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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

I just received word that my friend. and WWII veteran, George V. Jackson, Jr. of Landingville, PA had passed away yesterday, Oct 10, 2020. George was...

5 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

It truly is amazing how he's become quite the celebrity. Shortly after this round-table, the local news interviewed him for a short piece on the 6pm ...

6 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

It's been yet a year since I posted, so I wanted to provide another update on George. He's been quite the celebrity, travelling and giving interviews...

6 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

Sgt james F. O'Laughlin's company, C Company, would have jumped and landed in Market Garden on Sept 17. George Jackson's platoon in B Company came in...

8 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

Thank you Marion! I will reach out to Raphael and see if I can help. I've been in close contact with Frank Gubbels, as well. George sent him ...

8 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

I'm so glad to hear that you go the letter, Frank! He called me last week, super surprised to hear from you, and to let me know that I was "quite a g...

8 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

Thank you all for the kind words. Frank Gubbels, I sent you a private message. 🙂 I'm always grateful to you, Marion, and all the other...

8 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

It's been 7 years and I've neglected this thread. My apologies. I just wanted to report that George is still doing very well. As time has gone on, ...

8 years ago
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Letter sent home from Anzio - Sgt Joe Miller - 36th Eng

Thanks so much for posting this. It is quite interesting how he could take something as scary and deadly as being shelled by Anzio Annie and turn it ...

14 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

Thank you! He's really high on life right now. He's so amazed at all the attention. It's a great thing to enjoy it with him when I do get to see hi...

14 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

I just got off the phone with George. A member of the National WWII Museum performed his own interview after finding out about George on the Internet...

14 years ago
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Best Day of My Life....

A very nice experience indeed! Thanks for sharing this touching moment!

15 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

It's with great pleasure to announce that I was able to perform the necessary editing of the interview, and I found a utility which allowed me to chan...

15 years ago
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George Jackson, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion

Progress! Finally, I finished up editing the interview. We discussed so many things throughout nearly 2 hours of discussion and I wanted to keep it ...

15 years ago
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