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Photos of our WWII Veteran Forum Members

Here is a picture of my grandfather, his lovely bride, and me at their house in St. Petersburg, FL. It was in 1999 I believe. Fotunately they are toge...

18 years ago
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My family members serving in WWII

"OLE DOGGIE" !!!!! Woof Woff! No problemo, señor!

18 years ago
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Something in French

That's interesting - maybe. Perhaps from an engineering standpoint, I suppose. I wonder why he kept it? Thanks for the translaton!

18 years ago
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Log for the trip home

Capt - I see a place in the documentary for these pages. Always thinking ahead... How about this; interesting from an engineering point of vie...

18 years ago
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Log for the trip home

CaptO, By contrast, my trip home was a lonely one. I guess it depends on how many people you come home with. In my case, in 2004 when I came home...

18 years ago
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Log for the trip home

Looks like he used an engineers transit book. Did it have the Trig. tables in the back or is it some sort of war time version?That is a nice little ...

18 years ago
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49th Combat Engineers

Welcome Mark! Stick around and you'll learn quite a bit (there's ton's of archived stuff lurking around) and new conversations start up all the time. ...

18 years ago
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Cliff Duncan media file - 540th Combat Eng

I was able to view the video with the Flah version (I'm at work which means 1. I'm surprised it worked and 2. I'll have to finish it later) but there ...

18 years ago
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Do I have to introduce myself ?

Hello Marion and friends. Welcome back to the forum! There's lots of computer specialists in attendance here so you can always ask us if you...

18 years ago
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The story of the Anzio blanket (my new blankie)

Great and touching story. I know that would be in a place of honor for anyone who fought there. Can't wait to hear more Ken stories. Hope he ...

18 years ago
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Visual Humor in Uniform

Oddly enough, my wife just got this e-mailed to here yesterday! Never underestimate the power (and occasionally danger) of a bored service me...

18 years ago
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Log for the trip home

Well said. I am glad to have all these documents that make his experience more personal to me than just a unit history. I kept a handwritten journal w...

18 years ago
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Log for the trip home

I think there were tables like that in the back. I know he had lots of other engineering specific pocket books. I can scan some for the posting, but i...

18 years ago
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OUR MUSIC PAGE

I'm sure there's music in Heaven. It just couldn't be Heaven without it -especially for Frank Howard! The Mills Brothers, the Dorseys, Helen O'Connell...

18 years ago
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"S" designations?

Drat it all! I started looking up S/G-6 to see if I could find out when it began and had no luck so far. I did find that on the Wikipedia ent...

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