Further Readings about

99th Infantry Battalion (Separate)

The 99th Battalion (English)

Bataljon 99 (Norwegian)

Gerd Nyquist

Aschehoug, 1981

 

Red Wells, An American Soldier in World War II

Sharon Wells Wagner

Book Surge Publishing, 2006

 

Company “D” - United States Army

Sgt John Kelly

Kirstes Boktrykkeri, Oslo 1945

 

99th Infantry Battalion US Army

Howard R. Bergen

Emil Moestue, Oslo 1945

Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum

Decorah, Iowa

http://vesterheim.org/index.php

This museum also has a nice exhibit about the 99th Battalion (Separate), with uniforms, militaria, artifacts, etc donated to them by the Battalion.

U.S. Army

http://www.army.mil/

The official website of the United States Army

Links:

Below are some links that you may find interesting.  If you would like to put you website on this page, please email the webmaster and enclose a banner if possible:

Norway During World War 2

http://www.nuav.net/

Excellent website about Norway during World War 2, in both English and Norwegian.  The website includes a page on the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) and also has an excellent forum.

Sons of Norway

http://www.sofn.com/home/index.jsp

Sons of Norway is the largest Norwegian American organization in the World.

United States Embassy—Norway

http://norway.usembassy.gov/

This is the official webpage of the US Embassy in Norway.

The Royal Family—Norway

http://www.kongehuset.no/english/vis.html

This is the official website of the Royal Family in Norway.  The website is in both Norwegian and English.

We would very much appreciate if you would like to link your website with ours.  Please email the Webmaster for a Banner.

The home page of Harold Plank—Company “C”

http://www.haroldplank.com

This is the home page of one of the 99th Infantry Battalions own soldiers, the late Harold Plank, which served in Company “C”.  Plank served with the 2nd Ranger Battalion on D-Day, and was later in the war transferred to the 99th Battalion.  His book can be downloaded from his website for free.

The Town of Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium

These were some of the towns that the 99th Infantry Battalion liberated during the Canal Drive in 1944.  Today they are close partners with the 99th in preserving it’s history.