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  1. James Alan Weisenborn: Birth: 1 NOV 1948 in St. Joseph MO. Death: 18 JUL 2002 in Lakewood CO

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  3. Lawrence John "Lonnie" Weisenborn: Birth: 12 JUN 1960 in Tombstone, Cochise Co, AZ. Death: 6 DEC 2000 in Pueblo Co, CO

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Notes
a. Note:   "Bill" was in the 781st Tank Battalion, gunner, Company C - Honor Roll Distinguished Unit Citation :
  Distinguished Unit Citations are the collective equivalent of the award of a Distinguished Service Cross to an individual soldier. Company C was awarded the the Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions while attached to the 100th Infantry Division and supporting the 1st Battalion, 397th Infantry during the assault crossing of the Neckar River at Heilbronn in April, 1945. War Department General Order 101:
  The 1st Battalion, 397th Infantry Regiment, is cited for outstanding accomplishment in combat during the period 5 to 11 April 1945, in the vicinity of Heilbronn, Germany. Crossing the Neckar River by assault boat under heavy fire, the 1st Battalion secured a bridgehead in the face of unyielding resistance and inaugurated its block-by-block, house-by-house, and even room-by-room conquest of the key rail city of Heilbronn. Deadly cross-fire from automatic weapons emplaced in rubble heaps and cellars of ruined buildings slowed the attack; snipers in countless vantage points constantly harassed our troops; and thickly wooded hills on three sides afforded the enemy perfect observation for the direction of all types of artillery fire. Yet despite fanatical resistance,the 1st Battalion continued its implacable advance, repulsing repeated tank-infantry counterattacks and destroying group after group of infiltrating enemy infantry. Supporting armor and tank destroyers were sped across the river by a hastily installed pontoon bridge, which was as quickly demolished by artillery fire; casualties were evacuated and supplies brought forward by ferry under continuous shelling; and on 11 April, after seven days of the most savagely prosecuted fighting on the entire western front, the 1st Battalion, 397th Infantry Regiment, virtually completed its capture of the city, because of the individual bravery of its members and the esprit de corps of the organization, reflecting the highest traditions of the military service. (General Orders 260, Headquarters, 100th Infantry Division, 29 Sept 1945)
  From Joe Graham email: Perhaps this very brief recap of the 781st�s history will help you honor your uncle the way you obviously want to...We were �activated� early in January in 1943 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.. Our first job was to test forty tanks (ten each from four separate manufacturers) to determine what appeared to be the best model for Industry to mass produce. We ran the test tanks twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for about six months and the result was the selection of the Ford-manufactured Sherman Tank. We next undertook the job of making ourselves into a combat organization. We trained in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Fort Jackson, South Carolina and Camp Pickett also in South Carolina. During this time �D� Company for about two months was detached from the Battalion and sent to Camp Wainwright, Alberta, Canada to take part in then-secret tests to develop Tank/Infantry attack tactics under dense smoke conditions. We were sent overseas in October of 1944. We were made a part of the Seventh Amy and we were involved in four major campaigns�the Ardennes/Alsace Campaign (commonly called �the Bulge�), The Battle for the Rhineland, The Battle for Southern Germany and the Battle of the Po Valley�for the latter experience a number of our tanks were sent through the Brenner Pass from Austria into northern Italy. After the European phase of the war was over, we served only briefly as �occupation� troops being sent back to America in July of �45 expecting to be trained for the invasion of Japan. The use of the �A� bomb brought peace before we were faced with that daunting prospect.
  Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23127334


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