Post by connie on May 26, 2015 9:29:42 GMT -5
Bailey, J. (James) David 422 Infantry Regiment, Company F
One of approximately 200 (out of his approximately 5,000 person infantry regiment) who escaped the German encirclement and eluded capture, Bailey is one of 10 veterans attending 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge ceremonies who was interviewed on this military site: www.spangdahlem.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123436079
After basic training, the native West Virginian tested into the ASTP program.
When that program was dissolved, Bailey was assigned to F Company of the 106th Infantry Division
The above site contains a brief written account of his answers to 10 questions at the time of the commemoration. Those answers are also recorded in a brief video interview. This is not the first commemoration celebration in Europe attended by Bailey, who turned 94 in January 2015. He says he plans to attend the 75th also!
Bailey is a past president of the Veterans of the Battle of the Buldge
A 2010 Article about Bailey can be found on the Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Diaries/None-POW/Bailey-JDavid/Bailey-JDavid.htm
A September 2011 article in a Fort Benning paper entitled WWII Vet lays Wreath tells of a ceremony in conjunction with a Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge reunion and also gives some information on Bailey's time with the 106th: www.veteransofthebattleofthebulge.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-bayonet1.pdf
One of approximately 200 (out of his approximately 5,000 person infantry regiment) who escaped the German encirclement and eluded capture, Bailey is one of 10 veterans attending 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge ceremonies who was interviewed on this military site: www.spangdahlem.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123436079
After basic training, the native West Virginian tested into the ASTP program.
When that program was dissolved, Bailey was assigned to F Company of the 106th Infantry Division
The above site contains a brief written account of his answers to 10 questions at the time of the commemoration. Those answers are also recorded in a brief video interview. This is not the first commemoration celebration in Europe attended by Bailey, who turned 94 in January 2015. He says he plans to attend the 75th also!
Bailey is a past president of the Veterans of the Battle of the Buldge
A 2010 Article about Bailey can be found on the Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Diaries/None-POW/Bailey-JDavid/Bailey-JDavid.htm
A September 2011 article in a Fort Benning paper entitled WWII Vet lays Wreath tells of a ceremony in conjunction with a Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge reunion and also gives some information on Bailey's time with the 106th: www.veteransofthebattleofthebulge.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-bayonet1.pdf