Hmm. Looks like a B-25 . . . J model, maybe.

Virgil I. Grissom - one of 3 Astronauts killed in the Apollo capsule fire. Grisson Air Force Base, Indianna, was named in honor of him.

yes. The email addy was something simple like ww2-airborne.us.

I just emailed "them". I think I met the creator of that website on WBG site, but forgot who "them" were. But I did meet someone on WBG si...

Okay. Here is the page from Center for Military History that covers the Campaign of Sicily. A search for "39" finds the 39th Engineers and the 39th ...

Ahh. So that explains it. I'm sure the clerk typist for the 82nd has fat fingers.

On July 11, 1943, the remaining Battalions of the 504th PIRÂ . . . . . . and reinforced by the 39th Infantry Division on July 12, 1943 I thi...

Buried in Henri Chapelle Wha-a-a-a? Oh. I thought you meant Elvis was buried there. He is buried at Graceland, of course. That is about ...

Rome to Victory The last "slide" covers 11 months and the advance from Rome up to the Alps in approximately 119 words. Oh the injustice of i...

Another BTW, The Armored Division patch was a triangle consisting of 3 colors: Red, Yellow and Blue. The concept of armored units was new when ...

Well, it says he was in the 32nd Armored Infantry Battalion. I always thought there was a switch-a-roo somewhere. I thought he actually served i...

Quoting from the last link you posted.... On October 1, 1958 the most famous of all Spearheaders joined the division as a Private in Headq...

It's from the collection- US Army in World War II - The Technical Series Thanks for the link to the used books. I've never been to that site. ...

a direct bomb hit on Company F Billet, 21 enlisted men killed Oh, my. I was about to resort to pulling out my copy of "Fatal Decision" and...

DE LEO DOMINIC PFC 31086753 MA 1-Mar-44 What happened on 1 March 1944?? There are 8 with that as the date of their death---not counting t...