Years ago I moved my father-in-law with Alzheimers out of his house and in with us and then into assisted living. I didn't think he had any more...
I am from Arkansas too, doing research on my father-in-law. I came across the same troopcrossing website that you did, so it seems like you are...
Welcome to WWII Forum. The thingie on your grandfather's shoulder is probably a golden rope that was given by the French government. So he was...
Are you for sure that he landed D day plus 5? That would be June 9. I think you should be able to find out who landed that day. I have been...
I have been giving short shrift to my teaching, so I know what you mean. I too have to set some limits on this endeavor. Thanks to you, I am...
About the Bronze stars: I have no idea what the citations were for or where they are.
Thanks for the comments on my mother. She was beautiful inside and out. I figured out how to post an Avatar, which is me with one of my five...
Here is my mother. She wasn't a Veteran, but she was a typist for FDR.
Here is my attempt to post the picture as an attachment.
If I could figure out how you posted that picture, I could post a picture of my father-in-law at Berghof. When I get the Ohrdruf pictures scanned...
In one of the sources Michelle provided I found that the prisoners who were east of the stop line were the ones that had to be turned over to the...
Michelle, you are amazing. One of my friends once described me in the same way, like a little dog with a bone. This was about something...
Thank you so much. I am going to study this carefully when I get home from work. I heard from someone else not on the WWII Forum that of the 4th...
Thank you so much Slipdigit, Greg Canellis, and Macrusk! I am overcome with gratitude for your help and so glad I joined the WWII forum. Maybe...
My father-in-law John W. Hall 15045736 served in WWII in the 4th Armored Division/ Patton's Third Army in Normandy (Breakthrough), Bastogne,...