If you want antedotes of the 508th find books by Zig Boroughs, 508th Connection and The Devil's Tales, My father didn't talk much about his time...
MTED probably stands for mounted, meaning in trucks.
As mentioned in your other thread the 508th PIR site has lots of info. 508th PIR He shows up in the Camp MacKall company photo of October 1943....
Welcome and make sure you visit the 508th PIR site. 508th PIR Since he was in H Company he was in the same battalion (3rd) as my father who was...
You could always go an aircraft forum like this and ask. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/index.php they are more specialized in this topic.
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Here is what NARA has: ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 32245231 NAME SCHEICK#THEODORE#C###### RESIDENCE: STATE: NEW JERSEY RESIDENCE: COUNTY:ESSEX PLACE OF...
Veterans returning from WWII were encouraged to file their discharge papers with the county courthouse. You could check the archives there if you...
"Would you like to swing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar? Be better off than you are? Or would you rather be a pig?" I believe that...
Well you could start by providing more information here, like his full name and what his hometown was. You can write away to St. Louis for his...
You should write away for his military records at St. Louis. That will tell you every medal he earned and which training badges he would have gotten.
Dick, I have been giving you stuff for the 508th site. Father is Curtis L. Johnson, Headquarters Company 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry...
Upload it to Photobucket and then post the link here. That's how I do it.
Well here is the MACR # for the crash of a B-24 in Alaska for that date. MACR # 16219, PILOT GILLILAND, DON J., AIRCRAFT B-24D, SERIAL NUMBER...
If he carried over his shoulder it most likely was a 60mm mortar or the 81mm mortar. If he was in the Service or Heavy Weapons company it would...
Maintenance Ground crews can be qualified to taxi aircraft on the ground. If he was qualified for that and taxied the Mustang into the truck he...
The 13th IR liberated my father at Rennes 4 August 1944 after being attached temporarily to the 4th Armored Division. 1st Battalion did probing...
The crashed aircraft is a P-51 Mustang that looks to have run into a truck on the ground while landing or taxiing. There might be a MACR for it...
Is there an X code associated with this move? That could tell you if he was sick or injured. Was he SOS (struck off strength) from his orignal unit?
You could start by going to the 29th Division Historical Association website http://29infantrydivision.org/ and look up what actions were taking...
