Meta tags:
description=WWII archival research and wartime reconstruction by Erin Faith Allen. Fortitude Research recovers the human story inside military records, Holocaust documentation, recovers women s wartime histories, and is a leading expert in the liberation of Dachau and the 42nd Rainbow Division.;

Headings (most frequently used words):

the, and, she, research, is, erin, into, of, her, wwii, projects, fortitude, war, soldier, where, that, them, there, one, it, patton, 42nd, rainbow, division, historian, author, filmmaker, representative, investigative, reconstruct, resurrect, reveal, my, grandfather, said, army, faith, allen, knows, went, after, ended, documents, silence, families, who, carried, what, they, could, not, say, finds, brings, back, no, doing, this, work, way, does, helen, granddaughter, general, george, reconstruction, day, over, rhine, code, name, baker, catcher, human, side, pfc, wayne, cruse, killed, in, action, operation, nordwind, working, with, was, wonderful, experience, for, me, rare, fusion, scholarly, diligence, artistic, intuition, makes, so, unique, through, profound, creates, space, history, comes, alive, creative, instinct, becomes, bridge, between, fact, feeling, contact, com,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (47), and (33), division (15), work (14), with (13), 42nd (12), #rainbow (12), #research (9), that (9), erin (8), about (8), reconstruction (7), wwii (6), record (6), archival (5), wartime (5), press (5), media (5), infantry (5), his (5), from (5), writing (5), historical (5), into (5), contact (4), military (4), records (4), war (4), through (4), her (4), she (4), was (4), for (4), wayne (4), full (4), this (4), home (4), menu (4), fortitude (3), faith (3), allen (3), investigative (3), author (3), projects (3), operation (3), time (3), family (3), not (3), operational (3), story (3), could (3), narrative (3), who (3), tracing (3), soldier (3), back (3), testimonials (3), recovery (2), women (2), histories (2), official (2), profound (2), where (2), fact (2), working (2), experience (2), pfc (2), cruse (2), killed (2), action (2), during (2), nordwind (2), 1945 (2), served (2), 222nd (2), regiment (2), bud (2), when (2), first (2), book (2), celia (2), said (2), code (2), name (2), baker (2), catcher (2), daughter (2), primary (2), documentation (2), unit (2), level (2), context (2), what (2), within (2), verified (2), movements (2), personal (2), after (2), human (2), forthcoming (2), scale (2), lives (2), sources (2), accounts (2), battlefield (2), restores (2), families (2), one (2), analysis (2), brings (2), inquire (2), commission (2), patton (2), them (2), there (2), historian (2), folder (2), close (2), open (2), com, conducts, specializing, holocaust, liberation, dachau, left, behind, robert, sommer, scholar, concentration, camp, brothel, forced, sexual, labor, under, nazi, rule, creates, space, history, comes, alive, creative, instinct, becomes, bridge, between, feeling, wonderful, rare, fusion, scholarly, diligence, artistic, intuition, makes, unique, charles, january, france, anti, tank, company, traveled, louisiana, spend, arranged, veteran, lockered, gahs, join, video, call, died, able, tell, did, suffer, riveting, more, importantly, badge, honor, father, closely, original, manuscript, years, accumulated, source, specific, brought, living, inside, while, see, frame, precision, transforms, testimony, will, last, included, structural, revision, checking, clarification, editorial, bring, material, alignment, jack, westbrook, wrote, great, detail, addition, passing, took, project, needed, someone, meet, deserved, side, commissioned, involving, final, weeks, converging, plunder, dinslaken, germany, built, journals, morning, reports, other, german, hand, civilian, mapping, ground, psychological, dimensions, single, moment, has, rippled, across, generations, day, over, rhine, includes, dedicated, thread, off, whose, intersected, europe, multi, year, lived, personnel, files, cross, referenced, ongoing, dimension, journey, forward, individual, deeply, stories, are, often, lost, films, representative, undertake, range, depth, document, retrieval, holdings, such, national, archives, restorations, supports, publication, documentary, development, verification, large, initiatives, helen, granddaughter, general, george, finds, doing, way, does, grandfather, army, knows, went, ended, documents, silence, carried, they, say, people, come, complex, buried, fragmented, feels, impossible, specialize, untangling, conflicting, locating, missing, reconstructing, events, have, been, obscured, memory, loss, serves, those, seek, truth, coherence, factual, account, aligned, reconstruct, resurrect, reveal, filmmaker, skip, content,

Text of the page (random words):
wwii research wartime reconstruction erin faith allen investigative war historian wwii research fortitude research 0 skip to content home the work work with me 42nd rainbow division writing about about erin press media testimonials contact open menu close menu home the work work with me 42nd rainbow division writing about about erin press media testimonials contact open menu close menu home folder the work back work with me 42nd rainbow division writing folder about back about erin press media testimonials contact wwii historian author filmmaker i reconstruct resurrect and reveal people come to me when the story is complex buried fragmented or feels impossible i specialize in untangling conflicting accounts locating missing documentation and reconstructing events that have been obscured by time memory and loss my work serves those who seek verified truth narrative coherence and a factual account aligned with the historical record the work the work my grandfather said the soldier is the army erin faith allen knows where that soldier went after the war ended into the documents into silence and into families who carried what they could not say she finds them there and she brings them back there is no one doing this work the way she does it helen patton granddaughter of general george s patton the projects i undertake range from in depth document retrieval and analysis from holdings such as the national archives to full narrative restorations my work supports publication documentary development historical verification and large scale research initiatives inquire about a commission inquire about a commission representative projects 42nd rainbow division reconstruction a multi year wwii archival reconstruction of the 42nd infantry division tracing operational movements lived experience and historical context through military records personnel files battlefield analysis and cross referenced primary sources this ongoing work restores dimension to the division s wartime journey and brings forward the individual and deeply personal stories that are often lost within official histories through forthcoming writing and films this reconstruction includes a dedicated recovery thread tracing the women on and off the record whose lives intersected with the division at home and in europe 42nd rainbow division 42nd rainbow division one day over the rhine a forthcoming family commissioned book involving full scale wartime reconstruction tracing the final weeks of the war through converging lives during operation plunder in dinslaken germany built from unit journals morning reports and other military records german archival sources first hand soldier and civilian accounts battlefield mapping and on the ground research this work restores the human psychological and operational dimensions of a single moment in 1945 that has rippled across families and generations code name baker catcher the human side of wwii jack e westbrook served with the 222nd infantry regiment 42nd rainbow infantry division he wrote his story in great detail and with profound addition to the rainbow historical record after his passing his daughter took up the project and needed someone who could meet it at the level it deserved working closely with his daughter celia from the original manuscript years of accumulated rainbow division primary source documentation operational records and unit level specific context brought what the author living inside the story while writing it could not see from within the full historical frame verified military movements and the archival precision that transforms personal testimony into a record that will last the work included structural revision fact checking narrative clarification and editorial reconstruction to bring the material into full alignment with the archival record code name baker catcher is a riveting book more importantly as celia said it is a badge of honor for her father pfc wayne cruse 42nd rainbow division killed in action operation nordwind pfc wayne charles cruse was killed in action during operation nordwind in january 1945 in france he served with the anti tank company 222nd infantry regiment 42nd rainbow infantry division i traveled to louisiana to spend time with his family and arranged for 42nd division veteran lockered bud gahs to join by video call bud was with wayne when he died he was able to tell the family for the first time that wayne did not suffer press media press media working with erin was a wonderful experience for me it is the rare fusion of scholarly diligence and artistic intuition that makes her projects so unique through her profound research she creates a space where history comes alive and her creative instinct becomes a bridge between fact and feeling dr robert sommer scholar and author of the concentration camp brothel forced sexual labor under nazi rule fortitude investigative war research erin faith allen conducts investigative archival research specializing in wwii military and holocaust records wartime reconstruction the 42nd rainbow division and the liberation of dachau and the recovery of women s wartime histories that the official record left behind contact erin fortitude research com