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January 12, 1946 -
A Triumphant Return
Major General James M. Gavin salutes as he leads his
82nd
Airborne Division troops through a huge phalanx
of New Yorkers shouting and cheering their welcome to the men of the Airborne
as they were given the welcome home that they so richly deserved.
82nd
Airborne in New York's Victory Parade. The line of march was
along Fifth Avenue with the marble
Washington Memorial Arch in the background. (Photo courtesy William F. Blum, Jr.)
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Man's Personal Triumphant Return
John P. Crouch, Hq 1st, appears in an Associated Press wire
photo as he disembarks a ship at Staten Island, NY.
Crouch is wearing a German officer's cap, one of the souvenirs he brought
homer after spending nearly a year in captivity.
(This photo appeared over the text seen at
right in the Fort Wayne, Indiana Journal Gazette on 4 June 1945.
The article was provided by Gregory Cummings, nephew of John Crouch)
 Home
At Last
John Crouch rejoined his family after receiving his discharge at
Camp Crowder, MO.
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 Paratrooper
Enroute Home From Germany
Word that their son, Pvt John P. Crouch, 20, had
arrived in New York was received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Corley Crouch
of 205 West Fourth Street, [Fort Wayne, IN].
A paratrooper, Pvt. Crouch was reported missing in action on D-Day
in France. He later was reported to be a prisoner of war in
Germany and information was received from a captured German who held the
hospital roster of Rennes that the paratrooper had been wounded by shell
fragments in both shoulders when he was captured. He was admitted
to a hospital June 16 and later sent into Germany for further treatment.
Pvt Crouch left North Side High School and enlisted in the Army on
June 6, 1940. He was in a tank communications outfit before
transferring to the paratroopers.
His brother, Sgt. Charles Crouch is still with an infantry unit of
the Ninth Army in Germany. Mr. Crouch is adjutant of American
Legion Lincoln Post 82 here. |
