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Whispers in the Tall Grass
By Nick Brokhausen
To D-Day And Back: Adventures With The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment And Life As A World War II POW: A Memoir
By Bob Bearden
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30404" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Struecker </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Jeffrey D.</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>75 Ranger Regiment (B Company 3 Bn) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Silver Star </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Somalia 1993 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>won "Best Ranger" award 1997</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>later Captain, Jumpmaster with 82nd Airborne Division </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em><em>upgraded to Silver Star from Bronze Star 01.10.2021</em></em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">“We were ready to do what our nation asked us to do. When we got out on target, we would figure out what we were really up against and I think most of us just didn’t know the sheer volume of enemy fire,” Struecker said. “We didn’t know the number of enemy fighters that we were up against until we were up against it. And like a classic Ranger operation, you just respond to what’s in front of you and you give it the best you got.” </span></em></em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">“I witnessed heroism that day that I’ve never seen before and never seen after,” Struecker added. “And it was an honor to be able to serve next to some of those guys on that battlefield.” </span></em></em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 30404, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Struecker [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Jeffrey D.[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]75 Ranger Regiment (B Company 3 Bn) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Sergeant [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Silver Star [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Somalia 1993 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]won "Best Ranger" award 1997[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]later Captain, Jumpmaster with 82nd Airborne Division [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I][I]upgraded to Silver Star from Bronze Star 01.10.2021[/I][/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I][I][FONT=courier new]“We were ready to do what our nation asked us to do. When we got out on target, we would figure out what we were really up against and I think most of us just didn’t know the sheer volume of enemy fire,” Struecker said. “We didn’t know the number of enemy fighters that we were up against until we were up against it. And like a classic Ranger operation, you just respond to what’s in front of you and you give it the best you got.” [/FONT][/I][/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][FONT=courier new][/FONT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I][I][FONT=courier new]“I witnessed heroism that day that I’ve never seen before and never seen after,” Struecker added. “And it was an honor to be able to serve next to some of those guys on that battlefield.” [/FONT][/I][/I][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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