My issue watch as a company commander was an Elgin. Never had any trouble with it. When I left the 48th I signed a "Statement of Charges" for it, They...

Thirty years ago a Col Marshall, retired, was a member at Ft Sam Houston Golf Club. He professed that he was the oldest infantry battalion commander i...

Steve...There is a picture of a V-Mail letter to my Mother posted somewhere under my Posts. It greatly reduced the "bulk" of mail to be shipped & ...

The "Gurkas" were short & were from Nepal or Tibet, not India. The tall turbaned fighters were "Sheiks" from Northern India, (Kashmier) There were...

Liquor ration..,.WE fought the war for two years and I remember only one. Col Goodpaster had an officers meeting Xmas of 43...He had received about tw...

About depression gasoline. We could buy "Cassin Head" gas for 8 cents per gallon in North Texas around 1936. That is raw white gasoline just out of th...

His Grand Dad was Robert, Bob, Taylor, Cpl second platoon. Bob lost a foot in a mine field while rescuing a French lady from a mine field. He was a re...

We could auction them off with the receipts going to "6thcorpscombat engineer" WEB Site. AL

That LOST Battalion is an Infantry Battalion of the 36 Division not the Lost Artillery Battalion of the 131st FA. They were thousands of miles apart. ...

When The 36th (Texas Division) was "triangularized" in 1942, early, The 131st FA Bn (Howitzers) was sent to Washington State along with the 144 Inf. R...

Lee Marvin was awarded The Navy Cross his sergeant ( the man that starred in Neighborhood) was also awarded The Navy Cross. The Two great heroes of wa...

Suppose you are an instructor at the Engr. School. The Eng. School Regimental Crest would be worn on the shoulders & The Engineer Crest over the r...

In my day, I retired in 62, The Engineer Center had two regiments. The School Regiment & the Mech & Tech regiment. The School regiment was mad...