Hi everyone my name is jim, I just want to introduce myself, i'm on here to try and find out some information of my father's service during ww2, H'e 93, but having a hard time remembering some of details.so i'll ask away and hope to get some answers i'm looking for. thank you in advance
Welcome Jim. Sounds like your dad is doing pretty good for 93- I'm 76 and am having a hard time remembering things (so says my wife). Looking forward to helping if we can--ask away.
yes he's remarkable, great health and for the most part has his mind, i'm looking for info on k company 23rd infantry 2nd division jan 1945 to -april 5 1945 is there anywhere I could start looking.
Hi Jim. If you'll tell us his name we might make some headway. You might also look here The Twenty Third United States Infantry, 1812-1945: 2nd Infantry Division, World War II Regimental History (Lone Sentry) You can also look here for help http://www.ww2f.com/threads/after-action-reports.40718/#post-488883
Strange. I looked through the 23rd Infantry book on Lone Sentry. I don't see any mention of Africa. He was probably awarded the Europe-Africa-Middle East ribbon even though his service never took him anyplace but Europe. If he actually went to Africa maybe he did so with another unit. I'm just confused.
The 23rd Infantry was credited with Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. Stanton has a pretty good combat narrative for the 2nd ID and has a lot of references to the 23rd and their actions. The 23rd was attached to the 1st ID on January 15th 45 to clear Iveldingen and Rohrbusch (they were attached to the 1st from the 13-24 of January) If the OP is still with us I'll be happy to quote what Stanton has if he doesn't have access to the book. I'm a hunt and peck on the keyboard and it's a bit lengthy.
Your local library might have a scanner you could use of course his might have a copy or be able to get it on interlibrary loan.
I also read that, the war in Africa actually ended in 1943 before my father would of been there, he left the us jan. 1945, the only thing I could think of is maybe his ship docked on the west coast of Africa maybe took a convoy to the east coast got on another ship to Europe,(i'm thinking maybe that's where he got on the ile de france) he did mention that they did go by the coast of Italy, or it could be he is a little confused about being in Africa, I did read about the ribbon and anyone who served in any of those theaters received one. thanks for taking the time to try and help me!!
Could he have been on the Ile de France returning from the war? It may have been one of the ships that headed for the Pacific but turned around when the war ended. If he just got over there in January that would mean he didn't have a lot of "points".
is Stanton the author or is this the name of the book, and is this on line where I can read it, my father who i'm trying to trace his tracks is still alive, he does recall some of the battles he was in but can't remember the names of the places.
I'm pretty sure he's the author. Here's a list of his books on Amazon: Shelby L. Stanton I think this is the one they are referring to: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811701573/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1