Dachau, On May 29th, My 3rd Division, 7th Inf Reg't was fighting the Krauts in Munich. I don't remember the dates, but that's what the Divis...

Infantry Regiment Organization Non-vets - please keep in mind that organization charts in the military are "authorized strength." They bear l...

Custerman Did I volunteer to remain for Occupation? Hell No! I was an inactive reservist who had volunteered for active duty,. I fought in...

Give 'em hell Joe. They will never understand. Because they "haven't been there". It makes me sick to hear about "cheapening the CIB" after...

Oh yes! I forgot to mention that I volunteered for Infantry OCS after 4 years of college ROTC. I was sent overseas as an infantry replacemen...

Marion and Joe, Very interesting! I have all my medals in a shadow box on the wall of our living room. They include the CIB, Capt...

Marion, I am sorry if the caption is confusing. I was trying to crowd into a few words, the liberation of Rome, the night patrol I led on 6/...

Where did you live in N.J.? I was born there, grew up in Roselle Park, went to college in New Brunswick, swam at Ocean Beach. With r...

Of course, there were girls our age too, at whom the regulations were directed. They were not only hungry, but would give a G.I. anything for a pack ...

Marilyn, I don't know if this reply will make much sense to you, but here goes. The drivers were a happy go lucky lot and they enjo...

I was only in Nurnburg for a day or two, arriving April 20, 1945, after a 3 day fight. We continued south. Intelligence reports said that the Germsn...

Picture in last post is 1st Lt. Cloer, (me) (subtitle "allus kaput!) a few months later in Nurnburg, Germany. (Sometimes spelled Nuremburg). ...

Berchtesgaden, the Berghof and the Eagles Nest. As a "newbe", I have been reading some of the old posts on this site. Both J3rdInf a...

1st Lt. Russ Cloer, (not handsome, just cold and tired!) Taken in Hachimette, France in December 1944 (Ardennes-Alsace Campaign).