Magic, ------ Let us know your father's unit so I can look him up in the 102nd History Book. I need his company in 407th Inf. Let us know something about you,...
Can anyone give me advice as to where I can find better quality photos for the company rosters? I have the 102nd book, but the image for my grandfather's photo...
Jeff Rohlen has just been approved as our newest member. His father, Pfc.Arthur W. Rohlen, Jr., was an MP with the 102nd MP Platoon. We are looking forward to...
Group, ------ Welcome our newest member, James P. Doran, Jr., son of Pfc. James P. Doran member of Company "A", 407th Infantry. James is in Mexico and will be...
GROUP, ------ See Jim Doran's PROFILE. He did a great job on it. You too can upgrade your profile by clicking on your member ID and adding all the info you...
My father,like many veterans, did not like to talk about the war. Running into his brother on leave in Paris, visiting the family in Ireland before the...
Dad and his brother Joseph were raised in what today we would call a single-parent household in Newark NJ. My paternal grandfather, whom we knew as Joseph...
Bill and John I thought you might be interested in this guys story about his father. I'm waiting for the next email to see how he got into the 102nd. Tom...
Having joined the Army as a volunteer, my father was given a battery of aptitude tests. The results were favorable, and he was asked, given that he also had...
James Doran Sr. probably had an Irish temper but he also had Irish skills with the blarney. I have the Irish blood but not that skill. Fortunately my father,...
Thanks for your response, Tom, and I can only disagree on one point: I doubt anything you could say in your continued reminiscences could possibly be boring,...
Jim; Thanks for your comments. I loved your story about your father and am waiting for the next installment. I only wish I could have known him. I'll bet he...
I was stationed at the US Embassy in Brussels, Belgium, 1988-91. Among the many advantages of this posting were its proximity to the WWI and WWII battlefields,...
Wow, Tom, finally got around to opening the link you sent and reading your story; it was fantastic, many thanks for taking the trouble to record it all....
Guys and Gals, --------- NOW you're cooking! GREAT stories! You readers can add your "two bits" and let's hear your comments as well. That's what this group...
Group. ------ Please WELCOME our newest member Mike Newton son of Pfc. Beverly R. Newton veteran of "B" Co., 406th Inf. [Non-text portions of this message...
I mentioned in my last post that I had met U.S. Army historian and author Charles B. MacDonald on the Battle of the Bulge battlefield of Lossheimer Graben. He...
Jim's Father remembers no turkey on Xmas 1944 and neither do I. I had just come up to the front from the hospital in Leige. My squad was pretty somber, many...
To add to Jim's and Homer's stories; Sadly, The Red Cross started me [and probably many more] smoking. When they closed the ASTP program down in 1944 they...
Sorry about sending this to the group. I can't seem to send it to Vaughn. Somehow I am identified as tpoc@... on ozarks102id. That is an old, no longer...
Tom, ----- I looked up your PROFILE and there is the old address. You can go to your PROFILE and edit and update to correct your e-mail address. I encourage...
Interesting; I suspect you are right, and that many confirmed smokers started in the army, with "gifts" from the Red Cross or other helpful organizations. I...
REF: Red Cross Douhnut Wagons charging for coffee & doughnuts. My one experience occured on a trip from the front lines near Ruhrdorf to Puppendorf 381st FA CP...
Carl, ----- Hey, you FO's ----YOU are the ones to be THANKED! You saved our necks by placing 105 shells on the enemy bunkers while we ground-pounders advanced...
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