If the date of birth is correct, it's hard to see how anyone barely 17 is reenlisting. Perhaps he was in the occupation force.
Doubts allayed. Here's a link to 25 current sellers. I'm slowing down in my old age, so it took me almost 30 seconds to search this out. Of...
The same governments that blundered and blustered their way into war now claim some phony reverance for the inevitable results. Maybe no hole in...
Watch this training film on dead reckoning. [MEDIA] If you are referring to map grid coordinates rather than long/lat, I presume you either have...
I'm old enough to remember when this site bore some resemblance to a WWII discussion forum. May be time for a probation period for new members...
Pretty tough to know what you "felt." How can that be measured? If something can't be measured, how can it be compared to something else that you...
A politician's job is to take the credit and distribute the blame. FDR shifted the spotlight from his own actions. For politicians, accountability...
WD GO 118-45 awarded Rhineland credit to units serving in a geographical area, not by attachment to a field army (as I had suggested as a...
Ever hear of paragraphs? Unreadable.
At some point, the 920th was in the Oise District; district HQ at Reims. That would suggest Ninth Army zone, but the Ninth's official history...
Glad you "actually read" the WD G.O. How about that, citing another document! What will they think of next? You treated a WWII vet well; that's...
My pleasure. You did all the heavy lifting. The discharge is, of course, the most important single doc to have. Try this link. Obviously, go to...
GO numbers restarted every year, so, yes, '44' is 1944. Northern France, the latest campaign listed on discharge, went from 25 Jul 44 through 14...
The 'how to' is to go to St. Louis to look at morning reports and College Park to look at operational reports. Unfortunately, both of those places...
The discharge is part of the individual's service record. These are held at NPRC in St. Louis. The bad news is, about 80% of these files were lost...
Looks like a recent reprint-on-demand edition available here: BookFinder.com: Search Results Sometimes these reprints reproduce photos poorly,...
Radio Operator, AAF MOS is ground crew. Did you mean Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner? Need to check his discharge or other official record.
Your best hope is in the morning reports at NARA in St. Louis (assuming they ever reopen). Could be kind of expensive since you don't know how the...
Yeah, the Alps are overrated as an obstacle for ground forces. Mere bumps in the road. Oh wait. German resistance continued in northern Italy...
More like, the entire purpose is to facilitate moral preening by those who understand neither the past nor the present.
