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Get ahold of the book "Biggest Brother"...It is a bio on Major Dick Winters. I think you can piece together who is still alive from it. I would look in my own copy but I just lent it to a friend. I know Winters, Malarky, and Guarnere are still with us. Frank Perconte and Buck Compton are also still around. However, recently Shifty Powers sadly past away.
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How do you still remember D-day today?
I still remember D-Day because I knew quite a few men who took part in it, mostly through my membership in the Royal Canadian Legion. Unfortunately many of these veterans have since died and I only know one who is still alive,.
Which men was alive at the end of World War 2?
joseph stalin
Are there any SS men alive today?
In my neighbourhood there lives a 87 year old SS-man from the SS-Panzerdivision Wiking. He is physically as fit as me - and I am only 48. I still see him riding his mountain-bike sometimes.
Who landed on the beach first on D-day?
about 140,000 men landed on Utah beach with ten thousand made it out alive
What do you call a large military unit of ground troops?
It depends on your definition of "large". The biggest seen in WWII were army groups, made up of two more more field armies, with hundreds of thousands of troops. A field army has two or more corps in it, and might have 75,000 to 300,000 men. A corps has two or more divisions in it, and might have from 40,000 to 120,000, roughly. A division has three regiments (or brigades) in it, and might have 10-15,000. A US regiment in WWII had about 3300 men, and had three battalions in it. A battalion had three rifle companies, plus a heavy weapons company, a total of about 850 men. A company (in the US) had about 225 men when the war started; later, the table of organization changed and a company had 187 men when it was at full strength at the end. A company had four platoons, each with around 40-50 men. Each platoon had four squads, each with about 12 men.
