Red Burtts Storys
Many people as they grow old "Daydream" of years gone by, I am one of those people. My regular Blog is at, redburtt.blogspot.com/ For Archives Scroll To Bottom Of This Page, Click On Dates For Previously Posted Storys. I think of one every day..... e-mail me at (redburtt@yahoo.com)Sunday, December 10, 2006
He Was Just A Little Kid.
Simone:
My boyhood friend.
Antonio C. Simone
Private, U.S. Army
Service # 31422998
116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 4-Sep-44
Buried at: Plot H Row 18 Grave 5 Brittany American Cemetery
St. James, France
Awards: Purple Heart
This is one of my boyhood friends, I met him when we were 5 years old, when he came home from basic training in 1944 we hung around together for 3o days, the night he left to return to Camp I rode into South Station in Boston from Cambridge on the subway with him to see him off, when he got on the Train I said “see you when you get back”, then we laughed and I said “give em hell” I never saw him again, he was only 18 years old.
I have just spent two hours on the Internet reading about the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, this was the Division portrayed in the movie “Saving Private Ryan” these were my friend Tony Simone's "Band Of Brothers"
My friend Tony Simone from Greasy Village survived the D-Day Landing of Normandy on June 6 1944, after the invasion his outfit then worked their way up to Brest in Brittany, he died on September 4, 1944 during the Battle For Brest in Brittany France. He lived for three months after the invasion of Normandy,
He is buried in the American Brittany Cemetery St James, France.
When we were 9 or 10 years old we used to “Play War” with old broom sticks for rifles in the backyards of Cambridge, I wonder if Simone ever thought of that when he was doing “The Real Thing”?
My son and his wife travel a lot, they have already been to France but I had no idea at the time where Simone was or was killed.
If my son in his travels ever goes to France again I would like him to put a flower on this grave for me and tell Tony that he is “Burtts Son”
Author: Red Burtt
My boyhood friend.
Antonio C. Simone
Private, U.S. Army
Service # 31422998
116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 4-Sep-44
Buried at: Plot H Row 18 Grave 5 Brittany American Cemetery
St. James, France
Awards: Purple Heart
This is one of my boyhood friends, I met him when we were 5 years old, when he came home from basic training in 1944 we hung around together for 3o days, the night he left to return to Camp I rode into South Station in Boston from Cambridge on the subway with him to see him off, when he got on the Train I said “see you when you get back”, then we laughed and I said “give em hell” I never saw him again, he was only 18 years old.
I have just spent two hours on the Internet reading about the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, this was the Division portrayed in the movie “Saving Private Ryan” these were my friend Tony Simone's "Band Of Brothers"
My friend Tony Simone from Greasy Village survived the D-Day Landing of Normandy on June 6 1944, after the invasion his outfit then worked their way up to Brest in Brittany, he died on September 4, 1944 during the Battle For Brest in Brittany France. He lived for three months after the invasion of Normandy,
He is buried in the American Brittany Cemetery St James, France.
When we were 9 or 10 years old we used to “Play War” with old broom sticks for rifles in the backyards of Cambridge, I wonder if Simone ever thought of that when he was doing “The Real Thing”?
My son and his wife travel a lot, they have already been to France but I had no idea at the time where Simone was or was killed.
If my son in his travels ever goes to France again I would like him to put a flower on this grave for me and tell Tony that he is “Burtts Son”
Author: Red Burtt
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