I like to hear more. He was with the 91st Division and that occured during the fighting norht of Rome but before they reached the Arno River. ...

Marion, Down here in Tennessee we have Out-houses.

This discussion was quite timely. I recieved an email from someone who was interested in one of the theaters. I'm not sure if he was in Italy during...

Mark, The little things help tell the whole story. If you have read "The Man Who Never Was", it describes the scheme to decieve the Germans abou...

Mark, Okay, I pulled out some of my papers on the 5th Army Rest Center. The brochure for it has this printed at the bottom: Special Service H...

Cool. Thanks for posting those. I'm interested in the Montecatini R&R passes. I have one of the Army Rest Center in Rome but not for Montecatin...

Quoting pdhinkle, I am still a little confused by can some one explain. Are you confused by that photo being labeled as a "walkie-ta...

Wow! Great info. Thanks. Those guys were all over the map. This description has good details of dates and exact places and may help understand...

Marion, Oops. I corrected it. Now for the other unit: 1331st Engineer General Service Regiment Campaign code indicates Rhinelan...

For Barbara and others, I just obtained a copy of a Deptartment of the Army Pamphlet, No 672-1, entitled Unit Citation and Campaign Participation...

Again thank you for having this old dogface in this forum. Roque Riojas. Bet you can't pronounce it.. (rokey reohaas), Spanish name.... ...

could be carried as a back pack - not a walky talky. A "walkie-talkie" was carried on the back, usually on a back board. The handie-talkie is th...

B.Gen Teddy Roosevelt SERVED in Italy. . . . He wore a terrible fitting WW1 CS Cap. Okay. What is a "CS Cap"? In "An Army At Dawn" it mentions...

Steve, check out this next uncanny similarity that will come in the Feb. 17 entry. Both men were in the same general area. Anzio was not a very l...

Is there a Husky veteran or family member that has anything to add to my research? I'm not a veteran but recently I have received some email ...