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  1. Bamacruiser

    Bamacruiser New Member

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    I thought y’all might enjoy some of these. The gentleman these belonged to served in ww2 & ww2. He moved back to Birmingham Al and ran a couple small businesses. One of his best friends inherited a lot of his belongings and she’s slowly been giving it to me bc she knows my love for history and war type stuff. It’s just documents you don’t come across everyday or I haven’t at least. This is about 10% of it. I apologize for any pictures being cut off, I had to resize all them to upload..
     

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    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    What an amazing trove of documents! Not a bad opening post. Welcome to the site!

    I particularly like the list of officers and their assigned addresses. Those would be extremely useful for others who might be researching those names.

    Thanks for sharing...more please!
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    You might inquire at Center of Military History to see if they want copies.
     
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    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I'd love to get scanned copies if possible. It would be great to add to WW2.org.
     
  5. Bamacruiser

    Bamacruiser New Member

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    I would upload all of them but I’m having to take a picture then individually resize each one to upload, takes too much time. If there’s quick way to do of my iPhone I will.
     
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    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Let's determine the scope here, how many docs do you have total Bamacruiser? A rough number will help.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    And we have enough crazy people to do the work.

    Yes we do.

    Shut up, adults are talking!

    Where?
     
  8. Bamacruiser

    Bamacruiser New Member

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    I think I’ve figured it out. I’m going to scan them onto my computer and attempt to compress everything down so I can upload it. Ballpark I’d say it’s 40-50 docs
     
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    Off subject completely but I thought y’all might enjoy this too. This came with the ww2 docs, or was in the same big box. The fella this stuff belonged to is related to the Andress man in the photo. If you’ve never heard of the Quitmans guard look it up, very interesting
     

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    I’m currently scanning everything so if any of you would like me to send you everything just send me a direct message on here or email me at EMAIL_REMOVED@gmail.com
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Otto, should I intercept or will you relay?
     
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    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Welcome to the forums!
     
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    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Hey Bama,

    I'll shot you and email directly. I'm happy to post the info for you.

    Also, sorry for the edit, but I removed your email from public display. Having it posted publicly will get you added to all sorts of noisy spammer lists. If anyone wants to exchange emails with you, they can of course message you here and you can then exchange emails by private direct message.
     
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    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I've sent a direct email. :spin:
     
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    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    24 pages just landed in my inbox. I'll be posting these as I am able.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Need html copies? Fwd if so desired.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Nice. I look forward to seeing them in total.
     
  18. Bamacruiser

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    I sent the rest over this morning.
     
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