![]() ![]() The information you find on the Cabbage Patch pages is as up to date as possible and for entertainment only. He commanded the 27th Infantry Regiment in Korea and was Eisenhower’s aide-de-camp from 1947 to 1948.Disclaimer: Yello80s cannot identify or price any Cabbage Patch Kid dolls or products. ![]() He returned to the battle of the Bulge, as Chief of Staff of the 101st. 14 senior officers including Michaelis were wounded. A German shell exploded just above his command post in Schindel. On September 22, 1944, he was in Holland leading the 502nd. He was awarded the Silver Star at Carentan. He coordinated the dramatic actions of his 1st and 3rd Battalions along Purple Heart Lane and up to the Cabbage Patch. It was Michaelis who took charge of the regiment. Como du Mont and decided to relieve Moseley of his command and ordered him to return to England. General Anthony McAuliffe observed the scene from St. The historical leader of the 502nd directs the fighting from a wheelbarrow. Colonel Moseley broke his leg on landing. He took part in the assault due west towards Houesville, where furious fights took place against the German parachutists. He then moved with his RHQ/502nd group to Audouville la Hubert and then Blosville. Michaelis landed in Normandy near Saint Germain de Varreville. He was one of the first 300 recipients of the Parachute wings, the parachutist certificate designed by William Pelham Yarborough. He was then a Lieutenant Colonel and could be proud to be, at 32 years old, one of the pioneers of the US Airborne. He jumped to Normandy as Executive Officer of the 502nd PIR, commanded by Colonel George Van Horn Moseley. Lieutenant Colonel John “Iron Mike” Hershey Michaelis (West Point 1936) was born on Augin San Francisco. Lieutenant Colonel John "Iron Mike" Hershey Michaelis ![]()
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