Battle of Fremifontaine – Michael Reyka
The Thunderbird was the insignia used by the 180th Infantry Regiment during WWII. They engaged in some of the heaviest fighting during the War, from North Africa to Sicily. The 180th then fought their way north through the Vosges Mountains of France, where 50 percent of the allied casualties in October of 1944 were sustained. Among them was Steve C. Reyka who served as an H Company heavy machine gun crewmember and joined the battalion in Italy. In the first [...]