{"id":38597,"date":"2013-11-24T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T19:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38597"},"modified":"2013-11-24T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T19:15:02","slug":"paratroopers-and-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38597","title":{"rendered":"Paratroopers and Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=38598\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38598\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/airborne-beer.jpg\" alt=\"airborne-beer\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38598\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is the story of Vince Speranza, a new private at the Battle of the Bulge in Hotel Company of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division. It&#8217;s better that you hear the story in his words;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZe2H8nvUAM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/former-paratrooper-recalls-wwii-incident-that-led-to-beer-fame-1.254178\">The Stars &#038; Stripes<\/a> reports that Vince got to visit his old regiment which is now in ALaska and no longer part of the 101st;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Troops showed him a Nazi banner hanging in the Battalion Headquarters that Speranza had signed more than 60 years ago but had never thought about since. They marveled with delight while a rush of names and memories flooded back to him.<\/p>\n<p>Magsig also ordered ceramic helmets and Airborne beer for the regimental ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Speranza\u2019s visit has been rich and rewarding for every paratrooper in the battalion,\u201d Magsig said. \u201cYou can see it on their faces and the way they carry themselves. After talking with him, they stand straighter and stick their chests out. Their faces beam with pride at the opportunity to serve in the 501st \u2014 in the shadow of men such as Vincent Speranza.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=38599\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38599\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Musee-du-Cochon-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Musee du Cochon\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Musee-du-Cochon-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Musee-du-Cochon-249x333.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Musee-du-Cochon.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the story of Vince Speranza, a new private at the Battle of the Bulge &hellip; <a title=\"Paratroopers and Beer\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38597\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paratroopers and Beer<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-war-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}