Father: John Shinberger
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Baird
_________________________
-- Graduate: United States Military Academy at West Point -
-- John B. Shinberger is heralded as a major founder of the "First Special Service Force" as seen, in book form, as "The Devil's Brigade", first published in 1966 pitched as "The hell-for-leather saga of the wildest, toughest fighting men of World War II - the special force now called The Green Berets."
--In 1941 John B. Shinberger formed the first U. S. Army Airborne Artillery. "When his telegraph request for certain weapons was not filled within 48 hours, he composed a second wire and signed it with the name of Brigadier General Brehon Somervell, War Department Supply and Procurement chief. The guns made their appearance on the following day."
--Provost Marshal at Omaha Beach
--Commanded Engineer Battalion in Belgium
--John B. Shinberger "took on an enemy tank singlehandedly, receiving from the incident a number of serious wounds as well as the Distinguished Service Cross."
--Graduated: Episcopal Theological Seminary - Alexandria, VA
--John B. Shinberger: "Ordained a priest, he was assigned to a series of rural churches. He was an impressive figure in these pulpits, because he wore his medals on his surplice. His body healed, but his mind never quite recovered from the traumatice experiences of his wartime career.
Fr. John suffered several nervous breakdowns and finally, in 1959, was admitted to the Virginia State Hospital as a hopeless mental case. There he killed himself."
Source: The Devil's Brigade By Robert H. Adleman, George H. Walton - Page 51-56
_________________________
U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name: John Baird Shinberger
Service Info.: COL RET CLASS OF 1933 USMA
Birth Date: 26 May 1908
Death Date: 10 Feb 1959
Interment Date: 13 Feb 1959
Cemetery: Us Military Academy
Cemetery Address:
Transportation Officer Trans Div
Bldg 917 West Point, NY 10996
Buried At: Section VI Site 8
_________________________
West Point Graduate
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Baird
_________________________
-- Graduate: United States Military Academy at West Point -
-- John B. Shinberger is heralded as a major founder of the "First Special Service Force" as seen, in book form, as "The Devil's Brigade", first published in 1966 pitched as "The hell-for-leather saga of the wildest, toughest fighting men of World War II - the special force now called The Green Berets."
--In 1941 John B. Shinberger formed the first U. S. Army Airborne Artillery. "When his telegraph request for certain weapons was not filled within 48 hours, he composed a second wire and signed it with the name of Brigadier General Brehon Somervell, War Department Supply and Procurement chief. The guns made their appearance on the following day."
--Provost Marshal at Omaha Beach
--Commanded Engineer Battalion in Belgium
--John B. Shinberger "took on an enemy tank singlehandedly, receiving from the incident a number of serious wounds as well as the Distinguished Service Cross."
--Graduated: Episcopal Theological Seminary - Alexandria, VA
--John B. Shinberger: "Ordained a priest, he was assigned to a series of rural churches. He was an impressive figure in these pulpits, because he wore his medals on his surplice. His body healed, but his mind never quite recovered from the traumatice experiences of his wartime career.
Fr. John suffered several nervous breakdowns and finally, in 1959, was admitted to the Virginia State Hospital as a hopeless mental case. There he killed himself."
Source: The Devil's Brigade By Robert H. Adleman, George H. Walton - Page 51-56
_________________________
U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name: John Baird Shinberger
Service Info.: COL RET CLASS OF 1933 USMA
Birth Date: 26 May 1908
Death Date: 10 Feb 1959
Interment Date: 13 Feb 1959
Cemetery: Us Military Academy
Cemetery Address:
Transportation Officer Trans Div
Bldg 917 West Point, NY 10996
Buried At: Section VI Site 8
_________________________
West Point Graduate
Father: John Shinberger
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Baird
_________________________
-- Graduate: United States Military Academy at West Point -
-- John B. Shinberger is heralded as a major founder of the "First Special Service Force" as seen, in book form, as "The Devil's Brigade", first published in 1966 pitched as "The hell-for-leather saga of the wildest, toughest fighting men of World War II - the special force now called The Green Berets."
--In 1941 John B. Shinberger formed the first U. S. Army Airborne Artillery. "When his telegraph request for certain weapons was not filled within 48 hours, he composed a second wire and signed it with the name of Brigadier General Brehon Somervell, War Department Supply and Procurement chief. The guns made their appearance on the following day."
--Provost Marshal at Omaha Beach
--Commanded Engineer Battalion in Belgium
--John B. Shinberger "took on an enemy tank singlehandedly, receiving from the incident a number of serious wounds as well as the Distinguished Service Cross."
--Graduated: Episcopal Theological Seminary - Alexandria, VA
--John B. Shinberger: "Ordained a priest, he was assigned to a series of rural churches. He was an impressive figure in these pulpits, because he wore his medals on his surplice. His body healed, but his mind never quite recovered from the traumatice experiences of his wartime career.
Fr. John suffered several nervous breakdowns and finally, in 1959, was admitted to the Virginia State Hospital as a hopeless mental case. There he killed himself."
Source: The Devil's Brigade By Robert H. Adleman, George H. Walton - Page 51-56
_________________________
U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name: John Baird Shinberger
Service Info.: COL RET CLASS OF 1933 USMA
Birth Date: 26 May 1908
Death Date: 10 Feb 1959
Interment Date: 13 Feb 1959
Cemetery: Us Military Academy
Cemetery Address:
Transportation Officer Trans Div
Bldg 917 West Point, NY 10996
Buried At: Section VI Site 8
_________________________
West Point Graduate
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Baird
_________________________
-- Graduate: United States Military Academy at West Point -
-- John B. Shinberger is heralded as a major founder of the "First Special Service Force" as seen, in book form, as "The Devil's Brigade", first published in 1966 pitched as "The hell-for-leather saga of the wildest, toughest fighting men of World War II - the special force now called The Green Berets."
--In 1941 John B. Shinberger formed the first U. S. Army Airborne Artillery. "When his telegraph request for certain weapons was not filled within 48 hours, he composed a second wire and signed it with the name of Brigadier General Brehon Somervell, War Department Supply and Procurement chief. The guns made their appearance on the following day."
--Provost Marshal at Omaha Beach
--Commanded Engineer Battalion in Belgium
--John B. Shinberger "took on an enemy tank singlehandedly, receiving from the incident a number of serious wounds as well as the Distinguished Service Cross."
--Graduated: Episcopal Theological Seminary - Alexandria, VA
--John B. Shinberger: "Ordained a priest, he was assigned to a series of rural churches. He was an impressive figure in these pulpits, because he wore his medals on his surplice. His body healed, but his mind never quite recovered from the traumatice experiences of his wartime career.
Fr. John suffered several nervous breakdowns and finally, in 1959, was admitted to the Virginia State Hospital as a hopeless mental case. There he killed himself."
Source: The Devil's Brigade By Robert H. Adleman, George H. Walton - Page 51-56
_________________________
U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name: John Baird Shinberger
Service Info.: COL RET CLASS OF 1933 USMA
Birth Date: 26 May 1908
Death Date: 10 Feb 1959
Interment Date: 13 Feb 1959
Cemetery: Us Military Academy
Cemetery Address:
Transportation Officer Trans Div
Bldg 917 West Point, NY 10996
Buried At: Section VI Site 8
_________________________
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