John Danzenbaker's Field Jacket
1st Lieutenant, How Co., 47th Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant John D. Danzenbaker was Machine Gun Platoon Leader. He arrived in Scotland on Christmas Day 1943 and joined the 9th Infantry Division in late December 1943.
8 Campaigns | 8 Countries | 304 Days of Combat | 4 MoH
Eight Stars to Victory
Algeria - French Morocco
8 November 1942
Tunisia
17 November 1942
Sicily
17 July 1943
Normandy
6 June 1944
Northern France
25 August 1944
Rhineland
19 September 1944
Ardennes - Alsace
16 December 1944
Central Europe
22 March 1944TO THOSE WHOSE STORIES NEVER GOT TOLD...
“There is something stronger than death, it’s the presence of those who left, in the memory of those alive.”JEAN D'ORMESSON
“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”ERNEST HEMINGWAY