The Veterans:
For their friendship, and valuable testimonies:
Gene Johnson, John Sabato, Charles Scheffel, Joe Barnett, Larry Faulkner, Edward Sarnocinski, Joseph Reedy, Michael Yednak, Al Perna, Edward Mowbray, George Harris, Anthony Andriola, Bernard Bennick, Gilbert Gricoski, Charles Scheffel, Glen Kile, Bob Lyst, Stanley Lucas, Robert Fraley, Martin Gross, Karl Ballwanz Jr., George Pedrick Jr., Frank Rush, Harry Klien, Willie Goldsmith, William Messick, Simone Faflick, Elsie Perch, Tony Varone, Anton Dietrich, Henry G.Phillips, 10th Panzer veteran, Professor Ernst Breitenberger, and many other veterans of the U.S. Army's 9th Division, U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Army Air Corps, and the Afrika-Korps. 

Henry 'Red' Phillips for his personal assistance, and references to his book: "EL Guettar Crucible of Leadership 9th U.S. Infantry Division Against The Wehrmacht in Africa, April 1943" 

Rick Atkinson for his personal assistance and references from his 2003 Pulitzer Prize book; "An Army at Dawn"

Author Barry Basden for his personal assistance and references to; "Crack and Thump"

Polly Pettit for her personal assistance. Her works include: "The Perilous Fight", "The Color of War" and more.

Thank you Jean Barnett for your time and effort, and Edwin Barnett (son of Joe & Jean Barnett), for references from his excellent manuscript, "Green Banana Stories"

Bob Ketenheim 
Historian USS SHANGRI-LA Association

Carolyn Miller
WWII Nat'l Archives Researcher

Jim, Vernon, Robb & Kevin; Nat'l Archives
Motion Picture Films Dept.

Sharon & Holley; Nat'l Archives
Still Picture Reference Dept.

Michael Walling USGC Historian and Author

Dr. Joe Rainer Aberdeen Proving Ground 

"Together We Stand"
by James Holland

"The Campaign for North Africa"
by Jack Coggins

"The Boys Crusade" by Paul Fussel

 "The Battle is the Pay-off"
by Ralph Ingersoll

"Eight Stars to Victory"
Capt. Joseph B. Mittelman

From the 1988 summer issue of 'Naval History' Reproduced  with permission; Copyright © 1988 U.S. Naval Institute www.usni.org

"WWII 55 Plus"
Thank you David H Lippman
(For references to his writings regarding the Luftwaffe, and the USS Thomas Stone)

 The HyperWar Foundation - Thank you Patrick for the Landing Craft graphics

  Marvin Perrett:
WWII veteran USCG Coxswain; participant of Operation Tiger, and the Normandy invasion 1944 

USMC Gunnery Sgt. Tom Williams, and the entire staff of the USMC Historical Company

Forrest Taylor for providing the use of his vintage LCVP's

Hans Beerbaum for the use of his vintage German equipment

Calvert Marine Museum - Solomons Island MD
Curator of Maritime History; Richard Dodds

The Imperial War Museum

The Royal Naval Museum

Nov. 8th 1942 edition from the front page of the 'New York Daily News' (from the personal collection of Mr. Vinni Bucheri), and with permission from the New York Daily News; thank you Lenore Schlossberg, and Richard Foster of the New York Public Library for their research assistance.

Phyllis Collazo of Redux, for permission to use articles from The New York Times, and the New York Herald Tribune 

"North Africa 1942-43   Survivors' Stories" 

Produced and researched by Michael Fraticelli

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