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You are
probably wondering what in the heck is a
Stub and Duke. Well they were two friends
who happen to have jumped into Normandy,
France 6 June 1944.
Stub was
Corporal Clayton Storeby (ASN 20753795)
and his buddy Duke was
Private Harold F. Conway (ASN
36104298). They were in Company C 326th
Airborne Engineer Battalion (Combat) 101st
Airborne Division.
Duke’s
grandson Kevin Barkman reached out after
stumbling across my site. Kevin was looking
for information about his Grandfather. He’d
already found an account about what his
grandfather had done in Normandy.
After a
little poking it turns out there was a bit
of information about Duke. There were
Morning Reports, account from
George
Koskimaki’s
(Coach K) D-Day with the Screaming Eagles
book and Medical Records for Duke.
Stub and Duke
were walking down a road the
morning of 6 June when Duke was hit in
the thigh. A
detailed account is here from Coach K’s
book.
Here are the
Morning Reports showing the day
Duke was wounded, when he
came back into Company C and
his furlough in at the
end of July.
Duke was
wounded again 28
December 1944 and came back into Company
C
1 February 1945.
His medical records are
here as well for
both of his wounds.
As an aside a
letter from Frank Halloran mentioned
something I never knew. Company C for
the 326th was a Parachute Company.
Company A and Company B had one Platoon were
a Parachute and two Platoons were Glider
Riders.
The 82nd Airborne Engineer Battalion had a
different breakdown. Company B and
Company C were Parachute and Company A were
Glider Riders.
Hopefully we all learn something new every
day.
Brian Siddall
January 18, 2026 |
