Darlene, I was was on holiday in Hawaii in September 2007, and visited 'Pearl' . It really is an awesome place, it is hard to imagine the horror and ...

I'm willing to bet that after 4 months on the battlefield you might have a hard time choosing between any of those women and Ma Kettle with a skillet ...

I am thankful that I am finally making headway in my research on the 1251st. I'm thankful that there are folks here who offer suggestions and informa...

Hi, I found some other facts you might be interested in: Erwin This is amazing stuff. I can now start doing a time line to bet...

Yesterday on the german discovery history channel were a documentary about a jap's who did not surrender till 1974 quite interesting docu he didn't be...

Hi Misty, If you contact the library in the town where he is buried in, they may have newspaper articles on microfilm that will provide you some ...

Thanks Marion, That map was very helpful. I have ordered "Bitter Woods" at your suggestion. I am really a rookie at WWII. (Now the US Civil War is ...

Dogs attaching themselves to soldiers is nothing new. There are two monuments in Gettysburg with dogs on them. One of them features a dog named Sally...

Hi there happy folks The WWII museum in New Orleans has some patterns and history of knitting during the war. They have crochet patterns too!!! ...

You never know who you'll meet or what interesting people will cross your path. You said it perfectly M!!! "Interested people ARE interesti...

Pardon me for hijacking the topic, but what did HE have to say? Brooke He said that he was afraid of her at first because he'd grown...

|Hi folks As always, I'm a day late and a dollar short in reading this topic. I love the Ken Burns documentaries because of their focus on the l...

Marion, Thanks for spreading the gospel on this. I am forever copying from snopes and attaching it to emails and returning them. I've even gone...