The Lobo Tank Busters, Ol’ #9, The Methodist Church and Parsonage, The Memorial in Rennes FranceIn God We Trust By: Stan Jordan Back in 1941-42, I was a senior at AHS. One of my teachers, Mr. Wilbur Carter, taught American History – one of my favorite subjects. The world was in a turmoil at that…
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Help was On the Way! – Stan Jordan
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•The Lobo Tank Busters, Horse-power Holiday; Tractor-Pull at Hicksville Fairgrounds, Hotels & Boarding Houses in Old AntwerpThe Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan We took off this morning on dawn patrol and we headed over towards Germany, Ruhr Valley. That is the Pittsburgh of Germany. Many factories, foundries, and defense plants. We were up about…
What a Day, What a Day! – Stan Jordan
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•“A Little on One of our Servicemen” – Stan Jordan
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•The Maumee River Raft Race; The Lobo Tank BustersThe Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan We returned to the rail-yards at Dijon today. It is a very busy place as the Germans are fleeing before Patton’s troops and they’re loading up the material on flat cars and heading east. We shot up everything that we…
Some Action Around the Train Site, Pt. 2 – Stan Jordan
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•the Lobo Tank Busters; Paulding CountyThe Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan This is the first part of September and the war is going good for the allies. The Germans are falling back on all fronts. Col. Bainbridge drove in last night and brought us a new problem. General Patton called him and wants us…
Some Action Around the Train Site – Stan Jordan
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•The Lobo Tank Busters; Antwerp Activities in the Near FutureBy: Stan Jordan This information was given to me by Judy Jordan Copsey about her father. It is a court document from 1945, about an Atrocity on the prisoners’ train he was on. “For the War Crimes Office Judge Advocate General’s Department – War Department United…
Some History of 71 years Ago, Cont. – Stan Jordan
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•A Piece of History of 71 Years Ago – Stan Jordan
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•By: Stan Jordan Here is a picture of a German loading list of August 2, 1944. The prisoners are loading on a train in Rennes, France, heading east into Germany to a P.O.W. camp. The last man on the page is Garner (Jack) Jordan, one of my brothers. He was injured and taken prisoner on…
A Trip to the Advanced Chassis & Fabric Shop – Stan Jordan
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•The Lobo Tank Busters; The Stories That Stan Likes the Best; Please Read This I attended the big appreciation day at the Advanced Chassis and Fabric shop down on Victory Lane last Saturday. It was everything that I had expected, even with all the rain we have had, there was ample parking in the area.…
The Hunting Owl – Stan Jordan
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•My Big Day at the RibFest – Stan Jordan
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•By: Stan Jordan As usual, at 8:00 a.m., we attended the pancake and sausage breakfast at the EMS building. The food was great and I met some old friends of mine. Along about noon, I visited the Ribfest at the Firehouse. Three of the Fireman took me around and showed and explained the new firetruck.…
The Antwerp Furnace – Stan Jordan
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•This picture of the Antwerp Furnace was in operation from 1865 to 1880. If you look close, the trees in the background are from the Maumee River east of Antwerp where it bucks up close to the old US 24 and the Wabash Railroad. This picture shows a narrow gauge railroad that was used to…