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Ben Berry featured

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The Spring 2025 issue of World War II History magazine featured our own Ben Berry in an excellent article by Kevin Hymel. It tells us a lot about Ben’s life and about his record in WWII.

World War II History is the only remaining mass market WWII magazine and is worth a look. Ben’s profile is the 3rd article published in Carl Gnam’s family of magazines about a BOBA stalwart member. Earlier articles featured Darrell Bush and Harry Miller.

He has also published two articles by our Outreach director, Leon Reed.

To subscribe: https://www.sovhomestead.com/whn/wwii/index.php

New feature: Bulge monument of the week

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We’re starting a new feature here on the BOBA web page. Every week, we’re going to make note of a Battle of the Bulge monument, in the US or overseas.

For the most part, these monuments are simple tributes to the American GI who fought in this campaign.

This week’s monument is located in Patton Park on the outskirts of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg. Ettelbruck was near the southeast corner of the Bulge and was the site of intense fighting between German forces and the 80th Division. This monument was erected in 1994 to mark the 50th anniversary of these events. It was erected by the Cercle D’Etudes Sur La Bataille Des Ardennes (CEBA) (“Circle of Studies of the Battle of the Bulge.”)

If you have a favorite Bulge monument, submit a photo and brief description for this feature. Send your information to boba.editor@gmail.com.