
Salzburg ~ Retrieval of Hitler's stolen art and treasures, from within the salt mines.
Hitler’s “Eagles Nest”
1945, 29th April ~ My father, aged just 19, and his men helped Liberate 32,000 Survivors at the Dachau concentration camp.
1945, 8th May ~ Victory in Europe Day The Stars and Stripes ~ ETO WAR ENDS…
Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1., dated, Tuesday, May 8th, 1945. The Stars and Stripes newspaper, with 74 Signatures and my father, 75 great men in total, made it back home to the USA, from the original 122 young men and heroes from the Cannon Company C, who had all set off together.
1946, 7th May ~ My father and a number of his men from the 42nd Rainbow Division, returned home to the USA, from Austria and Switzerland.
1949 ~ My father transferred into the US Air Force, and he was based right across the America, even in the coldest place on earth Alaska, including numerous Air Bases throughout Europe, and R.A.F Bases across the England too. Also my father possibly took part in the Berlin Airlift as well.
1956 ~ My father witnessed the Nevada desert atomic bomb drop, he and his buddies "climbed on the top of their bunker for a better view of the mushroom", rather than viewing this from within the safety of the bunker. My father survived this, sadly his buddies did not.
1967, 9th March ~ 1969, 31st Oct. ~ Three tours of Vietnam. Also, my father rolled up his kit and placed it in his foot locker, ready and waiting for the fourth tour.
1975 ~ 1995 ~ My father spent a further 20 years with the US Navy, whilst working for the US government.
51 years of military service, serving in all three US military forces, the US Army, US Air Force, also the US Navy too.
2015, 7th July ~ President Obama, and Michelle very kindly sent my father a 90th birthday card, wishing him a Very Happy Birthday, also a Thank You, for all that he had done for his country.
2018, 24th June ~ Nick Hope, Dachau Survivor, met my father Henry Stuehmeyer, Liberator, for the first time in 73 years, since the Liberation.
2020, 8th May ~ VE DAY ~ 42ND RAINBOW DIV ~ Jed Stuehmeyer
If you’d like to learn more about my father’s life and military career, please click here…
http://www.jsfamilytrees.com/ve-day-8-may-1945--germany-henry-stuehmeyer.html
