Christoph
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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

And an article about Mr Norton - the one you have read? Christoph

14 years ago
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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

I have found another soldier who was in Siegburg AND Waldböl AND Paris on his way back home: - unfortunately without photos - written by his son. ...

14 years ago
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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

We'll keep on searching. On the site of theUS Army Corps of Engineers you'll find "The Rhine River Crossings" by Barry W. Fowle who mentions some...

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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

Did he have all these wounds already in Siegburg? If yes, how could he do all he has done there? With this date we'll find perhaps the unit which pi...

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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

Theo is perhaps buried on the same cemetary, there is a also military cemetary with 634 graves of WWI and II and he's wearing a uniform on the photo. ...

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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

Concerning the maps: The Univerity of Greifswald has some of these maps online, the one with Remagen for example: Here you can find an overvi...

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Read any good books lately?

It was only because you're living near the border (seen from Germany). Christoph

14 years ago
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Read any good books lately?

Peut-être mieux que l'Anglais. Et toi? Tu es presque canadienne, n'est-cepas? Christoph

14 years ago
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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

Jean From the Abbey to the cemetery he had to walk 2 kilometers, that may be a long way with a cart or however he transported the deceased particula...

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USS Penguin

The ship that never existed is also available as model: Christoph

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Read any good books lately?

Perhaps you'd like Moshe Dayan's "The stors of my life", I read the french version "Histoire de ma vie" which I got from my father. A very interesting...

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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

If they have interviewed the two "French" PsW, I'm quiet shure that they would have recognized them as Americans, even with a French name. However, th...

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Camp near Siegberg Germany?

Oh, that's hard About swimming across the Rhine: The (main) problems are flow, ships and temperature. If you only want to cross the river, no m...

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USS Penguin

Another question: Which USS Penguin was he looking for? You have found AM-33, but there was also ASR-12, commissioned in 1944, says Wikipedia. So if F...

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USS Penguin

There's a Warden George Farmer on the Veteran's Walk (veteranswalk.org): Additional information may be available to those doing family research....

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