Memorial to Fallen Troopers
David.Gettman December 14th, 2005
Memorial to Pfc Raymond Manz and T/5 Charles Sutton, Trp A, 42nd Reconnaissance Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Group (Mecz)
It was arguably one of the darkest periods in recent world history. For the second time in barely as many decades, huge armies from around the world had amassed to rend and tear at each other to the point of brushing entire civilizations and cultures to the brink of destruction in the struggle. Europe had been laid to waste, and the life span of Hitler’ s thousand-year Reiche had been reduced to a matter of days. Dulled to the sights, sounds and smells of death and devastation, battle weary troopers longed for home as they continued swapping their lives for plots of pounded earth. Continue Reading »
