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| Jan 15, 2004 at 03:49:03 | Willis S. Cole, Jr. "Sam" (ww1@ww1.org) |
| http://www.ww1.org |
| I am hunting for any member of the 563rd SAW Bn or any member of the XIX TAC who has any knowledge of a B-17 that crashed near the the HQ of the 563rd, at Hattonville, southeast of Verdun.::::The bomber had fire from the one wing clear past the tail on one side and a smokeing engine on the other.::::Four men died, in the crash. The two pilots, a radio operator and the tail gunner. Their remains were first buried at the Limey Temporary Cemetery.::::On GO 38, May 16, 1944, the two pilots were awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor.
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| Jan 15, 2004 at 08:38:41 | Diane Peters (dpe12591@cox.net) |
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| My Dad,George H. Avery was in Battery B.449th AAA "AW"BN (MBL). I am trying to find any information possible about the Brave Men he served with. Also any ribbons and medals recieved so that I may have them replaced. I lost my Dad in October,He never wanted to talk about the war.All he would say is NO MAN SHOULD EVER HAVE TO SEE WHAT HE SAW.I know he had nightmares for a very long time after he was home. Any help would be greatly appreciated.:: GOD BLESS ALL OF THE BRAVE MEN WHO WERE THERE,THANK YOU ALL:: DIANE
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| Jan 19, 2004 at 15:14:31 | Timothy A. Onderco (onderco@access4less.net) |
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| Looking for info on my Dad. Battery "B" 78th AAA AW BN 9th AF. His name was Jonh F. Onderko. Heavy Machine Gunner 605. M1 Rifle MKM 30 & 50 CAL MACH GN-2CL GNR. He served in the RHINELAND & ARDENNES GO 33 & WD 45. Please contact me with any info.
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| Jan 21, 2004 at 18:08:36 | WmHHumble (traffcon@gvtc.com) |
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| Was a member of the 111th Tactical Recon Squadron. Came into the south of France with the southern invasion. Moved up into France as the Germans retreated. Finished the time in France, came home July 1945.
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| Jan 21, 2004 at 22:24:12 | GARY S. OSBORN USAF RET (ROCKINGGO@YAHOO.COM) |
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| Too young for WWII, nonetheless, you who fought the great::battle are always my heroes. And,,,,your pinups..mine too!
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| Jan 25, 2004 at 16:57:49 | drian Philip Ball (adrianpball@btinternet.com) |
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| As I have spent 3 evenings searching, for the real truth about Pearl Harbor Dec7 1941, on the WWW I was absolutely delighted to finally grab your fantastic detail on the Radar system actually in operation Dec.7 1941! It has been a long haul to find the "FINE DETAIL" on actual radar model?equipment in use on that fatefulday! I wonder if thereis still a US Museum around that might still have one of these historic setS? As far as i`m concerned the equipment appears to have worked OK! Pity about the ensuing POLITICS which to this day still creates "HOT DEBATE" with Military Historians the World over. I am another of your most impressed website readers. North London . UK.
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| Jan 27, 2004 at 16:28:02 | Milton Boriss (madmac2@ix.netcom.com) |
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| On behalf of my father, Milton Boriss, who served in the 195th AAA Battalion in Belgium in 1944, much of which was outside of Wuustwezel. He died a few years ago, but had warm memories of that time, and revisited Wuustwezel for the 50th anniversary commemoration. I would appreciate hearing from anybody who served with him or remembers him.::Sincerely,::Madeleine McClellan
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| Jan 27, 2004 at 16:30:19 | Milton Boriss (madmac2@ix.netcom.com) |
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| Sorry, Milton Boriss served in the 495th AAA, the 195th was a typo!::Madeleine McClellan
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| Feb 2, 2004 at 00:51:50 | John Leavitt (retirednfishing@msn.com) |
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| Im disabled vet from 173rd Air Born A co. 2Bat. 68-69. I have just bought a M1 Searchlight trailer in fair cond.I am trying to restore. Would you know how much weight it could haul. would you have any clowe up pictures of front and sides. my trailers I::d Plate says Its trailer no. 689. If you or any body has information on trailer , would like to hear from you. Your friend and comrad John Leavitt 173rd Air Born.
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| Feb 2, 2004 at 23:06:33 | KEN OWEN HYATT (TSALERNO71@AOL.COM) |
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| :::: KEN WAS IN THE 225THSEARCH LIGHT BATTALION FROM 1943THRU 1945 HE RESIDES IN PORT HENRY NY AND IS DOING WELL IF YOU NEW HIM PLEASE EMAIL ME THANK YOU.
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| Feb 5, 2004 at 07:10:11 | David R. Moore (moore.david.r.w@att.net) |
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| Son of Cpl. James K. Moore, 397th Bomb Group, ETO 6/44-11/45, ground crew with the AZON Bomb unit. Trying to track down exact squadron 596-599th. Ken passed away 2001.
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| Feb 6, 2004 at 19:11:49 | Robert Faulkner (robfaulk@yahoo.com) |
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| Thanks for a great site. I was proud to see my dad in the first picture. I wish I could have shown this to my mom before she passed last year. ::All the Faulkner kids, Betty, William, Robert and Benny appeciate your work and dedication to this group of long silent heros. ::We all owe so much to these, and the many other men of the armed forces in their era. They literally saved the world. May they never be forgotten. Your site is a fitting tribute and we will search dad's belongings for material that might add to it. ::Thank you again. ::Bob Faulkner, Princeton WV
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| Feb 6, 2004 at 23:46:31 | Ben Faulkner (BratFarm@pol.net) |
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| I'm pleased to find such a thorough resource honoring the men who served with my father.
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| Feb 7, 2004 at 22:51:36 | WALTER CLARK (SCOTTAVEC@WMCONNECT.COM) |
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| I SERVED WITH 163RD COMBAT ENGINEER BN WW2 IN FRANCE-GERMANY::WE BUILT FIRST BRIDGE OVER SEINE NEAR PARIS. FOUR BRIDGES OVER RHINE. I'M NOW 81 YEAR OLD. STILL KICKING.::THANKS FOR THIS SITE
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| Feb 8, 2004 at 21:06:20 | John Clodfelter (hohoho6383@Comcast.net) |
| http://volksgruppen.akunin.biz/ |
| My father was with the 435th Fighter Squadron during WW II and I'm trying to find any information about him and his unit while he served. His name is John Preston Clodfelter,Jr
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| Feb 14, 2004 at 05:16:50 | Ken Curtis (bkcurtis@prodigy.net) |
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| My father, Louis CURTIS, served with the 48 AIB of the 7th Armored Division. He fought with them in the Battle of the Bulge. Thanks for keeping the spirit of the Vets alive.
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| Feb 16, 2004 at 01:07:33 | RANDY RAY (rantermax@sbcglobal.net) |
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| Any one that knew Olaf Hall 319th Inf. Reg. 80th Inf. Div. please contact me. rantermax@sbcglobal.net::::I really enjoy this website. ::::Many thanks to those involved.::::And much more to those who served.
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| Feb 20, 2004 at 12:22:16 | Wendy (rob-wen@telusplanet.net) |
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| I'm grandaughter looking for information on my grandfather Robert Taylor.He was in the 92 nd field Battalion from Edmonton Alberta (1929). Originally from Sheffield England who name was Walter Smith and served in the British Army there.Looking for any info.
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| Feb 22, 2004 at 16:13:16 | charles Mc Connell ( McCnnll247@aol.comi was loo;ing for ) |
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| i was lookink for the 159 and the 160 Engineers combat Battalion and came across this, its good ,well get back and read some more
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| Feb 23, 2004 at 07:05:18 | BoBo Hall The Elvis Lady (elbobo@tnni.net) |
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| My Brother EWalter R. Rigney served in World War 11 in Germany and a Prisoner of war sketched my picture I still have it and treasure it, I will keep it always, My brother came home with Malera Fever, and suffered with it a lot. he is Gone now and I miss him terribly. ::My youngest brother and I grew up together and it almost killed me when he went into service he was too young and I asked him to wait until I got a letter from Walter to ask him if he should volunteer or not. we waited and waited until Jr. couldn*t wait any longer, he said SIS
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| Feb 26, 2004 at 03:47:07 | Calvin M. Hammack (POVAD@AOL.Com) |
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| I was in the Ardennes (Buldge) and RR at Biarritz aft::I sleep well most of the time.::Few tears any more
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| Feb 27, 2004 at 21:38:58 | edwin kraemer (edwinkraemer@earthlink.net) |
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| I have a WWII M1 searchlight trailer I would like to sell::as it is too heavy for my towing vehicles. Any help or advice on where to sell it would be appreciated. I recall a dealer in Texas exists but do not know how to contact them. This unit is EXCELLENT for forklifts 928-476-2256::::Thanks, Ed kraemer
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| Feb 28, 2004 at 17:04:16 | Diane Phillips-Whitman (raynbow2@alltel.com) |
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| What a wonderful sight. I recently received 4 yrs worth of letters that my father wrote during the war. In comparing his letters to your web site was amazing. His first letter, dated 25-02-42 starts with his arrivel at Camp Tyson. He tells his parents of being the first group of soldiers to arrive and that he is not sure when basic will start. His letters continue as Company C of the 307th moves to Camp Hawthonre, Ca. So much of what is shown and talked about he writes in these letter. He was transfered to Battle Creek, Mich and became an MP. Then on to Illinois, Louisiana, Africa,France, and Rhineland as an eletrician with the 784th Eng Petroleum Distr. Co.
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| Mar 1, 2004 at 14:49:26 | Frank Lewis (flewisptr@aol.com) |
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| Served in the ETO with the 8th and 9th USAAF from 1942-1945
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| Mar 3, 2004 at 17:41:14 | Joseph Mastriano (cawfeejoe@aol.com) |
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| COMPANY B SECOND PLATOON BATTERY B
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| Mar 6, 2004 at 23:05:39 | Bud Chaddock (squidme@jps.net) |
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| I have a leather bound handmade book with members of the 231st with several pictures with names of soldiers involved during the camps existance. Nice Photos of the Gang. Any one can help me Id things. I picked this up at a yard sale. Great history recorded. Let me know please. Bud Chaddock::::925-625-7828
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| Mar 8, 2004 at 12:26:10 | Anna (fortrails@earthlink.net) |
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| My mother was a WAC stationed at Sheridan (early 1943, I imagine.) Her job was to track hits/misses on targets. Are there other WAC or men who remember such details? Many thanks.::
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| Mar 18, 2004 at 12:39:31 | Deborah Eales Williams (dew4j@zoominternet.net) |
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| Am looking for information on Lt. Frank J.Bailey, died about 1944 in France. I believed he received the purple heart for saving his platoon or something like that. Any info. will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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| Mar 18, 2004 at 18:26:21 | William Keith Evans (wkevans@toad.net) |
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| I'm actually Keith's daughter signing in for him. He was in the 517th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion at Camp Davis beginning in 1943.::::I have a copy of a a furlough list dated 21 April, 1944 with his name and the names of others on it.::::He may be best remembered as the bugler.::::Dad is 78, he suffered a stroke a year and half ago and is paralyzed on his left side. Last summer he had pneumonia and a terrible bladder infection. This January he fell and cut his head and at the hospital they discovered one of the most deadly cancers in his lung. He begins radiation theraphy on Monday, March 22.::::If there is anyone out there who remembers the bugler from St. Michaels, Maryland and would like to say hello, his email address is wkevans@toad.net. ::::He played the bugle for the VFW Memorial and Veterans day celebrations for more than 50 years, until he had his stroke. ::::He was drafted out of high school in 1943, lacking a half point to receive his diploma. This past June he was sent a cap and gown and participated in graduation ceremonies at his old high school. We wheeled him up in wheel chair and the whole auditorium stood cheering, clapping and crying. He was crying too. ::::Thanks::::Pam O'Brien
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| Mar 20, 2004 at 14:50:27 | PAT FULBRIGHT (jpfulbri@bellsouth.net) |
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| My father march in the death march,and live thought it . He would not talk about it. He passed in 1984. I just wanted to try find out if anyone know of him. He came the Valdese n.c. his name was walter martinat he was wery young when he join.
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| Mar 28, 2004 at 11:07:14 | Marlis (Manning) Wagner (marlisfaye@yahoo.com) |
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| I'd like to contact Jeffrey Hall who is trying to get information on the 166 AAA Gun Bn. My father (Kenneth Manning) was in that battalion. He was in the Pacific (New Guinea and the Phillipines mainly) I have a few photos I would share.
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| Apr 3, 2004 at 17:47:20 | Charles D. Cox (chascox@HiWaay.net) |
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| Lucked up on your page. I was commissioned as a second lieutenant, US Army Coast Artillery Corps on 10 September 1949. Not too many followed.
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| Apr 5, 2004 at 21:47:18 | JOHN E. SWEENEY (BIGGS623 @aol.com) |
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| DURING WORLD WAR 2 I ARRIVED AT CAMP KILMER ON NOVEMBER 13, 1943, LEFT NOVEMBER 18, 1943 AND BOARDED A SHIP GOING TO ENGLAND,ARRIVED IN AVONMOUTH DECEMBER 4TH, ASSIGNED TO THE IST INFANTRY DIVISON AND WAS IN THE D-DAY INVASION ON OHMAHA BEACH, STAYED WITH THEM UNTIL INJURED IN AACHEN, GERMANY,SEPTEMBER 25, 1944 RETURNED TO ENGLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, ASSIGNED TO THE AIR FORCE,364TH AIRDROME SQUADRON, RETURNED TO U.S,ON THE US NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, ARRIVED IN NEW YORK NOVEMBER 29,1945 LEFT SEVERAL DAYS LATER FOR CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS AND HOME.
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| Apr 6, 2004 at 22:37:04 | Joann Johnson (jojay28@earthlink.net) |
| http://www.geocities.com/jojay28 |
| I lived across the street from the Barrage Balloon Battalion in Hawthorne, California. It was on 114th Street. I was 13-14 in 1941 and 1942. My mother and I used to invite the soldiers to dinner and also to the Foursquare Church on Broadway in the City of Hawthorne. I have pictures and good memories, though I don't remember names, I do remember a couple of nicknames: "Shorty" and "Fritz."
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| Apr 9, 2004 at 11:24:56 | George M Robinson (geoelizrob@webtv.net) |
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| I departed camp Pat. Jan. 15 th for Bombay,India, on the longest U.S. troop trip taken by any group , 103 days from Hampton Roads to Bombay by way of Panama Canal,Galapagos Islands,Bora Bora, Australia,to Bpmbay, to Calcutta,Dum Dum, Khulna, back to Calcutta while with the 1007 th SS Eng. Btn.
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| Apr 9, 2004 at 17:51:27 | Brian Ducker (bducklaw@aol.com) |
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| My father, Leslie Ducker, was a master sargeant Communications Chief in the Headquarters Battery of the 211th Coast Artillery and then the 29th AAA Group. He was in the ETO for Normandy, Ardennes, Northern France and Rhineland according to his discharge papers. I would love to hear from anyone familiar with these units.::Thank you,::Brian Ducker
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| Apr 13, 2004 at 18:25:10 | BOB FORTELNY (Fortelny1@aol.com) |
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| I am the nephew of Junior Stokes who served in the 143rd AAA Battery in the invasion of Normandy. I would like to know if anyone remembers him. He is still kicking in Cape Cod. Let me know by phone or email. My phone number is 714-4571945. Thank you
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| Apr 14, 2004 at 15:41:34 | Pat Harvey (pharvey@evasd.k12.wi.us) |
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| I would like to find out more information on my Uncle, James B Manning. He was the first person drafted into World War II. Everyone called in JD. He was killed at Normanday and his ID # was 01283990. I know where he is buried, but I would like to know if someone knew him. If his wife is still alive. He was from Washburn, Wisconsin. If anyone can help me I would very much appreicate it. Our whole family is dead so there is no one to find this information from.
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| Apr 19, 2004 at 09:19:00 | Stephanie (Dreamers6disease@aol.com) |
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| I just got back from a European class trip. London was one of the cities we visited, and during a shopping spree in Notting Hill's flea market, I bought an old battle dress jacket from 1947. I am researching its origins and would love if anyone has any pertinent information to help me in my search. It has the initials R.E.M.E. on the side. It is a olive dark green color and made out of wool which has transformed to felt over the years. Looking forward to responses!
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| Apr 19, 2004 at 21:09:12 | Martha Eaton (chinamartha@yahoo.com) |
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| My dad, Edwin Estle, was a member of the 231st AAA Searchlight Battalion in 1944-45, serving in Seracourt-Le-Grand, France, about 10 miles SW of St. Quentin, for nearly 2 years. He is still alive at 94, and remembers well his experiences. If there are any other members of this Battalion around, please reply.....he would love to get in touch. He recalls that he was attached to the HQ, not specifically Batty. A,B,or C. ::::Martha Eaton::Hampton, NB Canada
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| Apr 20, 2004 at 12:03:24 | KEN DICKSON (MARCIA_KENDICKSON1@JUNO.COM) |
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| HI!::I WAS SURFING THE WEB,LOOKING FOR WWII INFO ON MY WIFE'S MERCHANT MARINE DAD, WHO SAILED MOSTLY THE ATLANTIC FROM 1943-1945 ON VARIOUS SHIPS.::::I NOTICED SOME OF YOUR RESTRICTED AREAS APPEARED TO BE UNIQUE AND ATTEMPTED TO ENTER.::::BEING AN OLD MARINE YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT HERE!!!::::SEMPER FI!
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| Apr 22, 2004 at 18:19:22 | Dorothy Von DolterenWise (DWISEHATLADY @AOL. COM) |
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| I AM VERY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN I THINK THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IS THE GREATEST WAY WE HAVE TO HONOR ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT IN THAT WAR AND ALSO THE FAMILIES THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND THAT SUPORTED THEM IN THAT ENDEAVOR
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| Apr 25, 2004 at 20:39:00 | Steve Cole (stevec01e@aol.com) |
| http://members.aol.com/ItalyWW2/History.htm |
| Great website. You cover some units that don't get in many of the history books. I hope to browse around more until I finish it all. ::I have a website that I started 3 or 4 years ago on my Dad who was in the 85th Division. It has grown some and I try to post any historical info about the forgotten war in Italy after June 1944. It includes photos donated by veterans or their children.::I would like for you to add it to your LINKS page. You already have on for John Heiser's site. He is a friend of mine and does a great job recording the history from the Veterans. I don't want to compete with him. ::You might also want to link to my short history of the 91st "Powder River" Division---which is only 1 page. But you don't have a link for that division.::If you get any inquiries about units in Italy, send them my way---maybe I can help.::Some of you smaller pics are not showing up at the moment. I'll see if it does on another server.::Steve
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| May 5, 2004 at 12:18:41 | Bud Chaddock (squidme@jps.net) |
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| I have two Photo book Full of pictures from the 231st ORD CO.::They are from Camp Haan. Pictures are of Yosemite and of There adventures during there Tour . I will try to make out names.::::PFC Kuken::PFC Barnard::PFC Moles::Sgt Mannel::Cpl Sidel::Cpl Schilling::Pvt Taylor::Cpl Sturihn::Pvt Gamble::Pfc Sutterfield::Pfc Del Seno::Pvt Gambler::Sgt Jackson::::These are some maybe looked for persons who served. Or maybe you served with them. I purchased them at the Flea Market because of content. 925 625-7828 If you can help.::Thanks Bud::::Pvt Kimbro::
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| May 15, 2004 at 18:39:06 | carol loney (diamondgirl88826@aol.com) |
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| im am lookind for anybody that knew my uncle mel alf loney. he was in 387th port battalion carrier. from 1941 to 1943. he was a private. kenneth loney any one who knows him 734th AAF Base Unit 1942 to 1946. radio operator 760. and was in africa Carol Loney
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| May 17, 2004 at 15:54:10 | K W Beattie (KWBeattie@ntlworld.com) |
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| Visited Chalgrove airfield, Oxfordshire, 16/05/04.
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| May 22, 2004 at 18:13:35 | Diane (dyoungell@milwpc.com) |
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| Looking for information on Battery D, 487th AAA. My father, Francis Youngell, was in New Guinea on Noemfour Island in 1944. He was a Sergeant in the "Special Battalion" on the 40 millimeter antiaircraft guns. He was in Camp Haan before going overseas. I would like to find more about his battlion or anyone who may remember him.::Thanks,::Diane
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| May 26, 2004 at 23:33:14 | adam wootton (bubbiehoot@hotmail.com) |
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| i was recearching some information about where my grandfather was stationed at when he was in the military at camp davis. i'm in the military at camp lejeune so it is interesting to know that we were/are stationed at practically the same place, just seperated by time.
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| May 27, 2004 at 19:52:11 | Melvin Friedrich (Dvvv65@aol.com) |
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| I would like to be in contact with anyone who served with me in the 225th 1st platoon battery A. Some buddies were Eugene Massey, Sgt.Yarbough, Cpl. Dorsey, Archie Buschelon, and ? Olson. My phone number is 303/688-3481. I will be attending the WWII dedication ceremony and would like to see any of you. If you are in D.C now you can contact me at 703/365-7523.
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| May 27, 2004 at 19:52:24 | Melvin Friedrich (Dvvv65@aol.com) |
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| I would like to be in contact with anyone who served with me in the 225th 1st platoon battery A. Some buddies were Eugene Massey, Sgt.Yarbough, Cpl. Dorsey, Archie Buschelon, and ? Olson. My phone number is 303/688-3481. I will be attending the WWII dedication ceremony and would like to see any of you. If you are in D.C now you can contact me at 703/365-7523.
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| May 27, 2004 at 19:52:44 | Melvin Friedrich (Dvvv65@aol.com) |
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| I would like to be in contact with anyone who served with me in the 225th 1st platoon battery A. Some buddies were Eugene Massey, Sgt.Yarbough, Cpl. Dorsey, Archie Buschelon, and ? Olson. My phone number is 303/688-3481. I will be attending the WWII dedication ceremony and would like to see any of you. If you are in D.C now you can contact me at 703/365-7523.
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| May 28, 2004 at 21:49:43 | Mark McCabe (wingnut-@excite.com) |
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| Glad to have been led to this site...!::::Thanks::::Mark
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| May 30, 2004 at 15:54:49 | Seymour William (Bill) Lawenda (professormcgee@aol.com) |
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| would like to post some info ,please contact me on how to send pics and text . thank you::
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| Jun 2, 2004 at 19:37:44 | joe (pier1884@bellsouth.net) |
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| hi; i;m looking for info on the unit my father served in it was the 25 base svc sq aaf ww11 i would like to know where this unit was at during the war thanks for any help you can give me my father was robert w. pierson he was born and lived in kentucky he died in march 1971 thanks again
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| Jun 3, 2004 at 01:56:08 | JOANNE HOLDEN (CMHOLDEN@msn.com) |
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| My father was a T Sargeant flying in a heavy bomber unit over Czechoslovakia when his plane was shot down. The mission was to bomb an oil refinery and then return to Italy. All crew members survived but were captured by the Germans. He ended up in a POW camp for the rest of the war. The mission was in August,1944. His name was Eugene Joseph Moriarty and I honor his memory with this story.
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| Jun 3, 2004 at 02:55:30 | Robert Schmidling (enathe3@hotmail.com) |
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| My father said he was attached to the 206th AAA battery "C" I believe, and he was in the Army. I am not able to find any documentaion on his unit. He was on Saipan and was part of the mop up. If anyone has any information that would help me establish a history on him, I would be eternally grateful and he can rest easier. He has cancer and may not be with us very much longer.
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| Jun 3, 2004 at 22:53:12 | Tina Hess (thess@netrax.net) |
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| My grandfather asked me to research the 231st AAA Search Light Battalion, in which he was part of and low and behold I found this GREAT site! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!
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| Jun 4, 2004 at 09:33:39 | Lynne Gallaudet Dolan (lynne55@nyc.rr.com) |
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| Read the guestbook and found it very interesting. Even saw someone I knew, CoffeyJoe. Iwas looking for some information about my fathers unit(s). When he went in, late 1942, he was with the 116th AAA Gun Bn (MBL) Battery A. My mother said that he went in on the first wave on D-Day with this unit. BUT then on his NY Port of Embarkment papers he was with the 493rd AFA Bn C Battery on Nov 22, 1945, sailed on the USS Hermitage from Marseille, France to NY. I also have a picture of the "First Reunion, Battery A 116th, the the Hotel Park Central dated Oct 5, 1946"::
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| Jun 4, 2004 at 09:41:02 | LGD (lynne55@nyc.rr.com) |
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| One more important thing for all you VETERANS::::THANK YOU!
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| Jun 6, 2004 at 20:50:01 | Beth Strycharz (bethstrycharz@comcast.net) |
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| My father, Henry F. Metrowke, fought in WW11 and served with the 573RD AAA BN Battery C for 12 months in the European Theater of Operations. I have his separation papers, which indicate his separation was with Battery C 132 FIELD ARTILLERY BN as a corporal. I am very proud of him. He passed last November 8, 2003. ::
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| Jun 6, 2004 at 23:17:54 | Robert A. Middleton (ram1944us@yahoo.com) |
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| Looking for info on 910 AA (AW) Bn. March - May 1945. Was my Fathers unit part of Seventh Army.
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| Jun 7, 2004 at 17:13:29 | Seymour Miller (Rozandsy@aol.com) |
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| I have been searching for an old buddy of mine for the past several years. We served together in the 3rd Bn of Darbys Rangers. He left the Rangers for a job writing for Yank from areas in the Pacific. Does Yank have an assoc. of wwII staff? Does anyone have any idea of how to contact JUSTIN GRAY if he is still alive? It wouuld be real nice to see JUSTIN GRAY again and I believe he owes me a dollar.
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| Jun 10, 2004 at 18:49:51 | E.J. Fleming (flemingiv@aol.com) |
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| Great site. I'm writing a book about Carole Landis, a 1940s actress who was very active during the war visiting American troop sites in Europe (and everywhere else). I would be interested in hearing from any members who might have personal recollections of her visits and/or photos that they might want to share. Her work during the war has never been documented, and this book will highlight that part of the effort. Thanks.
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| Jun 13, 2004 at 21:21:14 | Arlene Richardson (marich@mtintouch.net) |
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| Found your site while I was looking for info about my Dad.::He served in the USMC from 1932 until 1952. He survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, but would never speak of any of it. I have his service papers and have been trying to following his career throughout his service years. Thank you for your dedication and passion to all those who are still with us and those who guard Heaven's gates. A Marine's Daughter ::
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| Jun 15, 2004 at 12:39:33 | John (Jack) Maher (Queenbee@cs.com) |
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| Server with 776th AA AW Btn 43 thru 45::from Waterbury Ct
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| Jun 16, 2004 at 21:56:39 | Robert Middleton (ram1944us@yahoo.com) |
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| Looking for info on 910 AAA (AW) Bn. Was my father unit.
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| Jun 17, 2004 at 01:05:52 | george bailey (george.w.bailey@usarmy.mil) |
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| i was station at camp lejeune in the 1960's the runway was used as a drag strip until the commanding general at camp lejeune made it off limits. on highway 50 you can still see a brick chimney of one of the wooden barracks. my neighbor worked for the ACL RR during the war years and made a many stop there. It is all gone now just a few streets left, sad. the postmaster at crab orchard, ky newland scott was station there in the 1940 and his wife martha worked building camp lejeune. cw4 g bailey usarmy
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| Jun 18, 2004 at 14:47:14 | John (Jack) E. Maher (Queenbee1021 @cs.com) |
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| (correcton) I served with U.S.Army 776th AAA AW Btn D Btry:: From 43 to Dec 45 from Waterbury Ct. (now in Salem Ma.)
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| Jun 19, 2004 at 21:32:35 | Rose Pranger (rpran@fuse.net) |
| http://www.private-art.com |
| Hello,::::I was surfing aorund on Google to try to get a detailed history of the 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion when I clicked on this site and there on the opening page was a mention of our site PRIVATE ART.::::We have been up and running since 1997 and we appreciate you seeing fit to add us to your site.::::Gratefully,::::Rose Pranger::Site Historian::PRIVATE ART::::http://www.private-art.com::::P.S. I just had to mention this:::::Our 50th Wedding Anniversary comes up this Fall. As a surprise - our children - total 7 - are sending us on a European trip - to England, Normandy and a lot of the places where Art served with the 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion.::::We also visited the WWII Memorial in Washington in early May. That journey was very memorable.::::::::::::::
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| Jun 20, 2004 at 14:42:22 | gary welthy (gewelthy@localnet.com) |
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| My dad was a sgt. in b company, he passed away on May 8, 1987. He rarely talked of his experiences. I would like to hear from anyone that may have known him. :::::: Gary Welthy
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| Jun 23, 2004 at 20:32:35 | Q Madp (q@delta15.com) |
| http://www.IraqWarHeroes.com |
| I would like to thank all that are serving this great country of ours and thank all of you that have made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States of America, It's People and Our Freedom. ::"Don't Let The memory Of them Drift Away" Q Iraq War Heroes http://www.IraqWarHeroes.com www.AfghanistanWarHeroes.com www.USMCLINKS.com ::
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| Jun 26, 2004 at 20:15:51 | Simon Ross (sross71@comcast.net) |
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| Member of the 94th Infantry Div. 301st Regiment. 2nd battalion Hqs and e company
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| Jun 29, 2004 at 23:29:48 | Alto Battiest (flyingeagle828) |
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| I was a sergeant with the searchlight battery at::Camp Davis when the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor in 1941.::We were deployed immediately to the Newport News area::of Virginia, then to San Francisco. In February 1942::we shipped out for Christmas Island, Hawaii, Mog Mog,::Leyte in the Philippines, Okinawa and Ie Shima, returning::to the U.S. in September, 1945.::::I would like to hear from any AAA men who served at::Camp Davis or those islands at that time -- Alto Battiest
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| Jun 30, 2004 at 23:14:26 | russell blevins (rummy592000@ij.net) |
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| iwas at haan in 1943 when 3 air craft took off from march field and crashed in the middle of haan an burned we had been there 3 days when that happened, we left there an whent to camp iwrin out in dessert i was in the 356 anti air craft batt,b
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| Jul 1, 2004 at 12:11:29 | Andrew Shook (dalejrfan308@yahoo.com) |
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| Hello! My great uncle, Fred Shook, serviced with Company C. Thanks for the website. I enjoy it very much!
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| Jul 8, 2004 at 08:10:15 | Ted Fecteau (tedfecteau@hotmail.com) |
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| Looking for any info about my father and his brothers during the war
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| Jul 8, 2004 at 10:25:17 | SGT Gregory Sapp (Gregory.Sapp@us.army.mil) |
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| Hey, i just wanted to commend you all on the sight. This is great. I was stationed at Fort Custer, MI for three years when I was active national guard on a CST Team. The pictures you have on the sight look exactly like Fort Custer does to this day. There is alot of WWII history at Fort Custer. Many artillery battalions trained there before the war, and it also became the Military Police training school of the army.It was a large German POW camp for many years, also the sight of a great train accident that killed many german pow's. I just wanted to write you guys and let you know I think this is the type of thing that all soldiers of today need to sit down and read about.Keep the brotherhood of soldiers alive.::::Sincerely, SGT Gregory Sapp
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| Jul 17, 2004 at 13:52:42 | tony |
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| this is the best website on ww2, the pin ups section is out of this world, why dont women look that good these days?, i hope skylighters gets bigger and even better, believe me no website portrays ww2 better, or the bravery of those who fought.
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| Jul 19, 2004 at 22:00:33 | LJ (mancheskil@hotmail.com) |
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| I really like the site! I ended up on this by accident. I'm glad that I did and will tell others of it-
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| Jul 22, 2004 at 09:30:13 | William M Ropke (BROPKE@AKSYS.COM) |
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| Trying to find any info about my dad William H Ropke, i found his name on the roster of battery "B". I found your website by accident,and will be sending a link to my sister to enjoy the articles and historical data you have complied.::
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| Jul 22, 2004 at 12:18:03 | Don (im5150too@aol.com) |
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| My Father served with the 430th AAA AW Bn and trained at Fort Fisher. I am looking for any information about his unit, especially any unit histories.
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| Jul 23, 2004 at 11:12:19 | WILLIAM E. ROPKE (BILLROPKE@WOLFNET.NET) |
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| INCREDIBLE. WHAT A MARVELOUS WEBSITE. MY DAD, WILLIAM M. ROPKE, E-MAILED ME A NOTE SAYING THAT HE FOUND YOUR WEBSITE BY ACCIDENT. AFTER DOING A LITTLE LOOKING AROUND, HE FOUND THE NAME OF HIS FATHER, WILLIAM H. ROPKE(BATTERY B).::SO HERE I AM AT WORK (NOT WORKING), LOOKING THROUGH THIS SITE. WHOEVER STARTED THIS SITE NEED A BIG PAT ON THE BACK.::TOO MUCH HISTORY IS BEING LOST ON A DAILY BASIS AS THESE BRAVE MEN ARE PASSING AWAY. THANK-YOU FOR PROVIDING SUCH AN INTENSIVE AND ARTICULATE WEB SITE THAT JUST TOUCHES ON THE LIVES OF THESE MEN. I NOW INTEND TO TIE UP MY PRINTER AT WORK PRINTING OFF ALL OF THESE PAGES, SO I CAN POUR OVER THEM THIS EVENING. AND I WILL SHARE SOME OF THESE STORIES WITH MY SON, SPENCER WILLIAM ROPKE, ABOUT WHAT HIS GREAT-GRANDPA'S UNIT DID DURING THE WAR.::THANKS DAD FOR SENDING ME TO THIS SITE.::SINCERELY, ::WILLIAM ROPKE
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| Jul 28, 2004 at 18:31:51 | Carol Day Waldrop (daycdrop@earthlink.net) |
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| My Uncle Henry Day died in France and is buried in Rhone Cemetery in France. He was in the 437th Anti Aircraft Arty Battalion...He was from Texas and after he left for basic he never got to come home again . I would like to hear from anyone that may have served with him . He was in Africa and was in every major battle from there to France where he died ..He died in Nov. of 44 ...Thanks for giving me a voice to be heard. I have all of his letters he wrote to his Mom and Dad while he was there .It is amazing to me all they went thru. Again Thanks
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| Jul 29, 2004 at 14:46:59 | Walter T. Shevchik, SFC,USA,RET (walt.shevchik@irs.gov) |
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| Good day, all! My father WALTER V. SHEVCHIK, MAJ,USA,RET,was stationed at Camp Roberts, NC, from 2 Jun 43 to 17 Oct 44. He was the Battery Commander of HQ 844th AAA Bn, and later the Bn MTO for the 327th AAA SLT Bn. He came here from Camp Roberts,CA and before that duty station, he graduated from Class #1, FT Sill, OK OCS in 1942. He currently lives in Longmont, CO and recently celebrated his 89th birthday. I will forward all email/snail mail, to him, from those who wish to contact him. My address is 2219 Palomino Drive, Warrington,PA 18976.
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| Jul 30, 2004 at 15:31:41 | Margaret Gilhespy (margil28@btinternet.com) |
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| I have been fascinated to read your website as I was born in the older (earlier than 1680) house you picture as Link House, and later my family lived in the other, Victorian house. In fact, neither of these houses is Link House. The former is Link House Gardens and the latter Link House Farm. The Link House was a Georgian mansion, built circa 1700, which was demolished in the 1960s.Having servicemen, mostly British, living in it for 4 years didn't do it a lot of good! I have a photo of it and have written my family's experiences of living there before and during the war.If you are interested in seeing these let me know. I will need a postal address; there is too much to send as an attachment. :: Best wishes Margaret
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| Jul 30, 2004 at 18:47:49 | sparer (sparer25@rambler.ru) |
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| Hello. If you have an opportunity render material aid in preparation for expedition on search the soldier of victims in the second world war, in area of city Leningrad the request to communicate to the address sparer25@rambler.ru tel: Russia Sankt-Peterburg 4288077.
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| Aug 3, 2004 at 13:09:29 | Michael Kennedy (difp@iol.ie) |
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| Greatly enjoyed the site. It was very useful to me in my research into Ireland's rather meagre AA defences in WW2.
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| Aug 4, 2004 at 01:17:53 | Deb (HisMouse1@aol.com) |
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| If anyone is interested, I have a original group photo of ::::Platoon 325 U.S. Marine Corps Dan Diego 1950::Sgt. R.V. Havens S/Sgt. L.D. Copeland::::HisMouse1@aol.com
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| Aug 8, 2004 at 16:20:07 | Steven Martin (castle50th@webtv.net) |
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| From 1961 -63 I lived on Camp Kilmer as a young boy when my dad was stationed there. I remember the old barraks we lived in and they were convertered to apts. We used to take the green army buses to Lincoln school in town and my school mate would wonder why our buses were green! Enjoyed the armistist day activities with tanks and cannons etc. Really brings back memories seeing the pictures of the camp on this web site.
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| Aug 13, 2004 at 10:46:41 | Kelly Mellor (kellymellor@hotmail.com) |
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| I am not sure if this is the right place to be looking, but I'm searching for details about a Corporal Robert L. Lewis who was originally from Washington DC and met a young lady called Dorothy Flodine in Riverside California in roughly late summer 1944 while serving at Camp Haan. ::::I am not a family member and don't mean to intrude in other's lives, but I have recently acquired some letters which belonged to the couple. I'm a writer and during my research for my first novel, I found their story to be a particular fascination and would love to know what came of them after Bob's discharge on April 22nd 1946. Did they ever see one another again? ::::I'm not sure I want to know, but would love for there to have been a happy ending. If anyone has any information or Bob and Dorothy are out there, I'd love to hear from you. The story has been a real inspiration to me and the strength of heart shown in these letters may not have been anything out of the ordinary at the time but I found it enormously emotive. All I need now is a resolution.::::Respectfully, Kelly Mellor, UK. kellymellor@hotmail.com::::
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| Aug 14, 2004 at 11:14:37 | Bob LaVine (cjbob@megalink.net) |
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| A friend of a friend who was at Utah Beach with the 95th Div, 378th Reg., has not spoken of the war in years. Recently, he has expressed interest in re-tracing his history from Utah Beach through France to the end of WW II. Does anyone out there have information about this Division and this Regiment that could be shared with Bill (last name not known to me)? If you do not have information right at hand, perhaps you could direct me to sources that would be meaningful to Bill's service at Utah and throughout the war. Thanks a million, Bob
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| Aug 21, 2004 at 15:29:25 | Steve Ratcliffe (info@cullercoats.org.uk) |
| http://www.cullercoats.org.uk |
| The Cullercoats web site has been updated and now::has a good selection of photographs and postcards::that give an idea of what the area was like during::WWII, and it gives connections with the USA that predate::that time - when the greatest of all American painters,::Winslow Homer, stayed in the village for nearly two years.::It has, of course, a link to the Skylighters site and its::fine content.::Regards to all.
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| Aug 24, 2004 at 12:59:24 | Terry Atkins (hillbilly@telebyte.com) |
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| Am researching 'barrage balloons' that were used in Bremerton during WW2. The place I rent has big anchors in the yard (cement) that was used for them, and the property has a 'taking' on the title for US Gov. The balloons were to keep aircraft from flying in low to attack the Navy Yard . any info folks? thanx
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| Aug 28, 2004 at 12:23:51 | Raymond Glansberg (ray6ad@aol.com) |
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| Loved it!!!!
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| Aug 31, 2004 at 14:49:08 | Teresa Sexton (navagator47@yahoo.com) |
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| Wow Iam so excited about this site ! Iam signing for my Mom and my Dad . My mom is alive she is 81 now , my dad passed a few months ago . there names are :::::Pvt First Class Mary Marjourie Louise Moore {Sexton }::Staff Sgt. Douglas Theodore Sexton both stationed during WWII there at Camp Kilmer New Jersey . I heard so many storys now I get to see where they met ! This is so Neat ! ::Thank you for myself and mostley for them . May we always remember .
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| Aug 31, 2004 at 23:46:08 | Paul Mardian (weatherballoon@msn) |
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| I'm looking for any information on my Uncle's old unit, the 166th AAA Bn. His name is Jim Evkhanian and he lives in Glendale, CA. He tells me that his WWII AAA outfit was in 4 different locations in New Guinea and later moved up to the Phillipine Islands. They also received a Presidential Unit Citation or at least were nominated for one. Does anyone out there remember my Uncle or have any information to share on the 166th? Thanks very much! Paul
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| Sep 7, 2004 at 19:03:28 | GySgt A.S. Gwaltney |
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| Range Inspector at Camp Lejeune. Travel the remains of Camp Davis weekly, very interesting to learn the history of the camp.
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| Sep 8, 2004 at 08:42:45 | Cees KROON (ckroon10@freeler.nl) |
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| We are looking for Capt. Philip Kroon, inducted into the U.S. Army on Aug.4, 1941 and was stationed at Fort Bragg. N.C. until he entered officer candidate school at Fort Sillo, Okl. on July 4, 1942. He used to live in Grand Rapids, Mich, and was employed by the Peolples National Bank. His father was Lt.Col. Augus Kroon. During WW-II he served in a.o. 144th Field Artillery Group. He was S-3 and orientation officer. ::Who can help?::Sender: Cees Kroon, the Netherlands
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| Sep 9, 2004 at 19:52:18 | Charles Jackson Tipton (Jack) (brb832@trconline.net) |
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| My Dad, Charles Hugh (Banty) Tipton (Corporal)U.S. Army, served in the ETO from 1943-1945. He passed on in 1969, his wife Julia Frances Tipton passed on in 1973. I was 16 years old when he passed. I know so little about his experiences in the war. He was a member of the 787th AAA AW battalion, D battery. According to help from others the 787th was attached to the 50th AAA Brigade supporting the 12th and 21st Army groups. He also spent a couple of months in the 30th general hospital in Belgium. I am trying to trace some of the history of his battalion. If anyone can give assistance it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you to all of our veterans for your devotion and service to your country, especially to the "Greatest Generation" of which my Dad was a part of.
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| Sep 10, 2004 at 09:39:17 | Elizabeth Hiddemen Rice (ehrice@frontiernet.net) |
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| I think your web site is great. My husband was in the 165th Signal Photo Company from Chipping Sodbury to the end at Weisbaden. He was photographing at Buchanwald for two weeks after it was liberated. Clark T. Rice was a Technican 4th grade at the end of the war.
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| Sep 10, 2004 at 16:12:34 | Ian McNaughton (ianmcnaugh@aol.com) |
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| I have restored a 1942 Jeep and was looking for a photograph of a wartime vehicle to copy markings. In my local museum (Newton Abbot, South Devon, England)I found two photos taken in Union Street Newton Abbot in spring 1944.::::They show first a jeep clearly marked 1A-469-AAA A-1 with a soldier on board and second from the same reel of film a portrait of the same soldier. ::::It would very nice if I could find out who this soldier was and pass the jpeg images to anyone interested.::::The jeep also carries scribble (graffitti) on the rear wing (Silver Dollar Bar Dowton Boston) and this connection is not very obvious.::::Can anyone help????
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| Sep 13, 2004 at 22:08:10 | Pete Troost (troost@rci.rutgers.edu) |
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| Greetings from Rutgers University TV Center located in an old Camp Kilmer Building in Piscataway, NJ. Building 4048, 14 Berrue Circle was made into a TV Studio during the mid-sixties. After major budget cutbacks and layoffs last year, the old studio was close to abandonment. You will be happy to know that for over forty years, Television was taught and produced out of this facility (we like to call it "the TV Barracks"). And yes, we are still here, keeping the lights on. ::Next door, 4047, has some sort of vaults with safe doors. We are cleaning up the place, but keeping the "barracks" feel and look. Looking for photos and such we could use in our lobby as a sort of "homage" to our past heroes. Any suggestions?::Thanks,::Pete Troost::Studio Manager::Rutgers University::Instructional TV Studio
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| Sep 16, 2004 at 21:21:49 | Rosemarie Hacunda Decker (rmdecker@suscom.net) |
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| I couldn't believe I typed my Father's name into google & up popped his picture on your site as the 2/04 picture of the month. He is pictured as Otto Hacunda from Lucaston(new Lindenwold) NJ. My Dad has passed on, but was very proud of his time spent in the army as a very young man, probably about 20 in the picture. I miss him of course, and knowing a little more about what his life was like as a soldier helps to keep his memory alive for me. It was such a thrill to see his picture, I can't express my appreciation. His love of his country and commitment to individual freedom was instilled in me, and I hope to continue his legacy in his grandchildren: my 20 year old son and 18 year old daughter. Thank you for creating this forum and I plan to educate myself with your site.
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| Sep 17, 2004 at 21:07:49 | Tony Makara (bettygrablelove@yahoo.com) |
| http://vintagemoviefan.freehomepage.com |
| Hope you guys don't mind but I 'Borrowed' your excellent biography on Betty Grable to add to my Betty Grable website, it is by far the best mini-biography that I've seen on Betty so I hope you don't mind me using it? Of course I have added a link to 'Skylighters' below the biography. I run several Betty Grable websites and a Betty fan club too, so I know how Betty was a good luck symbol for all of you. I truly believe that this website portrays the atmosphere and humanity of war better than any book or television documentary. Skylighters I salute you!
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| Sep 20, 2004 at 10:28:21 | Rod VanDyke 20431 Hwy 45 Louisville Ill 62858 (rpm@wabash.net) |
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| My father was in the 76th. Co. L Captured Sept. 9th 1944. Stalag 7a William (Bill) VanDyke. Sent to a farm work camp. The civilian couple who owned the farm were named Vogel. Lived in Philly before the war, and went back to Germany so they could be there when Hitler took over Europe. Would love any information or to here from anyone who served with him.
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| Sep 29, 2004 at 01:23:07 | Benton Heier (bjheier@hotmail.com) |
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| Great website to look at. I think its great to have all of the names listed. My grandpa Arlie Heier Sr served in the 225th AAA searchlight batalion. It is great to remember these soldiers and their cause for fighting for our country.
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| Oct 8, 2004 at 15:05:35 | Tom Sanders (Sandman215644@aol.com) |
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| Im looking for info about this unit 104th A.A.B.B.V.L.A i guess that means104th antiaircraft artillary barrage ballons::very low altitude?My dad was drafted from Rushville Indiana::on 12-21-1942,went to training at Camp Tyson Tenn.left the states on 7-10-1943 for the ETO. while there took part in six campaigns,Sicily,Naples-Foggia,Rome-Arno,Southern France::Rhineland,and Central Europe.He recieved Eame ribbon,six bronze service stars,bronze arrowhead,Good Conduct Ribbon.::Dads gone now.died 3-29-1983,never discussed the war.said it was a bad time a long time ago.best left alone.Anyone with info on this unit and what they did please contact me at Sandman215644@aol.com Dads name is Thomas O Sanders he was a Tec 5. Thank You for your help. Tom Sanders
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| Oct 16, 2004 at 09:23:35 | lobet jean-marie (skogen@tiscali.be) |
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| Votre site est parfait,un grand merci à celui qui en a eu l'idée..............BRAVO::Ce samedi nous fêtons le 60 ème anniversaire de la libération de notre ville par les troupes U.S (Town HUY in Belgium).::In november makes the good choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!::Jean-marie
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| Oct 19, 2004 at 09:39:58 | Don Helgeson (donhelgeson@comcast.net) |
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| In the SCR-268 handbook @ the Communications & Electronocs Museum, Fort Monmouth, NJ there are comments about the early problems the folks @ Fort Sheridan had with the SCR-268's in 1940 or 1941. It seems that they took the sets on several long trips & had trailer bearing problems that seemed like "sabatoge" @ the time.::::I have a BC406/SCR-269 receiver & couple of SCR-268 scopes looking for a new home, if any one is interested.::::Best Regards, Don Helgeson LLine: 1-647.676.4629
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| Oct 19, 2004 at 17:03:03 | Everett Usher (ced446@bendnet.com) |
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| Need historical data about Camp Callan,San Diego..I was sttioned here in the summer of 1943.Oh for the memories of this camp.I am nering the sunset of my life and wis to share some of my personal history with my sons..thank you Ev Usher
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| Oct 20, 2004 at 12:44:36 | george burkhard (georgeburkhard@hotmail.com) |
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| thanks for the nose art of betty grable my sister workes in a retirement home so i am printing this for a display on wwII thanks
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| Oct 24, 2004 at 08:02:05 | Nina (xphilernj@aol.com) |
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| This is one of the most exciting and eye-opening sites I've come across in a long time. I've been researching my family history and both my grandfathers, my father and father-in-law were in one war or another. It's been great going through the many files you have and seeing what they must have seen. Thank you for such a wonderful place to visit.
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| Oct 27, 2004 at 14:03:13 | Gene Kelly (genepatrickmichael@yahoo.com) |
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| Great site. Thank you. One thing though, Camp Kilmer was reactivated for the the Korean War. Perhaps it seems to me that nobody remembers that War. I wonder why not? Again, thanks for the great site.
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| Oct 27, 2004 at 17:15:41 | Everett C. Emerson (Ed) (eemerson@viclink.com) |
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| I am a WWll vet with 2 yrs. service in the ETO. I am 79 yrs. old, but feel like a 179 yr. old. I was with the ::995th. Signal Port Service Co. ::Basic training in Camp Edison, N.J., High speed radio op. training in Fort Monmouth N.J. SS Argentina to England, Bridestow on the moors,dirty smelly ship on the invasion fleet to Normandy. Chateou in Morlaix, Fr.,::to Brest, to Antwerp, Belgium, ducking and sometimes not ducking enough the Vl's and Vll's. Hospital in Liege, Bel.,To Hospital in Paris, to Hospital ship SS Wisteria to Staton Is. N.Y. Halleron Gen Hop. to Mayo Gen. Hop. in Ill. where finally after 2 1/2 Years, back home. A few things happened in between, but they weren't too important. Good night Tommy Stainback--Good night Kelly Barr. This is (COSMO), (the human torch), (Cpl. For a day) Emerson. eemerson@viclink.com. ::
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| Oct 27, 2004 at 20:47:14 | Peggy Willis (mww123@ncez.net) |
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| My mom worked as a civilian employee at Camp Davis during 1942 and possibly 1943. I also believe my father may have been there during this time. Does anyone remember an "Annie Bell Long Bailey" and Charles Edward Greene at Camp Davis? I believe that my mom worked at the gas pumps for the vehicles. Please respond if you have ever heard of my parents. Thank you. Does anyone know if there is a roster which can be gotten listing the names of the employees who worked at Camp Davis during its operation?
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| Oct 30, 2004 at 15:02:52 | Maurice Pritchard (www.cortinamk1@btinternet.com) |
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| Does anyone remember the no1 composite AA demonstration battery royal artillery in U S A in 1943 if so can you let me know THANKS MAURICE
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| Nov 3, 2004 at 22:01:17 | Jeffrey C. Unger, All-State Commander VFW Post 8483 (ungerjc@charter.net) |
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| America's Heroes and Comrades, I regret to inform you of the passing of one of your finest. This past Tuesday morning, November 2, 2004 PFC William J. Smith lost his battle with a lung disorder and entered eternal rest. We will recognize, remember and honor his life and service to this great nation in services Friday, November 5, 2004 in Madison, Wisconsin. Just prior to his passing (11 days before) he was honored and presented with a Certificate of Commendation for his commitment and dedication to the VFW as Officer of the Day to 9 Consecutive Post Commanders. He never stopped serving his country or fellow veterans. Godspeed Comrade.
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| Nov 5, 2004 at 19:57:05 | Lisa Gibson (katcrazy@alltel.net) |
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| I have a picture of Company D at Camp Callan CA on May 10, 1941. Where can I get a list of the people in the picture?
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| Nov 10, 2004 at 12:04:42 | Stephen Foster (steesh1952@aol,com) |
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| What a great site ! I wondered if anyone could help me locate a William or Bill Macfarlane/macfarland? ::He served in WWII in the 225th AAA searchlighters battalion::skylighters, I am lead to believe he was in the 422 and 425 Nightfighters squadron. He was stationed in Blyth, Northumberland England from 17th june 1944.::Any one with any info(however small!) please contact me::thanks
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| Nov 11, 2004 at 12:49:25 | Cheri Hall (ringogirl58@yahoo.com) |
| 385 Sunrise Lane,Decatur,Tn.37322 |
| Hi I am trying to find anyone still alive that knew the crew of the Jolly Roger plane.The crew was called the Pack Rat.My grandfather was a tailgunner on that plane.::He was reported missing over New Guinea,1943.I would just like to find someone who might have known him-Berthol Allen Chastain-or might have seen the plane explode,which is what the family was told happened.I would appreciate any information.:: Thank You!:: Cheri Hall
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| Nov 11, 2004 at 22:40:25 | sherri Glaser Kooperman (mskoop@comcast.net) |
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| Dear Guys, I was so excited to see my Dads picture on the internet and learn more about his experience in the war. My Dad was Harry Glaser, and he died when I was six years old. I'm 49 now, and I just called my younger sister in Memphis to tell about the site. Thank ya'll so much for having this web site ! Love, Sherri Glaser Kooperman
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| Nov 14, 2004 at 20:37:04 | Robert Leibold (wwiivictory@usa.net) |
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| Took a Rhein River trip from Amsterdam to Basel, in April this year: Made portcalls' in Dusseldorf, Koln, Koblenz, Boppard, Rudesheim, Heidelberg, Speyer, and Strasbourg. The excursion was intended for fun--we lived in the lap of luxury; drank expensive wines, ate five-star food daily--but all the while, I couldn't take my mind off the men who'd stormed through this part of Europe sixty years before, during Ike's 'great crusade.' Weather in April along 'der Mittelrhein' was cold, rainy, and snowy; overcast prevailed nearly every day of our vacation, and I frequently wondered how the GI's managed to live, fight, die, and win in such conditions, all while facing the world's best-trained, most formidable army. The Germans, for their part, struck me as dauntingly intelligent, extraordinarily hardworking and businesslike--certainly they were a tremendously difficult military foe for SHAEF. Every old man I saw in the street I envisioned in Wehrmact or Waffen-SS uniform. Germany was the most beautiful country I've ever visited--and I've visited many--though at every step of my cruise I was haunted by the ghosts' of Germany's not-so-distant past. In Koblenz, I drank the greatest bier on earth, and still shuddered to think that I was enjoying life in the very heart of the same city in which the great Manstein once strategized his lost victories. My grandfather was born along the Rhein, and visiting there somehow made me realize even more just how lucky I was to be born an American. I owe it all to the GI's of WWII.::::This is a fine website: Keep up the great work.
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| Nov 14, 2004 at 20:43:34 | Robert Leibold (wwiivictory@usa.net) |
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| Took a Rhein River trip from Amsterdam to Basel, in April this year: Made portcalls' in Dusseldorf, Koln, Koblenz, Boppard, Rudesheim, Heidelberg, Speyer, and Strasbourg. The excursion was intended for fun--we lived in the lap of luxury; drank expensive wines, ate five-star food daily--but all the while, I couldn't take my mind off the men who'd stormed through this part of Europe sixty years before, during Ike's 'great crusade.' Weather in April along 'der Mittelrhein' was cold, rainy, and snowy; overcast prevailed nearly every day of our vacation, and I frequently wondered how the GI's managed to live, fight, die, and win in such conditions, all while facing the world's best-trained, most formidable army. The Germans, for their part, struck me as dauntingly intelligent, extraordinarily hardworking and businesslike--certainly they were a tremendously difficult military foe for SHAEF. Every old man I saw in the street I envisioned in Wehrmact or Waffen-SS uniform. Germany was the most beautiful country I've ever visited--and I've visited many--though at every step of my cruise I was haunted by the ghosts' of Germany's not-so-distant past. In Koblenz, I drank the greatest bier on earth, and still shuddered to think that I was enjoying life in the very heart of the same city in which the great Manstein once strategized his lost victories. My grandfather was born along the Rhein, and visiting there somehow made me realize even more just how lucky I was to be born an American. I owe it all to the GI's of WWII.::::This is a fine website: Keep up the great work.
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| Nov 21, 2004 at 14:04:27 | Jean Michel ADDE (eddajm@wanadoo.fr) |
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| HI!a very good site:I'm looking to search old sites of V1 in the Somme and near Dieppe to Berk sur mer;we search ammunitions depots maps and soldiers.I searh old maps of german airfields in north ouest of Paris.::best regards for you
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| Nov 21, 2004 at 16:40:49 | mike roseman (mikerosem@comcast.net) |
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| my father was in the 89th::maurice roseman (rosie)
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| Nov 24, 2004 at 09:40:50 | Brownie Shoultz (Shoultz@gmail.com) |
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| Veteran WWII.::Thanks to Skylighters for work done in remembrance of our::WWII veterans and those from a more recent era.::Most of we WWII Vets are gone or soon to be.::Perhaps time will dull or even erace our memories.::Thanks to Skylighters a few may be preserved for those who::share interest in WHY THEY STILL REMAIN FREE!!!!
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| Nov 29, 2004 at 15:29:45 | Brian Temple (briantemple@lineone.net) |
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| I rempber the Americans being stationed at Debdon Gardens Barracks. In fact my cousin married one of the Americans (Schilling)& went to America as a War Bride. As a young boy we used to go to the local Fish & Chip shop for the soldiers who were confined to Barracksand were payed with chewing gum.::::However I was informed that they were US Rangers. Across the road from the barracks was a Smoke Screen Unit and search light unit of British soldiers.
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| Dec 6, 2004 at 06:46:24 | CONNIE BEERY (BEERYCONDEL@AOL.COM) |
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| Searching for pictures of AAF Glenn Miller Band who played for the Queen of England during the war. Also anything about the Bilgewater Seven. My father, Charles Merrill, played in both.
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| Dec 14, 2004 at 11:14:07 | David A. Stallman (StallmanD@aol.com) |
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| I am a researcher/writer who has published "A History of Camp Davis", "Operation Bumblebee", "ECHOES of Topsail." My current interest is in researching WASPS at Camp Davis with a goal of publishing a booklet about their history there.::::Currently I am searching for living WASPS who could give me first-person accounts of their life as WASPS at Camp Davis.::::My website http://members.aol.com/StallmanD offers more information about the above books.::David A. Stallman::910.799.3782
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| Dec 15, 2004 at 19:27:16 | MIKE: CONCORD, OHIO 12-15-04 |
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| PLEASE HELP ME FIND AN ELECTRICIAN! HE WORKED WITH A CREW FROM HARRINGTON ELECTRIC CO.(LOCAL 38)CLEVELAND, OHIO IN NOV. 2000. HE WORKS OUT OF THE UNION HALL. HE BELONGS TO LOCAL 673 PAINESVILLE, OHIO. HE HAS UNCLAIMED FUNDS COMING. IF YOU KNOW HIM CALL, OR HAVE HIM CALL MIKE AT 440-392-9009. FINDERS FEE DOES APPLY.
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| Dec 21, 2004 at 06:50:00 | james royals sr (jroyals@gci.net) |
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| Seeking information on 3079th QM Supply and Sales CO WWII from 1945-1946 Germany, Japan. This was my fathers WWII Army outfit have no other information except his Honorable Discharge paper. Any help would be appreciated. thank you
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| Dec 29, 2004 at 21:47:47 | Jennifer Cole (jena216@yahoo.com) |
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| Need info about Maxton North Carolina Air base-for gliders I believe-May and April of 1944-looking for someone and need all the help I can get and contacts-Thanks!::please email at jena216@yahoo.com
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| Jan 4, 2005 at 23:56:43 | Sandi Stevenson (sandis@johnlscott.com) |
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| My father was T/Sgt. Harry W. Tucker in the 303rd Bomb group. He was on the Spook when it was shot down over the English Channel. He was one of the "lucky" survivors who then endured the living hell of a German POW camp. He would never speak of the atrocities and our mother told us never to ask him about them. He did say he remembered a lot of the things the movie showed. If anybody has any information to share, I would be interested to hear it.
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| Jan 5, 2005 at 04:56:16 | David Toube (david.toube@ashurst.com) |
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| I have a small thatched cottage in St Riquier es Plains, right behind the site of Camp Lucky Strike (which is now an aerodrome). ::::If any veterans who stayed there would like to spend a week or so, I'd be happy to make the house available to them: I'd expect only for cleaning costs to be covered. David.Toube@ashurst.com
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| Jan 16, 2005 at 17:04:27 | Dittman W. Harrison (chhh@ev1.net) |
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| My Father, Captain Robert A. Harrison was stationed at Camp Davis in 1941, 100th CA (AB), Battery E. I have a picture of Captain Harrison, 1st Lt. James E. Tanner, 2nd Lt. Joseph R Littlefield and 1st Sgt. Walter A. Ragland and some 200 African American soldiers. The picture is dated September 6, 1941. I want to know if someone would like a copy of this photograph for their files, museum, or archives. Sincerely, Dittman Harrison
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| Jan 17, 2005 at 14:33:18 | Don Calrk (fstopf22@aol.com) |
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| Great site. I've been looking for info regarding my father's unit: the 166th AAA gun Bn which saw combat in the Pacific. Unfortuneley there is very little out there.
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| Jan 17, 2005 at 15:59:16 | Don Calrk (fstopf22@aol.com) |
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| Great site. I've been looking for info regarding my father's unit: the 166th AAA gun Bn which saw combat in the Pacific. Unfortuneley there is very little out there.
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| Jan 19, 2005 at 00:06:39 | R. Leibold |
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| Sorry to see the passing of Virginia Mayo. Today's girls don't hold a candle to the pin-up queens.
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| Jan 19, 2005 at 14:46:54 | (Mr) Jean GRIMBERIEUX, Belgium (jean.grimberieux@skynet.be) |
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| When I was 13, during the war, I spent 2 months among the 4th section battery D, 535th AAA (AW) Bn ; our schools were closed because of the V1 buzz bombs. I've never forgotten them...
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| Jan 23, 2005 at 17:17:28 | Donald Treppa (luckydont@yahoo.com) |
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| I am looking for any surviving members of the 517th or 518th MP Battalion from World War II (Sorry I'm 83 years old and can't remember which!!!). I was part of that battaltion and was looking to reconnect with my fellow troops. Thank you
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| Jan 25, 2005 at 04:51:36 | Dan Bono (danbono@tds.net) |
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| Back in 1958 on or around that date, my parents use to put on camp shows at the base. It was called the Bono Camp Troup.::Does anyone have any information or pictures of that time in life. I am now 52 years old and would like to look back on my past. I was around 5 years old then. I would be interested in seeing some of the information that may be still lying around.::::Thanks::Dan Bono
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| Jan 28, 2005 at 15:35:30 | lou fanticolla |
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| found aoriginal copy of an article written by Cpl.Tom O'Brien YANK Staff Correspondent about my father-in-law, Anthony P L Skowron a "one ofthe leading dive bomberan test pilots in the U.S.Navy", who passed away the first week of 2005. If you have any info please post. I am not posting my e-mail address since every time I do I get spamed for a con about some king's money in Africa; which is a con game:::: Lou
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| Jan 29, 2005 at 17:33:58 | Jack DeLand |
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| Congratulations, gentlemen, on your service to our great country - and a damn fine website! My father was doing heat treat on gun barrels (BIG guns) for the Navy at IBM, but my father-in-law went from Normandy (D +2) to Berlin the hard way. I don't know how they did it, but he was with a propaganda unit that drove a radio truck up behind enemy lines, did their broadcasts and then ran for home. I believe their armament was .45s, maybe a machine gun. Lost only one man.
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| Jan 30, 2005 at 11:45:46 | Randall Wert (rtwert@fast.net) |
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| Hi - I'm looking for info on the 576th AAA battalion in WW2. My grandfather's brother served with them, and I can't seem to find any info online. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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| Feb 1, 2005 at 19:46:35 | Dan Wright (danieljwright@hotmail.com) |
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| I am looking for information about my grandfather, Howard Tracy Stutler. I know that he was with the 31st AAA Brigade, 143d AAA Gun BN in or around late 1944 through 1945. The only paper I have is a Furlough paper for 7 days leave to Switzerland dated 28 SEP 1945. It has several names of guys from the 133d, 136th, and the 143d AAA Gun BN's. If you know of anything or if you would like for me to look to see if your name is on here please e-mail me.::::Thank you,::Dan Wright::Morgantown WV
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| Feb 2, 2005 at 08:34:27 | Mr Sandy Conti (sconti3@nyc.rr.com) |
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| I was a member of the 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion. I helped build airfield E-1 at Saint Laurent sur Mer and airfield A-1 at Saint Pierre du Mont. Your location of A-1 is in error. I lies between St Pierre du Mont and Point du Hoc.Airfield E-1 lies above Saint Laurent sur Mer. Several kilometers separate E-1 and A-1. The one is not an extension of the other. You seem to want to merge them but you cannot. These are two airfields and cannot be joined.How are you going to account for the kilometers that separate them?
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