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James J. McAdams
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James
J.
McAdams
DIVISION: Other,
National Guard -Artillery
Apr 1, 1913 - Aug 29, 1985
HIGHEST RANK: Seargent
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
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HONORED BY: Thomas McAdams - son

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James McAdams joined the Nations Guard in 1940 and was in combat all the way to the war's end. He was reaching the rank of sergeant in the Artillery branch. Dad fought in Patton's Army in France and Germany. His buddies told about James being trapped by German soldiers who were hunting him down but James made it successfully back to his unit. However, he had a bullet hole in his helmet. It was noted his "black hair" had turned "white". Another time while in France, James was starving and came across a lovely French lady by a cottage. She was holding in her apron many white eggs. In his best French/English voice he told her if she dropped the eggs, he'd blow her brains out. James commented that the Germans were a hell of a fighting force. James's mother gave him a religion medal in a card to keep him safe. James claimed it kept him safe as he carried the cared with him to Europe. March 18, 1942, Millie, his girl, flew to California where James was stationed at the time, and they were married. James then traveled to Pearl Harbor from California and witnessed the devastation .After the war James returned to the the Bronx and worked at NY Central Railroad. In 1955 the family moved to Buchcan, NY and in 1975 James and his wife retired to Baynton Beach, FL. James was a civilian soldier but always loved his country, served, but was not boastful. James didn't join the fraternal order but his wife fought to have the American flag cover his coffin and won. The religious card remained in James's personal effects and his son Thomas found it years later and on what would have been his 100th birthday, took the card along with flowers and performed a memorial in his honor at the Twin Towers which is across the bay from West Point.

Dan McBride
Army
Dan
McBride
DIVISION: Army,
101st Airborne
Apr 9, 1924 - Feb 16, 2022
BIRTHPLACE: Ohio
HIGHEST RANK: Sergant
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
SERVED: 1944 -
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Sep 22, 1945
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BATTLE: D-Day - Normandy Holland Bastogne
HONORED BY: The Eisenhower Foundation

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Dan had an adventurist spirit, hitchhiking from Ohio to Colorado and back at 15 years of age, funded by taking odd jobs along the way. The next couple of years he hunted game to help feed his family during the Depression. Dan became an expert marksman, which served him well as a sniper and machine gunner while being a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne during WWII.

He left England about 10 pm on June 5 and jumped about midnight. The planes carrying all the paratroopers were all in line- in formation. But when we flew over Normandy the German anti-aircraft fire began and Dan could hear bullets from machine guns and shrapnel from the 20 millimeter shells hitting our plane. See more of Dan McBride firsthand account of his 1944 - in attached documents.( Courtesy of Silver City Daily Press and Roger Lanse)

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Russell F. McCallister
Army
Russell
F.
McCallister
DIVISION: Army,
Big Red One 1st Infantry Division
Mar 7, 1922 - Oct 25, 2005
BIRTHPLACE: Huntington, WV
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
SERVED: Aug 1, 1940 -
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HONORED BY: Wife, Betty F. McCallister; children, Linda, Robert, and Patricia

BIOGRAPHY

Russell was married to Betty for 62 years. Their marriage was blessed with three children: Linda Marie McCallister, Robert Russell McCallister, and Patricia Kaye McCain.

Lawrence McCauley
Army
Lawrence
McCauley
DIVISION: Army,
65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
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BATTLE: D-Day, Hurtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge
MILITARY HONORS: French Legion of Honor
HONORED BY: The Eisenhower Foundation

BIOGRAPHY

McCauley tried to join the Marines in Jan. 1942 but his eyeglasses prevented his enrollment. Months later the Army drafter him. He was trained to drive trucks armed with .50-caliber machine guns halftracks and landing craft - just in case. He prepared for D-Day in England and became fast friend with Otto Lutz- a tall Chicagoan. On D-Day McCauley recalled, he and Otto were standing together on a landing craft as it approached Omaha Beach. The door dropped open and a bullet hit Otto in the forehead. McCulley remembers looking back and seeing his friend's face sink beneath the water. But there was no stopping, orders were: Don't stop, because, you're better off as a moving target.

McCauley's unit, the 65th, fought their way off the beach that day and climbed the bluffs. McCauley remembers the feeling as he reached the top: "Best grass I've ever seen." McCauley was involved in the fighting through France and Belgium, including the Battle of Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge.

On April 11, 1945, McCauley was among the first to reach Buchenwald, a Nazi concentration camp located atop Ettersberg hill about five miles northwest of Weimar in east-central Germany. They liberated 21,000 emaciated inmates. “They were packed in like sardines,” McCauley said. Later, McCauley’s unit stopped a train, opened it up and found young Jewish girls inside. They directed them to safety behind American lines. In 2019, McCauley attend the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the World War II Museum in New Orleans. He met a holocaust survivor who said she remembers being freed from a train by American troops. McCauley and the survivor - held hands for over an hour. "Courtesy of The Columbus Dispatch."

Tolbert McClain
Army Air Corps
Tolbert
McClain
DIVISION: Army Air Corps,
Troop C 17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Nov 29, 1918 - Nov 3, 2001
BIRTHPLACE: Svannah, TN
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
SERVED: Jan 9, 1942 -
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BATTLE: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe
MILITARY HONORS: European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with 4 bronze stars, Good conduct medal, WW II Victory medal
HONORED BY: His daughter Shirley McClain Wege

BIOGRAPHY

Tolbert McClain was born on November 29, 198 in Savannah, NT. He lived in Savannah doing general farm hand work before entering the U.S. Army on January 8, 1942. McClain entered the Army at Fort Oglethrope, GA and was transferred to Fort Riley, Ks for boot camp training. He became a soldier of Troop C 17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. As a youth he became an avid marksman while hunting the rural areas of Tennessee, subsequently, in basic training he received a military qualification as a 1st Class Gunner 37 MM. On March 1, 1944, McClain departed for the European African Campaign arriving in the United Kingdom on March 8, 1944. His battles and campaigns included, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe (Belgium, Holland and Berlin Germany at the end of WW II).

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Henry C. McClellan
Army
Henry
C.
McClellan
DIVISION: Army
THEATER OF OPERATION: American, Pacific
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HONORED BY: Nephew, Renie Bressinck

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Henry McClellan served in the Aleutian Island Campaign, part of both the American and the Pacific Theaters in World War II.

Cecil E. McClung
Army
Cecil
E.
McClung
DIVISION: Army,
Company A 202nd Engineers
Jan 16, 1921 - Apr 7, 1986
BIRTHPLACE: Whitesville, WV
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
SERVED: Mar 1, 1943 -
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Dec 4, 1945
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HONORED BY: Wife, Roselyn McClung

BIOGRAPHY

Cecil McClung fought in battles and campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and throughout Central Europe. Little is known about his European experiences except at the Ardennes. When the Germans split the Allied lines, he was separated from his company while carrying a combat message to another unit. It was a month before he was able to make his way back to his own company. Cecil was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Ribbon and the European Service Ribbon. After the war, Cecil returned to South Charleston, West Virginia, and resumed his place in the family's department store, where he was the Manager of the Men's Clothing Department. Cecil was well known in the community and active in city affairs for many years.

Lee H. McClure Jr.
Army Air Corps
Lee
H.
McClure
Jr.
DIVISION: Army Air Corps,
878th squadron, 499th Bmb. Gp.
Sep 16, 1923 - Jan 15, 1946
BIRTHPLACE: Perry County, KY
HIGHEST RANK: Lieutenant
THEATER OF OPERATION: Pacific
SERVED: Feb 1, 1943 -
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HONORED BY: Wife Irene McClure-Swenson

BIOGRAPHY

McClure received his wings when he graduated from Marfa, Texas, AAF pilot school. He also trained at Lancaster, California, Roswell, New Mexico, Salina, Kansas, Herington, Kansas, and Lincoln, Nebraska. His B-29 was hit by enemy fire over Nagoya, Japan and went down in the sea near the Marianas Islands on January 14, 1945. Upon hitting the water, the B-29 broke in half. LT McClure assumed control and directed the four surviving crew members to the raft. LT McClure entered the sinking aircraft in an effort to save the trapped airplane commander and waist gunners. He was not seen again by the surviving crew members. He was declared dead January 15, 1946. LT McClure was posthumously awarded the Soldiers Medal.

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