Jim Hennessey: Small world ? I also was in Paris for VJ day and arrived on a 5 day R&R just a day prior to VJ day. It sure was one wide...

Charles: Welcome aboard. We needed some new blood here. Some of us old ww2 critters lseem to grow older. Now, as next of kin you should contact t...

Jim: Welcome to the forum from another old ww2 dogface (from the 3rd Inf Div in the ETO.. Glad to have you with us.. I am also a Jersey guy.

Hey Roque: It also makes a damn good midnite snack on saltines and topped off with a bit of medium hot salsa. Prefer mine with a Jack Daniels a...

Damn it to hell, just when I thought all was laid to rest on Berchtesgaden I get a letter from the 3rd Inf. Div Historic Society.::: Gentlemen, ...

Roque: Not sure just how many points I had, but not enough for a immediate return home as I only joined the 3rd in France, great majoriy of us in th...

Roque old buddy. many thanks. I was hoping this topic would die on the vine. Seems like to many B.O.B. movie watchers dont give up. If Ike AND...

I just cant figure why so many non-infantrymen want the C.I.B.. It was quite easy to get. Just ask for a transfer to the Infantry and go into combat...

Sorry guys. He was not a "Soldiers General" to me but a fame seeker who could not live without a war. I feel that well over the halfway mark (...

Welcome aboard Brian, from another "gun nut" and a ww2 Inf. vet. I'm still shooting and reloading even yet.

O.K. : Just from memory of over 60 years ago when I was in the Combat Engineers and did not finish the training as almost of us were transferred to ...

Roque old friend: Far as I reolect on K rations. Breakfast: Coffe packet, sugar, fruit bar, crackers, cigarettes (6?) some kind of meat, possibly ...

No. no I am not confused a bit. The back pack SCT-300 was self padded with its own carrying harness as a unit. (called a walkie talkie).. the hand he...

Ah yes, the good old walkie talkie radio (the SCR-300) The Infantries favorite as it had a range of about 5 miles. A back pack radio, being pow...

Welcome aboard Roque. Glad you finally go on. Joe