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Aug 9, 2025 EUROPE
#usa #military #ww2 Before he became the only American soldier to fight for both the United States and the Soviet Union, Joseph R. Beyrle was just a small-town kid from Muskegon, Michigan—with a love for sports and a hatred for sitting on the sidelines.

In 1944, as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne’s Screaming Eagles, he jumped into Nazi-occupied France on D-Day. What happened next sounds impossible—but every word is true.

Beyrle blew up enemy supply lines, was captured twice, escaped twice, and survived brutal POW camps. On the run in Poland, he stumbled into a Soviet tank battalion led by a female commander—and convinced them to let him fight the Nazis at their side.

From Normandy’s hedgerows to the streets of Berlin, Beyrle fought under two flags, in two armies, against one enemy.

He wasn’t just a paratrooper.
He was an escape artist, saboteur, and the only American G.I. to fight in WWII wearing a Red Star.

This is the unbelievable true story of “Jumpin’ Joe” Beyrle—the Screaming Eagle who joined Stalin’s tank corps.

🔗 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

📖 GVSU Veterans History Project: Joe Beyrle Full Interview
• Joe Beyrle

📰 Military Hall of Honor – "Joseph R. Beyrle"
https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honor...

📜 Library of Congress Veterans History Project – "Beyrle, Joseph R."
https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.2...

📚 RECOMMENDED READS:
D-Day with the Screaming Eagles – George Koskimaki
The Longest Winter – Alex Kershaw

📺 CHAPTERS
00:00 - 01:20 Born for the Fight
01:21 - 02:10 A Michigan Kid
02:11 - 03:53 Jumpin Joe Beats Currahee!
03:54 - 08:36 D-Day and Capture
08:37 - 11:24 The 1st Escape
11:25 - 15:23 Amerikanski Tovarisch!
15:24 - 19:13 Russian Spy?
19:14 - 20:31 Coming Home