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Jeff Dunaj Major (Ret) USA

  • Thank you, Rob and Steve, for a super website that honors special veterans from WW II. I am the nephew of Corporal Stanley J Dunaj, received the bronze star for heroic action in August 1944 with C Company 702nd TD. I will submit photos and documents that will outline his service. Unfortunately, I only have half of the field document for the bronze star, must have been folded and torn, part of the 2nd Armored divisional seal is visible. I have 2 letters from LTC Harry H Hart responding to my inquiries about my uncle, letters from May and December 2000. Interesting, he wrote that he probably pinned the bronze star medal on him. I also asked about a few buddies that were listed in uncle's documents. They are Thomas L. Welch, Vernon W. Meyer, Frank A Jeffers, and Sgt Charles Leininger. I checked the complete guest book searching for any connections to these fine men. I am lucky to have a commendation document from the commander for C Company 654th TD Bn, it compliments Cpl Dunaj, spelled with a "y" and Sgt Leininger for training this unit on the M36, also signed by LTC John a Beall commander 702nd TD. I am proud to read about the families and friends interested in their veterans' service. Stanley had 2 other brothers in the service. Sgt Joe Dunaj 505 PIR 82nd Airborne, 4 combat jumps and 2 purple hearts, my dad Edward J Dunaj, Sgt B24 radio operator gunner. My son served in the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. My father-in-law LTC Donald B Avey Navigator RF4 and B52s, 130 missions in Vietnam. Thank you for the space to commemorate my families' military service. Deed Not Words, Jeff Dunaj

Eric Martz

  • I found the 820th TD Bn website as I researched a shoulder patch found in my father's WWII memorabilia. He served in the 106th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. He never talked about his service so I don't know the significance of the TD patch but know that there had to have been a very strong connection for him to have kept it.

Hadassah Barbee

  • Thank you for this honor/remembrance sight of those who bravely fought in the 803rd. My father was among them. So many of his friends never returned. His experiences changed him for life and he would never speak of it. He was brave and loved the U.S. I wish I could have known his story.

James Bellamy

  • Grandson of Elmer Fayne Haynes, Company B of the 612th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Brian Griffis

  • Thanks for assembling such a fine, informative website with great links. My father's brother "Tommy," a Tech 5 of B Company 601st TD Bn, was one of five brothers who served. His brother John served in the south Pacific aboard (Navy) USS LSM-128. His brother Elwood was with a (yet unknown) heavy artillery unit in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany. Tommy and Elwood met up in Naples in August 1944. Their brother William (my father) turned 18 in 1945. He was with the occupational force in Korea, 1946-47. The youngest brother Ernie was a career US Air Force sergeant, serving from 1952 to 1962; and then in the reserves until 1990.

David Robbins

  • Grandson of Redus Gurganus 637th tank destroyer batallion

Douglas B Decker Jr (SP5)

  • My father as in from 02/10./1941 till discharged at the end of the war. The navigatormap reader for the Unit Commander

Ashley Moorman

  • Thank you for this wonderful site! It has helped tremendously fill in some missing pieces to my pawpaws WW2 days. He retired as a Major and during WW2 he was Captain Louis G. Thompson of "C" Company in the 893rd TD Battalion. My father passed down a foot locker of my pawpaws gear as well as a ton of bringbacks from his time in The European Theatre. Once a year I take these items into my daughter's high school as a guest speaker to the Freshman class and watching them be so involved and ask questions while getting to hold a piece of history is so amazing! I hope to make my pawpaw and the 893rd proud by continuing to share their story!

Daniel Gonzales

  • Lester R King was my neighbor that lived in the house behind mine for years when i was growing up. I have a signed copy of his book. He was a great neighbor and a great friend.

Robert E. Van Dyke

  • My father, 1st Lt. Robert W. Van Dyke, served with the 801st Tank Destroyer Battalion, Company A as commander of the 2nd Platoon. He landed on Utah beach 13 June 1944 and fought through Europe until the end of the war in Europe. He never talked much about his experiences but I have several pictures of his time in the war.