The Filthy Thirteen was a name given to a demolition section of the 506th Regiment. They got the name because they stopped washing and were pretty unruly, more than most. Their leader Jake McNiece also had the idea of having a Mohawk hair cut and added white paint to their black grease paint.
Jack Womer, another member, was a rare case of one who had gone through Rnager training then parachute training.
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00:00 Intro
02:20 McNiece stole a train
04:25 Bailey bridge at Carentan
06:20 Took off from England
08:20 Lt Col Wolverton shot in apple tree.
11:25 McNiece meets Col Johnson
12:03 Arrive at wooden road bridge at Brevands
14:15 German paratrooper joins Sgt Bennet's group.
15:04 DiCarlo wounded crossing bridge. Comes back sliding on a plank
18:14 Jack Womer lands in floods
21:15 Men cut down in flare
23:45 CP and aid station.
26:15 Captain will make report crediting Womer with his actions.
26:50 Battle of Hels corner
27:28 Purple heart lane
28:15 Taking Carentan
30:00 Medal ceremony for Robert Wright disrupted by german shells
31:00 Filthy Thirteen memorial Brevands
32:15 Jack Womer's ashes
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Visited and Projected sites:
Why D-Day
Pegasus bridge
Omaha beach
Sword beach
Pointe du Hoc
American airborne
Utah beach
Juno beach
Gold beach
British airborne
Saint Marie du Mont
Waverly Wray
Omaha inland
6th June 2020 76th anniversary.
La Fierre
Michael Wittman - Villers Bocage - Gaumesnil
The Malmann line
Band of Brothers
Merville gun battery
Filthy Thirteen
Worthington Force
Falaise pocket
Taking St Lo
Operation Cobra
Longues gun battery
Taking Cherbourg
Operation Bleucoat
General Falley
Arromanches and the Mulberries
82nd airborne
101st airborne
Donald Burgett
Operation Totalise
Graignes massacre
Joe Beryle
Ed Shames
Angoville au plain
Battle of Bloody gulch
Maisy gun battery.
Abbey d'Ardenne and the Canadian 7th June advance
Hillman
Douvre radar station
Photo credits
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