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Irvin G. JOINER
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Source: Kykinfolk.com
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 37603488 | ||||||
| AGE | 22 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1922 | ||||||
| ETAT | Randolph County ARKANSAS | ||||||
| FAMILY | Single | ||||||
| RANK | Private First Class | ||||||
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| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Farm hands, general farms |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 22 February 1943 Jefferson Barracks MISSOURI | ||||||
| COMPANY | Company B | ||||||
| BATTALION | 147th Engineer Combat Battalion | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 6 June 1944 |
Source : Frogman | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Easy Read - Omaha Beach | ||||||
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CEMTERY TEMPORARY of St-Laurent-sur-Mer N°3582
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Source : Jérémy Storoszka | |||||||
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The Invasion of Omaha Beach, the LCI-91 & Crew
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wreck of the USS LCI (L) -91 off the French coast |
The carcass of USS LCI (L) -91 at Easy Red, Omaha Beach after D-Day, June 6, 1944 |
USS LCI (L) -91 and USS LCI (L) -92 en route to Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 1944. |
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USS LCI (L) -91 on the Dart River in Great Britain before the D-Day invasion of France, 1944. |
The bottom of USS LCI (L) -91 was opened by an open pit mine buried in the sand under the ship at high tide. If the water was deeper, the ship would be out of sight. The photo is from "Omaha Beachhead", published by the War Department in September 1945 | |
| Crew USS LCI (L) -91 crew, circa October 1943 but before June 6, 1944. |  | |
| Source : Navsource.org | ||
Memorial of Englesqueville Castle | ||
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The chateau was home to the 600 men of the 147th Engineer Combat Battalion during the days after D-day. They had come ashore with the first troops on the morning of D-day, their task was to clear beach obstacle and help get men and supplies off the beach. Like all the regiments coming ashore on Omaha beach they suffered many casualties. On D-day +2 they made camp her in the chateau, the grounds were full of their tents and they stayed for several months, and they went on to fight at the Battle of the Bulge. The monument to the Regiment is in the grounds and is cared for by the owner Monsieur Lebrec, who was educated after the war in America. The monument was rededicated on June 6th 1994, the 50th anniversary. The emblem of the engineers is a castle and on the base of the memorial the emblem is made from a ships propeller found on Omaha Beach. |  | |
| Source : Normandy1944.org.uk | ||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov - Aad.archives.gov - JF PELLOUAIS |
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| PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |