75th Inf Div newsline No.
45
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18 March 2000
Hello veterans and friends of the 75th Division !
Mea culpa, mea maxi culpa ! (It´s my guilt). I was waiting
a bit too long to send out the newsline, and I get flooded with information
! Great ! Please dont just brouwse through this newsline, you have to WORK
your way through. There are so many new members that are searching informations
on vets. Please read every message carefully and check, if you can help
them. Help me with the goal of this newsline: „Bringing the vets together“.
This newsline is the longest I have sent out, I have to put some infos
in the next one, including interesting photos. Stay tuned !
BTW: If somebody knows a company, that would like a little advertising
in this newsline (has to do with vets or WWII) please forward them to us.
We have to change our server www.plettenberg.de, because it will be sold
by the webmaster. Also we would like to buy a better email program (Eudora
Pro) and go to Gigbell to send the emails out faster and in one piece.
Our current provider limits outgoing emails to 100 per day, so I have to
divide the lists of recipients, which is a lot of work.
*Keep five yards.
(*Means spread out so one round won't get us all.)
Rolf G. Wilmink
„German by birth, american by heart, P.I. by profession„.
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For your calendar:
75th Div NEC meeting 2000, May 16 thru 21st, Ft. Mitchell, KY
75th Div reunion year 2000, Sept. 3 thru Sept.9: Peoria, Ill.
75th Div reunion year 2001: Denver, Col.
(Contact the 75th Div Vets. Assn. President Parker, see adress below).
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List of contents:
1.) Feedback regarding newsline No. 44 ( 16 Feb 2000)
2.) Infos needed on GI Gonnelli, 290th, Co B
3.) Infos needed on Lt. Charles Hayden Jamison, 290th, Cannon Co.
4.) New newsline member Nate Henn, F-291
5.) The Last Furlough
6.) Infos needed on Major Robt. L. McGill, 75th Div HQ
7.) Infos needed on 3rd Lieutenant William S. Fleisher, Leader, 2nd
Platoon Company K
8.) Seaching for Rik Peirson
9.) Infos needed on PFC Donald E. Thompson, courier, Hq & Hq Co
290 Inf.
10.) Infos needed on James Du Laney
11.) US veteran John M. Dudunake visits Netherlands
12.) Soldiers For The Truth "Defending America Newsletter"
13.) A picture I have taken December 24, 1944
14.) Infos needed on Charles Acosta, PFC, 291st, Medic
15.) Infos needed on Lennie Dale Bell, AT-290
16.) The Crossing of the Rhine (Anti-Tank Company, 291st Infantry Regiment)
17.) Salm River valley book planned
18.) World War Two Veterans book planned
19.) Infos needed on 290th, Co. I
20.) Infos needed on Cortland Robert Milgate, 289th C Company
21.) Infos needed on David E. Savage, A Co. 275th 289th Reg. Combat
Engineers
22.) Update on Search for John Blackledge
23.) Signed Guestbook re. Camp Breckinridge
24.) Infos needed on MURRAY WOLPERT, 75 INF. F291
25.) 75th Infantry Division history book
26.) Infos needed on GI Anderson, 290th Infanty, Company L, 2nd platoon
27.) Alumni Locater
28.) Association/Alumni's
29.) Do You Know Any D-Day Vets?
30.) On the lighter side
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1.) Feedback regarding our newsline No. 44 ( 16 Dec. 2000):
From: „Tim Roop" <doggreen@beachin.net>
Re: 75th Inf Div newsline no. 44 (16 Feb. 2000)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:19:53 -0500
Rolf,
Thanks again, for another "great" issue. I've made a couple updates
to my site. I now have a photo of Len Lomell. He was the ranger of the
2nd Battalion that climbed the cliffs at Pt. du Hoc of D-Day and found
and destroyed the guns.
Tim
www.ww2dday.com
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From: "carol bradley" <bradley_carol@hotmail.com>
Re: 75th Inf Div newsline no. 44 (16. Feb. 2000)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:07:39 PST
Rolf,
It is good to see you have returned. We enjoy your newsletter.
Philip and Carol Bradley
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From: "Graber, Stephen M. (LNG-MBC)" <Stephen.M.Graber@bender.com>
RE: Email Notification
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:06:55 -0500
Hello everyone, please note that my email address: sgraber@bender.com
will permanently be inactive starting on 3/17/2000.
My home email is: mtnview1@worldnet.att.net
Thanks, Steve
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:12:48 -0800
From: Audri & Chuck Allred <allredanc@olympus.net>
RE: Congratulations!
Dear Rolf - At last you've received recognition for the wonderful job
you are doing in connecting veterans and families of the 75th Division.
I refer to the article about Brandt & Graber in the last Bulgebuster.
Our best to Anke & Doreen -
Chuck & Audri Allred
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2.) Infos needed on GI Gonnelli, 290th, Co B
From: "WILLIAM GONNELLI" <fbisherwood@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:57:16 -0500
MY FATHER HAD SERVED WITH COMPANY B, 290TH REG., 75TH INFANTRY DIVISION
FROM 1944-1945. I AM ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE ANYONE FROM HIS UNIT WHO MAY
HAVE KNOWN MY FATHER. ANY ADVISE WILL BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED. PLEASE SEND ANY INFO TO BILLGONNELLI@HOTMAIL.COM
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3.) Infos needed on Lt. Charles Hayden Jamison, 290th, Cannon
Co.
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 22:23:50 -0700
From: Jamison Family <jamison@ixi.net>
My father Lt. Charles Hayden Jamison served in the 75th Infantry during
World War II. He was in the 290th Infantry and Cannon Company based
on the infromation I have available to me. My Dad died in 1982 before
I could gather information I would like to have about his army service.
All of the correspondence I have gives his service number as 0-550037.
Any information or leads you could provide would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your assistance. Van Jamison
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4.) New newsline member Nate Henn, F-291
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 23:26:39 -0500
From: Ken Krosin ?<ladyciao@erols.com>
Dear Rolf:
I am a new member of the 75th Div Vets Association
and have received their newsletters and rosters. From the latter I spoke
with my combat squad leader in F Co. 291 Regt, Robert Berkibile. He told
me he learned of this vets assoc. and joined only a few years ago.
Is there a simple way to effectively reach many living veterans who are
now unaware of the Association. Is the web page sufficient or not?
Have any new members joined only because they learned of the Association
through the web page? Can either the Association or the web page
take the current roster of membership and sort it by regiment, subdivided
by company, so that all my buddies of F-291 are listed together and segregated
from similar categories such as artillery, engineers, etc.
Best regards,
Nate Henn
Dear Nate,
I checked my email adress-list and I found a Carey O. West, that
also wrote me that he
was in F-291. I tried to contact him (onion5700@aol.com) but the email
came back to me, I
could not reach him.
Regarding your questions, I have to explain our situation:
The 75th Div vets assn is located in the USA, I am sitting in Germany,
41 years old, city historian and owner of a private security company. The
75th Div was in my hometown Plettenberg, Westphalia from April 20 until
June 6th 1945, doing the work of military government. To get more infos
about the time, we placed infos about the 75th into the internet and waited
for the response. Right now, we have over 200 email adresses of vets and
family members of the 75th Div. We are publishing from here an email newsline
for vets and friends of the 75th Div.
We are not a member of the vets association, and thats why we call
our website "unofficial homepage". I bought a printed roster of the veterans
in 1995 during a reunion in Atlanta, but it is not possible for us, to
publish it in the internet.
Roster and official newsletter "Bulgebuster" is published by the secretary
Mr. Warmouth, also a recipient of our email newsline. If he and the board
of directors would allow to publish the roster, we would be happy to put
it on our website.
As far as I know, some of the vets, that found us through the web,
became members of the association. At the end of each newsline, I publish
the adress of the president to contact him, if someone wants to become
a member. I also tell all new readers of the vets assn and their reunions.
The most effective way to find other vets of the 75th Div is the internet
(by the way: read the Bulgebuster Issue from Feb 2000, page 3 and read
about one of our happy reunions) and I offered the vets assn, that they
can put everything on our webpage what they think could be useful for the
veterans. We are open to suggestions, but we dont have the time to work
permanently at the website. If a veteran would like to do that, he would
be more than welcome.
Our website is in the internet since years and I think, you can find
it over every searchmachine that you try. If a son or daughter of a vet
wants to do dad a favour and find some infos for him, he will stumble over
our website.
Do you have any suggestions for us ?
Greetings from Germany
Rolf G. Wilmink
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5.) The Last Furlough
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 17:53:09 -0500
From: Dan Shine <danshine@iconn.net>
The Last Furlough
They had grown up in poor and hungry times. They had come of
age just in time to stand and fight the darkest threat of their century.
In the process of this conflict, they would change the face of the world,
and ultimately improve the lives of millions. Now it was time to
go to war, and for many of these young men, there would be no coming home.
Somewhere in Pennsylvania
October 5, 1944
It was a hollow feeling that the soldier carried in his chest as the
passenger train made its way westward from New York to Terre Haute, Indiana.
The steam locomotive chugged rhythmically through the long, lonely night
and in his sadness, he drifted in and out of a dreamless and melancholy
sleep.
Somewhere behind the private was his home in Connecticut. He was
destined for Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. If he lived to return to
the States, the opportunity to return home would not come again until the
war was over. Private Daniel R. “Bob” Shine looked across the aisle
at a sleeping GI. For that man the war was most certainly over, and
he was on his way home—minus one leg. Shine wondered what kind of
action that soldier had seen, and just how he had lost his leg, but knew
he’d never be able to ask.
Shine closed his eyes and he could once again see the faces of his mother
and father as he had left them. They were such gentle people; reluctant
to part, they had followed him to the door. His mother Gertrude had
tried to remain strong, but occasionally a tear would well up in her eye
and roll slowly down her cheek. His father Dan had been an aviator
with the famous “Hat in the Ring” squadron in WWI, and although he had
mainly seen that war from the air, he had no misconceptions about what
lay ahead for his son on the ground. Dan Shine had been in a quiet
and somber mood for most of Bob’s furlough; about the only thing he had
said was that he wished his son had been in some branch of service other
than the infantry. Both father and son knew deep down inside themselves
that this was destined to be a rough assignment. As he had walked
off toward the railroad station, Shine had turned and waved them one final
farewell, as they sadly watched his departure from their porch.
Clickety clack, clickety clack, clickety clack…the soldier looked out
through the dirty window into the darkness; he felt a tightness forming
in his throat, and a sudden burning in his eyes.
Shine had scored high on his induction tests and the army had made him
part of the Army Specialists Training Program. While others had gone
off to fight, his initial months in the army had been spent in college
classrooms. After the massive losses of D-Day and the initial fighting
in France, the army had recognized a shortage of riflemen and the
ASTP program had been cut. Shine, and thousands of other “whiz kids”
had then put away their books and had begun to learn the tricks of survival
in the field and in combat instead. They took marksmanship practice,
bayonet drills, endless long marches and river crossings, and one day they
were ready to go and fight. There was a brief furlough and a last
look at home—for many of these youngsters, it would be the last time their
families would ever see them.
As a generation, they had certainly known hard times and adversity.
Shine’s father had been fortunate indeed to have worked through most of
the Great Depression, in a time when many men couldn’t find the jobs and
wages to make ends meet. Now, on the verge of manhood, Shine
and his contemporaries were called upon to defend the freedom of a people
thousands of miles away.
While he was home, Shine had walked to the town rationing board to apply
for extra food for his family. Food was rationed, shoes were rationed,
even gas was scarce, but the family didn’t own a car, so that didn’t matter
anyway. The lion’s share of all of these commodities was allocated
to the military. As Shine walked home from the rationing board, he
had noticed that most homes had a blue star in the window, signifying a
family member in the service. He stopped short in front of a friend’s
home and gazed in thoughtful surprise at the gold star in the window—which
indicated that Shine’s friend had made the supreme sacrifice for his country.
For him the war was over, too.
There had been rumors of German submarine activity in Long Island Sound,
and at the entrance to New York harbor, so the lights in coastal towns
were dimmed. This was intended to make it more difficult for the
suspected submarine menace to strike at shipping. Automobile headlights
were also dimmed, by coating the upper half of the lens with black paint.
House windows were always shaded when the lights were on, and “blackout”
tests were run frequently by the Civil Defense organization.
Several times during his two week furlough, Shine had taken a train
from New Haven to Hartford to visit his girl Muriel who was a nurse at
Hartford Hospital. There had been dinners, movies and long walks
together. Now as he looked out of the dirty train window, he could
imagine her sweet face looking back at him. Before their last parting,
they had made promises to wait for each other, and marry after the war…”if
I make it”, he thought to himself.
Finally, his two train rides were over, and Shine had returned to Camp
Breckenridge. His brief days in civilian America were now just a
memory. As he walked across the parade grounds toward his barracks,
he could hear music drifting through the autumn night air. The tune
was “It could happen to you”. Just what was it that could—and would—happen
to him in the days to come? For now, he could only wonder.
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6.) Infos needed on Major Robt. L. McGill, 75th Div HQ
From: SignoraBelle@aol.com
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:27:10 EST
Dear Mr. Rolf G. Wilmink,
Thank you so much for the effort you have invested in putting together
this most impressive website. I just this day found it and have spent
all day browsing to see what you have created. I am very impressed.
My uncle was with the 75th and my sister and I have been trying to find
information about his service years. I'm sending information in another
message that I would like for you to post, but I wanted to tell you how
great I think it is that you have given the time and effort to put this
together for those of us connected to the 75th.
Sincerely,
D. E. McGill
mcsislc@aol.com
We are seeking information about our uncle Robert L. McGill who held
the rank of Major in May 1945 with the 75th Division. He was the
younger and only brother of our father and was born in August 1916 in Alva,
Oklahoma. He attended Kemper Military Academy in Missouri and the
University of Kentucky. I believe he may have entered the Army from
the University. The records we have been able to find make me believe
he began his service as a Lieutenant with the 193rd Tank Battalion.
I haven't much information regarding that unit, but I believe it
was a part of the 1st Tank Group out of Fort Knox, Kentucky. In Oct
1942, his address on v-mail showed him in the Hawaiian Islands. On
1 June 1944, Bob was married in Alva OK, USA. On 19 May 1945, his
v-mail address was Maj. Robt L. McGill, 75 Div. HQ. Bob played the
cornet and may have been in the band, but that is just a vague, niggling
memory that I don't put much faith in. Any information will be appreciated.
I have just started this search and am not very adept at discovering where
I need to look. This site has been a terrific find. Thank you.
Dorthy McGill
mcsislc@aol.com
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From: Jay Puckett jpuckbird@email.msn.com
Monday, March 13, 2000 7:32 PM
Subject: Fwd: 75th Infantry
Hello friends!
I received the following email letter from D. McGill who visited my
website. This was the first email and there are several more to follow.
Please see if you can assist her. You all are the best!
Thank you!
Jay
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DATE: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 17:30:56
From: "Zippe Dee" <zippedee@home.com>
To: <jpuckbird@hotbot.com>
Cc:<ParisTimes@aol.com>
Dear Mr. Puckett's Son,
My sister, Linda, and I are nieces of Robert L. McGill who was
from Alva Oklahoma and the University of Kentucky. We've just
begun searching for information to add to the memories we have of Uncle
Bob. Linda has come across a treasure trove from a trunk which was
in my grandmother's house and is in the process of getting pictures and
a timeline together. I contribute by wandering through the web. I
didn't recognize anyone in any of your picture, but I wanted to tell you
about my uncle.
In Jan 1941, Bob was a 2nd Lt. with the 67th Armored Regt. >From
there, we know that in Oct 42, he was with the 193rd Tank Bn; in Dec 42,
the Armored Force at Schofield Barracks; in May 1943, the 86th Recon Bn
at Camp Cooke, Calif; as a Captain in Oct 43, HQ 18th Corps (Airborne)
in Monterey, Calif with the firing test section; Feb 44, HQ 18th Corps
at Camp or Fort Polk; in May 44 with 6th HQ Special Troops at Ft. Sam Houston
TX (I don't know enough yet to know whether this was the 6th AR or the
6th South African Div.); in Sep 44 at AFTAC Florida (I have no idea what
AFTAC stands for); in Oct 44 with 75th Div HQ G-3 Sec, Camp Breckinridge
KY; on 1 May 45, he won a promotion to Major with 75th Div HQ. We've
found a copy of the 290th Combat Diary.
I was 10 years old when Bob died of lung cancer in Feb 1954 at the age
of 37. I have missed him every day since then. He had no children
of his own and doted on me(the problem child), spoke French to me and made
me feel very special. When Linda puts this all together, I'll send
along the url. I tried to sign your guestbook, but kept getting an error
message. Probably because I wrote too much in the comments...
I feel such an affinity for you and your father, your relationship,
and the quest you are on now to get right with it all. My father,
Bob's older brother, was a farmer and rancher and stayed home during the
war. That was not his choice, but he thought it was his responsibility.
He and I had an 'interesting' relationship all his life.
Thank you for sharing all the pictures and the personal. And
thank you for all the information about the battles.
D. E. McGill
mcsislc@aol.com
LK, see http://www.members.tripod.com/hldnoqtr/75thdivisiondad.html
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Combination of 'Jasmine' and 'Jade'
-- Capt. M'Gill -- Blast Nazis
[article from 1945 Alva Review Courier]
With the 75th Division in Germany (Special to Review-Courier) -- American
air support meshed with American infantry to pulverize German resistance
in the industrial Ruhr valley. It was the same story at Bizerte, in Sicily,
and again at St. Lo. The scene is an air support liason office which has
direct radio communication with a flight of P-47s. There is also a direct
telephone wire with front line infantry regiments. The 291st infantry has
just run into a German counter-attack and requests air support to help
break it up. Captain Ray C. Langford, Hillsboro, Texas, acting as air ground
co-ordinator, takes the microphone."Jade to Jasmine 4 . . . Jade to Jasmine
4 . . . Come in . . . We have a mission." It sounds like gibberish. Actually
it means another pounding for the German troops already harrassed to the
breaking point.
Jasmine is the radio call word for a flight of P-47s, four is the flight
leader. Their specialty is strafing and dive bombing. Jade, in this case,
Captain Robert L. McGill of Alva, explains the mission to Captain Langford
who repeats it to the flight leader.
"On your map," Langford tells the flight leader, "find the double-track
railroad. Follow it along to the outskirts of West Dormund. On the right
of the tracks, going in, you should see a group of 8 or 10 houses. Bomb
the houses and go in for low level strafing. That is the enemy assembly
point. We especially want to knock out all vehicles in the area. Do not
work the left side of the tracks. That is where our troops are dug in.
I repeat, do not work the left side." Over the radio comes a "Roger Wilco"
which indicates that the flight leader understands and will comply. Captain
McGill tells the infantry commander that the planes are coming in for their
run and that the boys holding the left side "better dig in until the show
is over." There is a few minutes silence, then one pilot says "flak." Just
the one word, but the others will mark the burst and try to spot the gun
pit on the ground. Next, from Jasmine 4 we hear "bombs away" then, "Now
we go in for the homework." "Flak," the same pilot says again. We can sympathize
with the pilot who answers in a strained voice high with excitement:"For
Christ sakes quit hollering 'Flak' -- we know there's flak." Captain Langford
breaks in: "Do you find any vehicles?" "No Vehicles," Jasmine 4 reports,
then "Shall we fly through a couple of garages? They may be parked inside."
"Just work 'em over good a couple of times," Langford tells him. "I've
been hit," Jasmine 4 says. "I'll have to pull out for the base."
He orders the flight on a homeward course, then tries to summarize
the results. It's a wonder to those listening how he can concentrate on
the results. Flying a plane that has had a flak message should be an all-consuming
task. But Jasmine 4 believes in winding up the mission in a workmanlike
manner. "All houses in the target area are flat. No vehicles in the area.
Our strafing scattered at least two battalions of enemy troops. Noticed
gun positions about a half-mile due south of the target. Also numerous
road blocks on all routes leading into Dortmund. That is all Jasmine 4
out." Captain McGill calls the infantry commander and tells him the strong
point has been worked over. It took just 33 minutes from the time that
the infantry commander requested air support.
From: "Zippe Dee" <zippedee@home.com>
RE: Subscribe 75th Div Newsline
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:03:37 -0600
Please add me to the mailing list at either of the E-Mail addresses
below. I am the niece of a former member of the 75th, ROBERT LEE
McGILL, who is now deceased. I am sending information we have found
by separate message. I am so impressed with the work you have done with
this site. It led me to other sites and I'm overwhelmed by the amount
of information we've been able to gather in just the last few days.
Thank you so much for being connected with us in your heart and through
this site.
D. E. McGill
mcsislc@aol.com
zippedee@home.com
Dear Mr. Wilmink, I'm not sure where to start with this information
about my Uncle Bob because I'm not sure when he joined the 75th Armored
Division.
We have a return address in October 1944 showing he was a Captain with
75 Div HQ G-3 Sec, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. On 1 May 1945 he
was promoted to Major and on 24 May 1945, he was awarded a Bronze Star
for meritorious service as Ground Liasion Officer in Belgium, France, Holland,
and Germany.
By 10 September 1945 he was with 75th Div HQ in Chalon France hoping
to return home soon. 11 December 1945, he was returned to civilian life
in his hometown of Alva Oklahoma, where he ranched and farmed until his
death in February 1954 at the age of 37 from lung cancer.
We have just begun a serious search to atttempt to fill in the years
he was in the army, from 1940 through 1945. My sister, Linda, discovered
a treasure trove of things in a trunk in the basement of our grandmother's
house where my sister now lives. We're trying to put together a timeline
for Bob's WW II years and Linda is posting pages to the net. I'll
send you the links to the pages she has up.
By separate message, I will send you information about where Bob was
assigned or attached from 1943 on. I'm hoping you can help me find
when he first became a part of the 75th.
I've just begun to read from the past issues of your newsline.
I know that by the time I get through it all, I'll have a better understanding
of a big part of our uncle's life. And through your site I found
the site J. Puckett set up for his father Resol B. Puckett, which was most
informative and impressive.
Thank you for all your efforts.
Dorthy McGill
mcsislc@aol.com
zippedee@home.com
RE: Letter from Ocquier, Belgium to Robt. L. McGill
"http://members.xoom.com/OkieLegacy/image/belgiumltrbob.jpg"
I have a very rough translation of this letter, enough to understand
most of the contents. Mr. Henri Amand thanks Bob for the package
Bob had sent, speaks of other Americans who had been with Bob, and talks
of his daughter, Marie Ange. Mr. Amand enclosed his card which showed
his name as H. Amand-Detroux, Ocquier. I think Bob was in the region
of Ocquier around Christmas of 1944.
The other names mentioned in the letter were Doctor Alfred (?) and
Captain John Hart.
Could you suggest where I might look for information about Mr. Amand?
D. McGill
(From the moderator: I have also recieved some photos of the veterans
jacket, but I have to post them in next newsline due to space problems).
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7.) Infos needed on 3rd Lieutenant William S. Fleisher, Leader,
2nd Platoon Company K
From: "Amanda" <gil@pa.net>
RE: WWII info
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:43:20 -0800
Hi, I am doing a veteran project in history class right now.
Your website contains a lot of good information, that I am going
to use. But there is one thing I would like to ask you. Why
am I not able to find my veteran on your website? His name is William
Fleisher. I know that he fought in WWII and was in the 75th Infantry.
I would like to know if you can tell me if am just looking over his name
or what. And also can you give some of the best websites you know
of for WWII information. Please email me back at gil@pa.net.
Thank you for your time and any information you can give me will be greatly
appreciated. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Amanda
Dear Amanda,
I did some checking and I found William Fleisher mentioned in the new
book about the 75th Infantry Division on page 47. (See more infos on the
book in this newsline) He was 3rd Lieutenant William S. Fleisher, Leader,
2nd Platoon Company K and described the hard fighting north of Lütgen-Dortmund
on April 8th 1945. If you send me a fax number, I can copy the page and
fax it to you. If you give your adress (Town, State) maybe a veteran near
you can show you the book and you can talk with him about the time. Maybe
there is a veteran on this newsline that knew or fought with him.
For the webadresses, please check on my 75th homepage and the adresses
in this newsline.
I hope I could help you further. With the best greetings to your project
from germany
Rolf G. Wilmink
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8.) Seaching for Rik Peirson
From: "jcweisinger" <jcweisinger@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:07:16 -0600
Dear Rolf,
I have just recently discovered your 75th Division
newsletter and have enjoyed reading several of them. In your number
6 and number 7, I see communications from Rik Peirson regarding his father
Lt. John Peirson. I was platoon leader of the 4th platoon Company
L 290th and served in Company L with Rik's father for about 6 months.
I was wounded on December 25th, the day Lt. Peirson was killed. I
have a letter written to me in July 1945 from Captain David Clagett, L
Company commander relating what he knew about the situation on the 25th
and a few days thereafter. Captain Clagett was wounded, captured
by the Germans and recaptured on the 25th so most of the information was
taken from letters to him from surviving L Company members.
I do not see any address for Rik and was unable to find that address on
the internet using Santa Barbara, California as a reference. If you
can provide a means of contacting Rik, I will be glad to share what I know
with him.
I have recently tried unsuccessfully to find an
address for David Clagett. If anyone can help, it would be appreciated.
James C. Weisinger
6 Forest Shores Dr.
Kingwood, Tx. 77339
Ph. (281) 358-7885
e-mail jcweisinger@msn.com
Dear James,
Rik is a member of this newsline and he just read your message regarding
him. (I would like to see your face now, Rik). Please stay by the phone
in the next hours, you will have a message from him for sure. (Keep ready:
comfortable chair, cigarettes, a drink, some food, pen and paper, it will
be a long talk.)
Greetings from Germany
Rolf G. Wilmink
(I just love to bring the folks together)
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9.) Infos needed on PFC Donald E. Thompson, courier, Hq &
Hq Co 290 Inf.
From: jon765@webtv.net (jon thompson)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 21:09:11 -0600 (CST)
who served with my Dad, PFC Donald E Thompson, courier,
Hq & Hq Co 290 Inf.
Tour of 3 1/2 years - European, African Middle
Eastern Theaters. Length of tour indicates the 290 was not original
unit, as the 75 th Div. apparently was not in Africa or Mid.
East.
Respectfully,
Jon Thompson
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 14:22:04 -0600 (CST)
Being new to the Web, I'm checking to see if I correctly E-mailed an
inquiry, (last week of Jan.) seeking information regarding my father,
PFC Donald E. Thompson, 75th Div. WWII.
Sincerely,
Jon Thompson
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10.) Infos needed on James Du Laney
From: "martien salden" <msalden4@hetnet.nl>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:15:34 +0100
Please visit my homepage;
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~m4salden/index.htm
Dear Sir,
Some time ago I adopted a Wargrave at the War cemetery in Margraten
The Netherlands. The data of the American soldier who died in Germany are:
Laney James W. Du
Sergeant, US Army
33788967
390th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: March 30, 1945
Buried at: Plot C Row 12 Grave 10
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland
Awards: Purple Heart
My question is: Is it possible to know more about this heroe. Are there
still relatives alive? Where and how did he die?
I would like it very much if you could help us!!
kindly regards
Martin salden
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11.) US veteran John M. Dudunake visits Netherlands
From: Bas Verheijen <bas_verheijen@bravilor.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:32:39 +0100
Mr. Wilmink,
A friend of mine is coming to visit us in The Netherlands in april.
He is an USA WWII veteran. This wil be his first time after the WW to return
to The Netherlands.
For this special occassion I plan to go visit the American wargraves
in Margraten (Limburg).
Do you know if there is another good place to go visit with him?
Is there any information available of WWII veterans. He didn't remembered
his numbers etc.
His name is John M. Dudunake, is there a way to find more information
about him about his activities during WWII??
He also asked me if it was possible to visit an US Army base here in
Europe.
Do you know the closest US Army base by Amsterdam?
Thank you,
Bas Verheijen
The Netherlands
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12.) Soldiers For The Truth "Defending America Newsletter"
From: "rrzimm" <rrzimm@gateway.net>
An: "MK-Wirtschaftsdienst GmbH" <mkw-detective@t-online.de>
Hi Zimm,
I am not on the mailinglist because of my profession as a detective,
but as my hobby as a city historian from my hometown Plettenberg, Westphalia,
Germany.
The 75th Inf Div (US) did the work of a military government here from
20 April to 6 June 1945 after they fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
We wanted to know more about that time and so we posted a lot of infos
into the internet (www.plettenberg.de/75th) in english. Then I recieved
emails from vets and sons and daughters of vets that were looking
for buddies. When I recieved so much emails, that I could not exchange
the mails under my contacts, I started to collect the emails and to send
them out as a "75th Inf Div email newsline" to all contacts. I am doing
this now since app. 3 years, and have around 250 recipients of the newsline,
mainly in the States, but also around the world. A lot of vets found their
old buddies through our newsline via the detour over Germany. There is
one story on our website, you can read all the past issues of our newsline
also there.
It is very interesting to recieve your newsline, and from time to time,
I use one of your G.I. jokes for my newsline. You are free to use the infos
out of my newsline. Maybe it could be interesting for your readers to hear
about the newsline, maybe one of them knows a vet of the 75th or is one.
Greetings from Germany
Rolf G. Wilmink
75th Inf Div unofficial homepage
www.plettenberg.de/75th
-----------------------------------------
Rolf,
interesting stuff. Maybe you would like to right a short article for
our readers, telling them what you're doing for the vets. We have over
30,000 subscribers and I believe you will get a lot of contacts....
My father was born in Gevelsberg, Westphalia and then lived in Bad
Salzschlirf. Served in WWII in the 116th Pz, 21st Pz, Pz Lehr...He
later worked with the US government in the constabualry and was in charge
of a labor service guard company in Heidelberg. He ultimately worked
for over 35 years for the US Government...
Since my retirement from the Army (20 years/Lieutenant Colonel, now
41 yrs old) I've been working w/Dave Hackworth. My goal is to do something
for the education of our people about national defense, but also write
about some German Army first hand accounts. I still believe that
the German Landser is not shown for what he accomplished under the dire
circumstances...
Alles klar Herr Kommissar?
Best,
Zimm
---------------------------------------------------------
SOLDIERS FOR THE TRUTH “DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER”
15 March 2000
“When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.”
General George Washington, New York Legislature, 1775
Soldiers For The Truth, PO Box 63840, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3840
WWW.SFTT.ORG
<snip>
„International contacts. I am pleased to tell you that we are
having quite a few readers from other countries. I would like to
acknowledge the many readers from Canada and a German website which helps
to link veterans of the 75th Infantry Division to places and contacts of
their wartime actions – if you’re interested-- (www.plettenberg.de/75th)“
R.W. Zimmermann
President SFTT
zimm@sftt.org
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13.) A picture I have taken December 24, 1944
From: Mavsnv@aol.com
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:53:46 EST
Rolf, I was looking through some pictures of my Father's and found on
the back of one he had written, LaFoss, Belgium - Dec. 24, 1944 -
Jan. 7, 1945.
The men's names are listed as, Guterez, Streklow, Struchen, Lewis,
Haley, Stevens (My Daddy), Goulart, Callandrelli, Mican. Under that
He writes 2nd Squad "Battle of the Ardennes." Christmas and New Year
were spent here. The picture is of course my Father and eight other
soldiers in the snow and looking very weary, cold, but above all, very
proud Soldiers. I have also found pictures of my Father in front
of "THE 289th INF. TOOK "ICKERN" TOO.
At the bottom it shows 75th. On the back of this picture he writes
Ickern, Germany - April 16, 1945. Taken during "Battle of Ruhr."
I have one picture from Salm Chateau, Belgium where he writes Parade for
liberated prisoners. Names on back are Wilson, Hull, Haley, Diamond,
Me, Johnson, Gobel & Stewart. There are some from Granmeril,
Belguim of American tanks knocked out in "Battle of the Ardennes-Bulge."
Bech, Belgium a picture of House where He stayed in "Battle of Ardennes."
The reason I am sending you this is, I wondering if any of your readers
might recognize themselves or it might sound familiar to a member of the
family. One other thing I have really taken a second look at is a
list titled "Headquarters Camp Chicago, Sissonne Sub-area, Assembly Area
Command, 24 June 1945, APO 752, Listed are the names
of towns and dates the 2nd Bn. 289th Inf. were in the towns from 24th December
l944 to 7th June 1945. These men, of whom I have the utmost in respect
and admiration for, had no rest! I Thank God my Father made it through,
I was so fortunate to have been his daughter. I wish I would have
known to ask more questions about this time in His life. If you are
fortunate enough to have someone around who was there, ask questions!
As always in Loving Memory of "My Father." Daddy's Girl.
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14.) Infos needed on Charles Acosta, PFC, 291st, Medic
From: Coria Debbie A PHCA <CoriaDA@phdnswc.navy.mil>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:58:29 -0800
Dear Sir,
I am writing in hopes that someone can help me locate my grandfathers
whereabouts during W.W.II. The information I have is as follows:
Name: Charles Acosta
Rank: PFC
Branch: US Army
MOS: Medic
He was attached to the 291st Infantry Regiment which was part of the
75th Division.
The 75th arrived in Europe in 1944 but he was there since 1943.
I have onephoto of my Grandfather with a caption "AFRICA" on it.
If anyone new him or served with him, I would appreciate some correspondence,
as I am trying to put together a service plaque of my Grandfathers' Service
Record to present to his only son, my Father. Also any information
on any awards or unit citations would be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Richard Acosta
P.S. My younger brother Frank Acosta has already made an inquiry
on this but has received no response.
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15.) Infos needed on Lennie Dale Bell, AT-290
From: "Keith A. Snow" <ksnow@planetkc.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:29:28 -0600
Hello Rolf,
I've been going to contact you for a couple of years. Recently
my interest and energy have been renewed through some contacts with members
of the 75th. Great guys!
I am looking for anyone in the AT-290 of the 75th, specifically anyone
who might have know my dad, Lennie Dale Bell, who usually went by Dale.
I believe he was a Tech 5-Mail Clerk but understand there were 3 Battalions
to which he may have been assigned to, possibly the 1st or 3rd. Would
be ever so grateful for any information, such as Battalion and Company.
Please add us to your newsletter addresses.
Thanks so much!
Gloria Snow -ksnow@planetkc.com
Rise" Bell - rbell@ruraltel.net
Phyllis Bell -pbell14@juno.com
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16.) The Crossing of the Rhine (Anti-Tank Company, 291st Infantry
Regiment)
From: LTERRYMCD@aol.com
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:02:23 EST
Hello Rolf,
The following story is for a March (or later) Newsline. On the 23d
of March 1945, the 75th Division sat on the Rhine river, holding in place
and waiting for someone to make the crossing. The story is as one young
soldier from Pennsylvania saw and heard it. It was a happening that I don't
believe any of us would want to part with the memory, but also, would not
want it to happen again.
Our best regards, Terry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following was written by one of the soldiers of Anti-Tank Company,
291st Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division. Anti-Tank Company was
positioned in the vicinity of a town named, BUDBURG, Germany just west
of the Rhine River. It is thought that the soldiers name was Robert W.
Cooper. A very real and live report of the events leading up to and during
the crossing of the Rhine.
**************
The Crossing of the Rhine
Friday, 23 March 1945
Tomorrow night or the next morning, newspapers and the radio will be
telling the world that a large scale, carefully planned crossing of the
Rhine took place up here, in the preparations for a giant trust into the
Ruhrland by British and American forces. It is because our platoon is set
up here on the levee that runs along the river, that I shall be able to
give you a first hand, eye witness account of what the crossing will be
like in our sector of the river. In support of the crossing, we, with our
anti-tank guns, right in the middle of the forthcoming activity, with the
mission of firing at certain targets in the middle of the river, if it
becomes necessary.
The preliminaries have all been attended to. The
stage is all set up at the river behind the levee, along a 12 miles stretch.
Engineers have been busy the past week improving the roads and clearing
them of all sorts of abandoned German equipment. For the last two weeks
artillery has been pounding the opposite shore, day and night. Many times
during that period our own company guns have been throwing shells across
the river into buildings and church steeples that might have been used
as German observation posts. Almost every night combat patrols from our
rifles companies, would sneak across the river in search of German activity.
Many nights the Jerries have fired at our patrols,only to give away their
positions. The next day we would knock out these positions. Alles Kaput!
At 10 oclock this morning the Air Corps began its
job. Wave after wave of British Wellingtons and American Marauders come
over through the heavy ack-ack, dropped their eggs, eight to ten hundred
yards in front of us, spread out from their bombing formations and headed
back to their bases. This kept up all day until just a few minutes ago.
It really was a wonderful feeling to look through our field glasses and
see the bomb bay doors open and watch the bombs fall across the river.
I kept praying that none of those bombs would fall short.
The night before last our set up was interrupted
when a platoon of TDs moved in and began getting their positions ready
for the time when they would move their guns in. There were so many guns
and ammo around here, that this place looked like the Rauton Arsenal. Now
their guns and searchlight outfit are setting on top of the levee with
our guns. The time is close at hand. There is a Chemical Mortar outfit
about 200 yards behind us. They are going to fire smoke shells across the
river so that the TD men will not be seen when they use dynamite to blow
up the poles in front of them. The purpose of this is so that they will
have a perfect field of fire. At exactly 1 A.M. the artillery let loose
with their barrage, which was to precede the crossing.
Somewhere behind us the Infantry is getting ready
with their assault boats, while the Engineers are ready with the bridge
equipment. Other Engineers are already down at the waterfront getting the
landing craft ready to shuttle the first troops and their equipment across
the three hundred yards of water.
It is getting later now and each tick of the clock
brings the time of crossing closer. The rifle troops are probably waking
up now and getting ready to move forward after the usual breakfast of flapjacks
and coffee. We have just turned in a report that our gun and ammo has been
checked and we are ready to fire. We are taking shifts on the gun but most
of the boys are going to stay up here all night so they can see the biggest
thing in our lives. Naturally we expect the Jerries to throw some artillery
back at us, so we have dug ourselves some holes behind and along side of
our guns in case it gets to hot on top of the levee.
The time is now 3:43 A.M. and the Rhine River up
here has been crossed at two main sectors. At exactly 1 A.M., countless
battalions of artillery cut loose on the sector across the river, north
of us, where the river bends in the direction of South Holland. The firing
was so intense that the gun crews had to spray their barrels of the howitzers
and long Toms with cold water to keep then from burning up.
I thought I had seen some heavy concentrations of
fire, but I dont think there is anything to compare with that of tonight.
At 2 A.M. we could tell from machine gun and rifle tracers that the crossing
was taking place. A few minutes later the artillery turned their muzzles
90 degrees to the East and let go with about 80 to 90 bursting shells a
minute across the river in front of us. At the same time the mortars took
off. What a hell of a racket that was. We really had a ringside seat. That
was when I wished I had a bomb proof shelter over my head.
The Jerries figured it was time for them to throw
some shells back at us. That was when all my life started to pop before
me. I was shaking like hell and I know it wasnt patriotism that we were
shaking with. It exploded everywhere without warning because of the noise
of our own guns. A hell of a lot of shells dropped in front and behind
us, but thank God, nobody in our sector got hit.
You cant see the rifleman because of the smoke laid
down to cover their move, but you can hear the motors of the assault boats
and you can hear the Engineers working.
There is very little rifle fire on the other side.
That means so far so good for the doughs swarming inland. It is 5 A.M.
now. Midnight in N.Y. What a beautiful sight that would be right now. I
used up two packs of cigarettes since midnight. It must be my nerves, whats
left of them!
Enemy burp guns have opened up now. That means the
Jerries who have survived the artillery have recovered enough to attempt
a defense of their positions.
By dawn the riflemen had advanced far enough inland
to silence most of the enemy artillery in our area. What shells did come
in were concentrated on the Engineers at the edge of the river. I had been
kidding with one of the boys and said, Lets turn in a report that there
were no casualties on hill 7-11. I took a walk down to our position on
the left to talk to the boys. We were standing there when all of a sudden
we heard one coming in. We hit the ground just in time. It landed to our
right about 25 yards. A Sgt. from the TDs was observing on the hill, when
it came in. It caught him in the back of the neck. He was killed almost
instantaneously. Two of his buddies dragged him down from the top and the
medics took him away.
Finally all enemy fire stopped and the spot light
turned to the Army and Navy landing crafts busy on the river in front of
us, ferrying the heavy stuff from this shore to the other. The men are
really busy. Tank after tank is thundering down the beach and onto the
LCVs. Today is the first time in two weeks that we were able to walk down
along the beach. It really was a beautiful day. Too warm for an OD shirt.
All along the beach, weary Engineers were laying along the beach, exhausted
after their hard work during the night. They were starting
to bring in some prisoners now. There were hundreds of them. Kids from
14, and men up to 50. all were sloppy looking, but happy. We all knew that
they were laughing up their sleeves at us because the fact is they got
it made now. The war is over for them.
I doubt if I will ever again go through what weve
been going through these last two weeks.
Tonight is like the 4th of July, because a lone German
plane is trying to strafe the river and machine guns, 20mm, 37mm, 40mm,
and 90mm ack-ack has the sky looking like a full fledged Independence Day
celebration. A gun to our rear finally knocked him out of the sky.
As far as I can accurately recall this covers the
movement from every angle I was able to see and I hope after youve read
it, you will have a clearer picture and a better conception of what the
crossing up here was like. Too bad that Ill have to wait so long to mail
it.
Dead news can never be as interesting as last minute
reporting and by the time this reaches you, the map of Germany will look
like a squirming rat between the jaw of a giant vice.
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17.) Salm River valley book planned
From: "Eddy LAMBERTY" <eddy.lamberty@village.uunet.be>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:40:11 +0100
Dear Sir,
I was very happy to receive the Newsline n°44 and it was again
very interesting to read the news. You are doing a great job and I can
understand that it needs time.
On the 08th of January (afternoon), I attended the ceremonies to the
monuments of Rochelinval (to the 551st PIB) and to the monument of St.
Jacques (517th Prct. and 505th PIR).
I'll take part for the fourth time to the 82nd A/B Commemorative March
(18th edition) on the 26th of February. We will follow the Battle Trail
of the 505th PIR. The march will cross the villages of Fosse (monuments
to the company 'I' ), Grand-Halleux, Rochelinval, Bergeval, Reharmont.
Start and "Finish line": Basse-Bodeux.
I also intend
to write a book on the Battle of the Bulge that would only tell the
events that took place in the Salm river valley and around. I have contacts
with veterans of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th Infantry Division
that had an
important role in my area. I then try to get more and more personnal
stories and recollection that are the first source of information before
the books. I don't mean that the books are not interesting but they often
forget to speak of the feeling of the soldiers who were on the battlefield.
I know that others units and parts of divisions were in my area during
this time period and I'll try to mention them in my book and to explain
their actions in the Salm River Valley. I'll need several years before
editing a serious book. Indeed, everyone can write a book but I want to
be sure of the information even it would be difficult to verify all. So,
I would appreciate the memoirs, pictures and other useful details that
the veterans would like to send to me.
I hope that
everything is well with you and keep up the good work.
Sincerely
yours,
Eddy Lamberty
Rue Capitaine
Lekeux 2/2è Etage
6698 Grand-Halleux
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18.) World War Two Veterans book planned
From: "Sheats" <phils@nettally.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:54:02 -0500
I am compiling a book on World War Two. It will be comprised mostly
of true stories and letters of people who lived at that time. I am interested
in any letters written at the time of the War, those from soldiers to home,
and also those from home to the soldiers. I am also interested in first-hand
accounts of your own personal experiences. Would you be interested in having
some of your stories and/or letters published in my book? If you wish,
your name need not be mentioned in the book; your entries may remain anonymous,
otherwise please include your name and rank for publication.
My address is:
Rt. 4 Box 4692
Monticello, FL 32344
You can also reach me via e-mail: tara_dalmes@hotmail.com I will greatly
appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you.
Rebekah Sheats.
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19.) Infos needed on 290th, Co. I
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 20:11:53 -0800
From: Brian Wolff <bwolff@gte.net>
-------- Original Message --------
From: "JANICE P. CARSWELL" <maryfair@vistatech.net>
Subject: 75th Division Veterans Association
To: <bwolff@gte.net>
I would like information re: the 75th Veterans Association. My
father served in the 75th, Company I, 290th Infantry Regiment. He
passed away in August 1998, can family members join?
(Moderators note: Please check her email adress, I had problems with
it)
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20.) Infos needed on Cortland Robert Milgate, 289th C, Company
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:33:13 -0500
From: Cindy Knoblauch <arches@noblestar.net>
Hello!
My father, Cortland Robert Milgate, served with the 75th Division in
the C Company of the 289th Infantry from 20Feb45 to 26Feb46. He recently
died, and my mother compiled all of the information that she had saved
while he was in the service. I was interested in finding some of
the men who he served with. He often wrote and talked about Stuart
Huntley, Irby R. Laporte, and Arlo Haskins in particular. I have
not been able to find their names in your listings. Do you have any
suggestions on how to find these men, or others in his division and platoon?
My mother had kept many wonderful documents, pictures, newspaper clippings,
and letters. One of the documents she has is a newsletter called
the Bulge Buster, as well as a detailed history of the C Company 289th
Infantry.
Any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Cindy Milgate Knoblauch
arches@noblestar.net
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21.) Infos needed on David E. Savage, A Co. 275th 289th Reg. Combat
Engineers
From: "Savage, David W." <savaged@wa-arng.ngb.army.mil>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 13:20:58 -0800
Sir: My dad served with the 75th and was in A Co. 275th 289th Reg.
Combat Engineers. I was just wondering if the member roster is broken down
to different companys? Dad passed away on the 1st of October 1999 and I
would like to talk to anyone who might of known him. A couple of his friends
are still alive and well but I would enjoy to talk to other folks. His
name was David E. Savage and was a private.
Thanks Dave Savage
---------------------------------------
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:48:06 -0600
From: sundance <sundance@onramp.net>
Dear Mr. Savage,
I regret to report that I did not know your father. I did serve for
a relatively short period of time in Company A of the 275th Engineer Combat
Battalion, but didn't get to know all the members of A Company.
As for the the membership roster, the battalion roster was broken down
into segments listing the names of each member of each engineer company,
such as A, B and C, and the battalion headquarters company, so that
each company carried a roster of its own members. The company roster, in
turn, usually listed the members of each of the particular platoons comprising
that company.
In battle, each of the engineer companies A, B and C (together with
units from other support groups) was often assigned to one of the three
infantry regiments in the division, i.e., the 289th, 290th and 291st, so
as to form a regimental combat team. Apparently, your father, as a member
of Company A of that engineer battalion, served as a part of the 289th
Regimental Combat Team while that company was assigned to that combat team.
If you know, or could find, which particular platoon (such as the 1st,
2nd, etc.) of Company A that he was in, it might be possible that you could
find someone who was also in that platoon who knew him. This is not to
suggest that members of some other platoon or some other company would
not have known him; it's just that the members of a platoon, being a smaller
unit of a company, often knew each other because of serving so closely
together.
I am so very sorry that I'm not able to provide more information.
With very best wishes,
John Green
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22.) Update on Search for John Blackledge
From: „jpuckbird" <jpuckbird@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:00:34 -0600
Hi Rolf,
Hope everything is fine with you and that you had a very enjoyable
holiday. I and my family had a wonderful Christmas and I'm sure glad
that I made it through another one!
You may or may not remember that I was searching for John Blackledge
of the 290th, Company F. John's and my dad's records seem to have
some correlation that let me to believe that they might have known eachother.
I am sad to say that John passed away nearly thirty years ago in September
of 1970. I don't think that John had made any connections with the
75th Veteran Association. The records center provided no further
explanations or information.
Thanks Rolf,
Jay Puckett
jpuckbird@email.msn.com
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23.) Signed Guestbook re. Camp Breckinridge
From: "jpuckbird" <jpuckbird@email.msn.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 14:51:40 -0600
Hi everyone,
I thought you all might be interested in this email. I sent Melissa
the original email last year and received this reply. I had inquired
about Camp Breckinridge in the original email.
Best,
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: Darrell R. & Melissa (Shreve) Owen <owenfam@dynasty.net>
To: jpuckbird <jpuckbird@email.msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: Signed Guestbook
Jay,
> It's funny that you ask about museums, Our
County just spent money to restore the Camp Breckinridge officers club
and it should have an April dedication. The biggest portion of Camp Breckinridge
was turned into a Job Corp. Center and you would be amazed at all the original
buildings that they still use. The 18 photo post card that you show on
your web page shows building that are still in use at the Camp.
If there is anything you would like to know about the area I'll be
more than happy to tell you, or check into it. Since I began my family
history the Camp has become a place of interest to me but have been stumped
when trying to find many answers.
Take care,
Melissa
Coincidentally, I just bought one of those 18 picture post cards off
ebay for $15.00
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24.) Infos needed on MURRAY WOLPERT, 75 INF. F291
From: "LARRY WOLPERT" <LWOLPERT@email.msn.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 10:07:10 -0500
DEAR VETS, MY DAD, MURRAY WOLPERT WAS
IN THE 75 INF. F291(MOST LIKELY). ALTHOUGH HE WAS AN ACCOUNTANT WORKING
WITH COMPUTERS BACK IN THE SIXTIES, HE'S NOT INTERNET SAVVY. AT A
FAMILY GATHERING LAST NIGHT I EXPLORED THIS SITE WITH HIM, AND HE ENJOYED
IT MORE THAN ANYTHING BUT HIS GRANDCHILDREN (UNFORTUNATELY ONLY TWO
OF THEM ARE OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE HEARD OF WW2 HE FOUND OUT AFTER AN HOUR
OF SOMEWHAT ENTERTAINING STORIES.) ANYHOW SEEING THE MAPS AND
THE LIST OF COMMAND POSTS REALLY JARRED HIS MEMORY AND HE HAS MANY
STORIES, PHOTOS, SOUVENIRS, AND APPARENTLY A LUGER WHICH HE HAS LONG SINCE
FORGOTTEN HOW TO REASSEMBLE.(I HOPE THE MAYOR DOESN'T HAVE FOUR COPS BREAKING
DOWN HIS DOOR TO CONFISCATE IT.) SHOULD ANY OF
HIS OLD BUDDIES WANT TO CONTACT HIM, OR HE CAN DONATE MORE TO THIS
SITE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ACT AS A CONDUIT FOR HIM!!!('TILL WE CAN GET HIM
ON THE NET HIMSELF) PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME (LARRY WOLPERT) AT LWOLPERT@MSN.COM
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25.) 75th Infantry Division history book
From: "Jan Bos" <circle82@wishmail.net>
Dat: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 16:18:13 +0100
Dear friends,
wonder if someone heard when the historybook for the 75th Infantry
Division will be ready. I have written several messages to Turner Publishing
when the book will be available, no reply, can somebody inform me ? We
(Historical Section of the National Liberation Museum 1944-1945) made the
Roll of Honor for the book
all the best from Holland
Jan Bos
Datum: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 17:32:59 +0100
Dear friends of the 75th Infantry Division. Today I heard the news
that finally the 75ht Infantry historybook is published. I have not seen
it yet. In the book you will find a Rollof Honor for the 75th, made by
myself, Gerrie Franken, Father Thuring and one or two other members of
the Historical Section of the National Liberation Museum 1944-1945 at Groesbeek.
We have made Roll of Honor before, we made a Roll of Honor for the
82nd Airborne Division, the liberators of the Nijmegen-Groesbeek-Grave
area during the first hour of operation Market Garden (17 September 1944),
we published a book containing the names of more than 3,400 paratroopers
and glidermen of the "All American Division" from the moment of activation
in the States until the end of the war. The book contains besides the christian
and family names of the men, their ranks, ASN, state of origin, their company
or battery, the dates of their death, if known the location and circumstances,
the name and plot/grave of the temporary cemetery and the location of the
to-days grave, either in Europe or in the United States. After the book
was published we received additional information as company, circumstances,
we think that we have all the names in it of the troopers killed under
both battle- as non-battle circumstances. We were asked by the 75th Assn
and by Mr Bill Schiller (probably aware of our 82nd Roll of Honor) to make
a Roll of Honor for the 75th Infantry Division. Father Thuring (our chairman)
had lots of information which he provided to me and Gerrie, who put everything
in the computer, we had to check and re-check the information, and we hope
we did not forget a member of the 75th, we also made several maps. We were
working on other projects (Roll of Honor for the 101st Airborne Division
and the 106th Infantry Divi-sion - hopefully to be published this year),
Gerrie Franken is working on the Roll of Honor for the 29th Infantry Division,
I am working on a Roll of Honor for the Troop Carriers units - think that
many men of the 75th and who were wounded, were flown out by the C-47s
of the Troop Carrier Groups), besides that we started for the 104th Infantry
Division, I started on the 3rd and 36th Infantry Divisions and we put everything
aside to give the 'green light'for making the Roll of Honor for your division.
We managed to do so in time. It was our honor to make a Roll of Honor
for the 75th. We should never forget the men, who were killed for our freedom.
Information can be received from the American Battle Monuments Commission
for those men buried in one of the 13 American cemeteries in Europe, you
can receive information from the National Cemeteries, spread out all over
the United States, you can get information from the National Archives II
in College Park, Maryland, and so on, but no-where you can find information
all together in one place, but now you have, in your history book: congartulations
and again we were and are proud we could do our share. You will find our
logo in the book, whenever you come to this region, pay us a visit, the
museum is under construction now and is open to public, when you visit
it now you can run into construction workers. They are gone in the second
half of April, the official openeing (hopefully by our Queen Beatrix) will
be in September
Thank you, on behalf of the Historical Section of the National Liberation
Museum 1944-1945 in Groesbeek, sincerely
Jan Bos
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From: "Steve Graber" <mtnview1@worldnet.att.net>
RE: History Book
Datum: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:54:33 -0500
Rolf,
Please allow me another day or two to find the information for ordering
the 75th Div book. I am trying to locate the appropriate information for
ordering it but I believe my brother has the info. I will call him this
weekend to obtain the info for the newsline.
Also, do you know of a good website for German WWII maps or arial photos?
I was wondering if such info exists especially in the vicinity of Grand
Halleux, Belgium (just North of Vielsalm) during Jan. 1945.
Steve
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Attention! Ordering Adress 75th Div history book
!
From Steve Graber:
For the 75th Newsletter, below is the information for ordering the
75th Division book:
Turner Publishing Company
412 Broadway
PO Box 3101
Paducah, Kentucky 42002-3101
Phone: 270-443-0121
Library of Congress Catalog No. 99-076455
ISBN: 1-56311-443-7
I believe the price is about $54.
Regards,
Steve
From the moderator: I have to thank Steve very much for sending me a
copy of the book. It contains interesting infos and photos, also from my
hometown Plettenberg. A must have for every vet and friend of the 75th
!! More later !
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26.) Infos needed on GI Anderson, 290th Infanty, Company L, 2nd
platoon
From the Moderator:
I don´t know if it was posted before, but just in case..........
From: "R. J. Anderson" <rjandson@rrv.net>
Re: 75th inf div
Datum: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:47:42 -0500
Hi
Thanks for all the information you have furnished me concerning the
75th Division. My dad was assigned to 290th Infanty, Coompany L,
2nd platoon and was wounded on 24DEC44. Their has been a change in
my e-mail address would you please adjust your e-mail so I wil still
receive your mail. My new address is rjandson@rrv.net
Thanks again
R.J. Anderson
PS: also let me know if you got this message as sometimes I do'nt
know what I'm doing with out the help of my children.
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27.) Alumni Locater
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 05:01:23 -1000
From: VetsCom <asksarge@vets.com>
Dear Rolf,
I have just finished updating my alumni locater and adding a new real
time ad section for events and reunions. It covers all services.
I have to rely on people sending in changes so it is as current as this
allows. I do get them from Ben Taylor and others so I think it is rather
up to date considering the thousands of listings. It is accesable
by a search engine or manually you can browse if you desire. http://vets.com/inside/alumni.htm
The Event and Reunion ad section has always been there but because
of the way we did it hard to keep up. Now all you have to do is register
and post your ad. You are also able to change it if need be just
remember your logon info and do so. http://vets.com/events1 We also
upgraded our Looking For section to this two months ago and the response
has been terrific. If you have people looking for lost buddies, friends
or family this page is well visited with over 5,000 visitors a day.
Of course this is http://vets.com and all services are FREE. Sometimes
people get us confused with vets.org which is a commercial operation.
I want to thank you for all the great information you have sent me
through your newsletter. It has been invaluable to me and so many
visitors to our site. Our Find It section has of course been a great
benificiry of your work and for that alone I can't thank you enough.
Please keep up your great work and again thanks.
Chuck Napier
webmaster@vets.com
for the Ask Sarge committee
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28.) Association/Alumni's
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 20:51:33 -0500
From: BEN
Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 11:03 PM
BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMEONE OR SOME MILITARY ORGANIZATION?
The listing of military association/alumni's now has a NEW ADDRESS:
http://www.military-network.com
Check the organization's for people you are looking for. Check and
see if your organization or association is listed. Looking for history
of a unit, check the listing for the Point-of-Contact.
If you see anything that need's changing or have any additions, please
send them to me. I'll have the change/additons ASAP.
If you have or know of a military type newsletter, PLEASE inform them
of the NEW address.
BEN
1stSgt, USA Ret
"Still Serving the Troops"
Vet_Locator@prodigy.net
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29.) Do You Know Any D-Day Vets?
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 21:32:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Darren He <darrenhe@yahoo.com>
Hello, my name is Darren He. I am seventh grader at Castaic Middle
School working on a History Day Project about D-Day. I was wondering if
you knew any veterans of D-Day, esp. on the west coast, preferably Southern
California. If so, could you give me their e-mail address or someway to
contact them so I could send an e-mail questionnaire or do a phone or personal
interview. My e-mail address is darrenhe@yahoo.com. Thank you for your
time.
Sincerely,
Darren He
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:05:29 -1000
From: VetsCom <asksarge@vets.com>
Re: [Fwd: Do You Know Any D-Day Vets?]
Thanks MK-Wirtschaftsdienst GmbH for your message at 18:32 2/9/00 +0100,
Please contact the Southern California Office of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars I don't have the phone number but it is in the LA phone book and on
Wiltshire Avenue. (I'm in Hawaii'i) They can easily get you intouch with
a D Day vet through one of their posts.
Chuck Napier
webmaster@vets.com
for the Ask Sarge committee
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30.) On the lighter side
Southern Canadian joke
From: "Joseph Karr" <167thsig@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:33:41 -0500
A Texan, a Canadian, and a guy from Michigan are out riding horses.
The Texan pulls out an expensive bottle of whiskey, takes a shot, then
another, and suddenly throws the bottle in the air, pulls out his gun and
shoots the bottle in mid air.
The Canadian looks at him and says, "What are you doing?! That
was a perfectly good bottle of whiskey!" The Texan says, "In Texas, there's
plenty of whiskey and bottles are cheap."
A while later, not wanting to be outdone, the Canadian pulls out a bottle
of champagne, takes a few sips, throws the bottle in the air, pulls out
his gun and shoots it. The guy from Michigan can't believe this and says,
"What did you do that for? That was an expensive bottle of Champagne!"
The Canadian says "In Canada there's plenty of Champagne and bottles are
cheap."
So a while later the guy from Michigan pulls out a bottle of beer. He
opens it, takes a sip, takes another sip, and then chugs the rest.
He then puts the bottle back in his saddlebag, pulls out his gun, turns
around and shoots the Canadian.
The Texan, shocked, says, "Why did you do that!" The guy from Michigan
says, "Well, in Michigan, we have plenty of Canadians, but bottles are
worth a dime."
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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 15:24:56 -0800
From: "michael swink" <drxl403@mailcity.com>
Love Dress
The mother-in-law stopped unexpectedly by the recently married couple's
house.
She rang the doorbell and stepped into the house. She saw her daughter-in
law standing naked by the door. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm waiting for my husband to come home from work." the daughter-in-law
answered.
"But you're naked!" the mother-in-law exclaimed.
"This is my love dress" the daughter-in-law explained. "Love dress?
But you're naked!"
"My husband loves me to wear this dress! It makes him happy and it
makes me happy. I would appreciate it if you would leave because he will
be home from work any minute."
The mother-in-law was tired of all this romantic talk and left. On the
way home she thought about the love dress. When she got home she
got undressed, showered, put on her best perfume and waited by the front
door.
Finally her husband came home. He walked in and saw her standing
naked by the door.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"This is my love dress" she replied.
"Needs ironing!"
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 06:40:36 -0800
From: Ken Hohmann <chooch@cybergate.com>
Dear Distant Friends, Engineers, Architects, Counselors, Writers, Wrelatives,
Friends and Sundry Others,
Sorry to burden you with this download, but I obviously felt it would
be probably worth it. Something to take your minds off of the super
dynamic and thrilling candidates for dog and hog (as in pork barrel) catcher.
Ken
Subject: Comprehending Engineers
Stories only an engineer can find funny.
Comprehending Engineers - Take One
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Two engineering students were walking across campus when one said,
"Where did you get such a great bike?"
The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding
my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She
threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take
what you want."
The second engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably
wouldn't have fit."
Comprehending Engineers - Take Two
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To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the
glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as
it needs to be.
Comprehending Engineers-Take Three
********************************
A pastor, a doctor and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly
slow group of golfers. The engineer fumed, "What's with these guys?
We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!" The
doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such ineptitude!"
The pastor said, "Hey, here comes the greenskeeper. Let's have a word
with him." [dramatic pause] "Hi, George. Say, what's
with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?"
The greenskeeper replied, "Oh, yes, that's a group
of blind firefighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse
from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime."
The group was silent for a moment.
The pastor said, "That's so sad. I think I
will say a special prayer for them tonight.
The doctor said, "Good idea. And I'm going
to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's anything he can
do for them."
The engineer said, "Why can't these guys play at
night?"
Comprehending Engineers-Take Four
********************************
There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all things
mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years,
he happily retired.
Several years later the company contacted him regarding
a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of their multi-million
dollar machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to get
the machine to work but to no avail. In desperation, they called
on the retired engineer who had solved so many of their problems in the
past.
The engineer reluctantly took the challenge.
He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day,
he marked a small "x" in chalk on a particular component of the machine
and stated, "This is where your problem is". The part was replaced and
the machine worked perfectly again.
The company received a bill for $50,000 from the
engineer for his service. They demanded an itemized accounting of
his charges. They got it!!
One chalk mark
$ 1
Knowing where to put it
$49,999
It was paid in full and the engineer retired again
in peace.
Comprehending Engineers-Take Five
*********************************
What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers
and Civil Engineers?
Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers
build targets.
Comprehending Engineers-Take Six
********************************
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does
it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How
does it work?"
The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How
much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do
you want fries with that?"
Comprehending Engineers-Take Seven
**********************************
Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible
designers of the human body.
One said, "It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the
joints."
Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous
system has many thousands of electrical connections." The last said,
"Actually it was a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline
through a recreational area?"
Comprehending Engineers-Take Eight
**********************************
"Normal people believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features
yet."
----- Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle
Comprehending Engineers-Take Nine
*********************************
An architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it
was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress.
The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid
foundation for an enduring relationship.
The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the passion
and mystery he found there.
The engineer said, "I like both."
"Both?"
Engineer: "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will
each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go
to the office and get some work done."
Comprehending Engineers - Take Ten
**********************************
An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him
and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess".
He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke
up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess,
I will stay with you for one week." The engineer took the frog out
of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.
The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess,
I'll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want." Again the engineer
took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.
Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm
a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you for a week and do anything
you want. Why won't you kiss me?" The engineer said, "Look
I'm an engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking
frog, now that's cool."
**********************************************************************************
GI HUMOR - The Origins of Rank
Ed.: I bet most of you didn't know!!!
***********************************************************************
The young Ensign approached the crusty old Chief and asked him about
the origin of the commissioned officer insignias.
"Well, Ensign, it's history and tradition. First, we give you a gold
bar representing that you're valuable BUT malleable.
The silver bar of a Lieutenant Junior Grade represents value, but less
malleable.
When you make Lieutenant, you're twice as valuable so we give you two
silver bars.
As a Captain, you soar over military masses, hence the eagle.
As an Admiral, you're obviously a star. That answer your question?"
"Yeah, but what about Commanders and Lieutenant Commanders?"
"Now that goes waaaaaay back in history. Back to the Garden of Eden
even.
You see, we've always covered our pricks with leaves .. . . "
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GI HUMOR
Didn't think they had any sense of humor. Zimm
***********************************************************
REAL CHIEF'S:
Don't have any civilian clothes.
Don't remember any time they weren't Chief's.
Favorite holiday is CPO Initiation.
Think that Ensigns should be seen and not heard, and never, ever, be
allowed to read books on leadership.
Wish KP was still a Navy Tradition, 'cause they don't Have to pull
it.
Greatest fear is signing for property book items.
Have served on ships that are now war memorials or tourist attractions.
Have the heart of a little boy kept in a jar on their desk.
Have tattoos and are carefully tanned.
Can find their way to the CPO Club blindfolded, on 15 different Navy
Bases.
Have pictures of ships in their wallets instead of their wife and kids.
Don't order supplies, they swap for them.
Love quotes. Their favorite is from the movie Ben Hur, "We keep you
alive to serve this ship."
Can name 15 bars in Hong Kong, but know that the best bars are across
the bay in Kowloon.
Turn in a 4 page brag sheet for their evaluation.
Know that the black tar in their coffee cup makes the coffee taste
better.
Idea of heaven-Three good First Class Petty Officers and a Division
Officer who does what he is told.
Think John Wayne would have made a good Chief, if he had not gone soft
and made Marine movies.
Are hated by Supply Officers, who have to take inventory after the
Chief pays a social call.
Use the term "Good Training" to describe any unpleasant task...Scraping
the sides of the ship is "Good Training." Spending the night drinking and
getting sick the next day is "Good Training." Having to sleep on your seabag
in the parking lot because there was no room in the barracks is "Good Training."
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........your feedback to this newsline !!!!
Greetings from Germany
Rolf G. Wilmink
75th Inf Div WWII Veterans Association Unofficial homepage
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