WW2 Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: Cynthia Tedhams Call
From: Lansing, Michigan
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
My Dad was in WWII with the 805th engineers They used to have get togethers every year in different states. Would like to learn more about my dad. I do have some photos I think were taken on Sipan.

Added: August 2, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Donna Compton
From: Oklahoma City, OK
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I am the middle daughter of Otis B. Compton, who entered the service as a "90 day wonder" 2nd Lt. and at war's end was Capt. I want to thank you so much for posting the map of the movements of the 1277th Engineer Combat Battalion. I am transcribing a few of his letters to home and it is so good to compare them (which are self-censored to prevent providing info to the enemy) with this objective info about where they were and what they were doing.

Added: July 9, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Kim Stuckey
From: North Georgia

Comments:
I've enjoyed reading the memories shared by Russel Weiskircher, PhD, STD, B. Gen AUS-Retired! It is a priviledge to know and weekly chat with this gentleman! You've heard it often, Russ, but Thank You again for your service for our country!

Added: July 9, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Stacey Balicki
From: Jonesport, Maine
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I recently was assigned to a base near Waldfeucht, Germany and discovered a memorial to 4 american soldiers that died there in 1945. I saw that one of the soldier's sons recently posted on here regarding this memorial-I would love to share pictures with you of the memorial/windmill. I came across this site while trying to google more information about these 4 men who lost their lives while serving their country.

Added: July 2, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Lyn
From: Hainge
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Hi, everyone. I'm trying to find information about the 373rd Engineers, 2nd Batallion, third platoon of Company D. My dad (Arthur "Satie" Satryb) served with that unit starting in roughly July, 1944. I have just found his photo album from those days and would love to know more about the stories he was trying to capture. He died when I was just a kid (16) so I never got to ask him about it.

Added: June 27, 2014

Submitted by
Name: John Foster Leach
From: Kenmore, New York
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
My dad was Foster E. Leach. He served in the 148th Combat Engineer BAT. as a stores clerk during the war. He was part of the crew that built the Hodges Bridge, and was responsible for ordering the equipment for the bridge. He passed in 1982, but his efforts to keep us free will live on.

Added: June 24, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Joel Schooler
From: Houston, Texas
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Mr Burgett, I read your book "Currahee" back when I was in Junior High school in the late 1960s. I was motivated to enter the US Army right after I graduated from High School. I was not able to go airborne because I was kept being denied by superior officers. Did my time and then joined the Houston Police Department. I think it was your book that inspired me to serve my country and my community because of the way you presented the straight forward facts and somehow indicated that we all have a responsibility to each other. Thank you for showing me and hopefully others what it means to give and not take.

Added: June 21, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Scott A. Sumner
From: Casper, Wyoming
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I am starting to research my Uncle Vern Schnitzus. He was in Co. A, 1273rd Engineer Combat Battalion. I know he was in Europe but have not found anything on his unit. I believe if I could find the unit the 1273rd was attached to I could find out more. Uncle Vern passed in 1989 but I have always loved WWII history. I would appreciate any assistance given.

Added: June 19, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Roger O. Jones
From: Lemoore, Ca
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
My Dad, Lt. Owen John Jones served in the 187th and was KIA in Western Germany on Feb 22, 1945..... That's all I've ever known.. until now..

Thanks to sites like this and American Memorials Overseas I've learned he was killed by a Tank mine in Waldfeucht, Germany, near and Old Windmill.. and that a Memorial Plaque had been dedicated in 1986, to him and the 4 men who died with him that day in 1945. With the help and support of the local community folks, many foreign Armed Forces, and survivor of the incident named: Charles "Chuck" McGuire.. there was several hundred people there for the Dedication.

If only I could have been there. But I am SO PROUD to have learned about all of this. It's been a Shadow that now has Light.

If anyone might have more information about those days.. I'm still trying to learn more.

Regards, R. Joe Jones

Admin reply: Dear Joe: Sad circumstances, but glad you were able to discover what happened in Feb '45. Hopefully you have learned more about the unit, this summer. Glad my site proved helpful.

Added: June 14, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Jennifer Deal Becker
From: Rochester NY
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Thank you, Marion, for all your work. As my husband and I are watching the Ken Burns "The War" documentary, I became more interested in my father's World War II service. I hadn't heard much because I was born over two decades after the war ended and because my parents separated when I was an infant. I knew he entered the service at age 18, just after his junior year of high school, and we have a copy of his discharge papers. Finding the detailed history of the 179th Engineer Combat Battalion on your site was like finding a treasure. My father's name is listed in Company A�s 2nd Platoon - Walter E. Deal Jr - though I think he went by "Joe." The photo is blurry, though, so I can't find him in it. Dad died on Veteran's Day in 1999, at age 74. So again thanks-it's good to be able to remember him in a new way.

Admin reply: You are so welcome. I enjoyed reading your post. If you haven't done so yet, check out my documentary, No Bridge Too Far. I think you would enjoy it. BTW, Ken Burns was my inspiration!

Added: June 8, 2014