Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Epperson | 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | 12.01.2019
Thannenkirch, FRANCE – Five soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment’s Color Guard stand in front French children singing at the Hotel du Haut-Koenigsbourg, where a plaque was unveiled in honor of 2nd Lt. Armand Schiber, a French resistance member, who was born there, during the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Thannenkirch, France, Dec. 1. The hotel was......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Epperson | 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | 12.01.2019
Thannenkirch, FRANCE – Five soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment’s Color Guard stand beside a commemorative plaque honoring the men of the 4th Battalion of the 142nd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division of the 7th US Army who liberated Thannenkirch 75 years ago on Dec. 1. Translated from French, the plaque reads: To the Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Epperson | 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | 12.01.2019
Thannenkirch, FRANCE – (left to right) Sgt. Emily Priselac, Pvt. 2 Shaunequez Martin and Staff Sgt. Kevin Outlaw, assigned to the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment stand with Marc and Maryline Eberhardt, World War II reenactors and enthusiasts, in front of a Dec. 1941 Buick Super 8 series car, designed to resemble an officer’s staff car at the 75th Anniversary of the......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Epperson | 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | 12.01.2019
Thannenkirch, FRANCE -- André Bosshardt, former mayor of Thannenkirch and expert wood sculpture, shares with 2nd Lt. Nancy Chan, a chemical officer assigned to 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, stories of when the Americans came to liberate the village when he was only 14 years old at the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Thannenkirch, France, Dec. 1. Bosshardt, who is......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Epperson | 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | 12.01.2019
Thannenkirch, FRANCE -- Second Lt. Nancy Chan, a chemical officer assigned to 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment and Dominique-Ernest Carette, mayor of Thannenkirch, unveil a commemorative plaque honoring the men of the 4th Battalion of the 142nd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division of the 7th US Army who liberated Thannenkirch 75 years ago on Dec. 1. Translated from French,......
Photo by Spc. Christina Clardy | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.16.2017
AUSTIN, Texas -- The 36th Infantry Division marched over the Congress Avenue Bridge to the Texas State Capitol in Austin on July 16. The division marched in to commemorate the unit's 100th anniversary [July 18] and to lay a wreath at the 36th Infantry Division Monument on the west side of the Capitol building to honor those who have served in the division and those who gave thier lives in......
Photo by Sgt. Michael Giles | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.16.2017
The 36th Infantry Division's Color Guard stand at attention during the wreath-laying ceremony that commemorated the division's 100th anniversary. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Michael Giles)...
Photo by Sgt. Michael Giles | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.16.2017
Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Horn, command sergeant major of the 36th Infantry Division, and Maj. Gen. S. Lee Henry, commander of the 36th Infantry Division, salute the 36th Infantry Monument at the Texas Capitol during a wreath-laying ceremony as part of their celebration of the 100th anniversary since the division was formed, in Austin, Texas, July 16, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt.......