William C C Cavanagh

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Will Cavanagh is currently the most widely requested instructor by the US Army in the European Battlefield staff ride program. He has been escorting American World War II veterans back to  their European battlefields since 1968 and he has been able to relate many personal stories and experiences gained first hand from the guys who were there!
Our tours are enlivened, given added depth and made all the more pleasurable by the presence of your guide, the charismatic Will Cavanagh. His personal fascination with the battlefields of World War Two, stems from his family roots in the Belgian Ardennes. As a boy, he listened attentively as his late mother, a Belgian interpreter with U.S. First Army, told of those traumatic times. Cavanagh served as principal research assistant to the late Charles B. MacDonald, author and former Deputy Chief Historian at the Centre of Military History in the research for his book "A Time For Trumpets" and the running of military tours. He has successfully published 2 of his own books, entitled "Krinkelt-Rocherath, The Battle For The Twin Villages" and "Dauntless- A History of the 99th Infantry Division". He participated in the recovery of the remains of two American MIA’s and their repatriation stateside.
Cavanagh is a charter Life Member of the "Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge" and has assisted in a number of projects to raise monuments and plaques commemorating the sacrifices made by the soldiers of various American units during WW2. His years of experience taking American veterans back to battlefields throughout the ETO, and his time as an instructor running staff rides for the U.S. Seventh Army, ensure that these tours provide travellers with an unforgettable experience, maximum historical input and an empathetic trip back in time to the raging battles fought on our behalf.