Last seen: March 26, 2012 4:05 pm
Roque: Your right. That open field is a poor choice with both sides being wooded with much good cover on both sides. A suicide mission at best to b...
Just read the sad news on Papa Art. May he rest in peace.
Marion: I believe Mitchy is a State Cop and works shifts so it may take a while for him to answer. Glad you contacted him as I think he would b...
Marion: Just wrote to Mitchy explaining about forewarding his letter to me to you. I hear from Mitchy about monthly. Joe
Anyone in any branch could easily get a CIB. Simply offer to transfer to a front line Infantry outfit, change your MOS to Infantry for good and quali...
Quote: "The 26th Infantry Division historian wrote, "The individual soldier knew little of what was going on higher up, and generally felt the whole ...
It is quite easy for PBS to downplay "our side" in WW 2 as they were not there to see what went on.
Yes, slogged thrrough many cities, towns and villages om France and Germany. Believe that Nurenburg was a bad one. A total 3 day battle in that...
Roque: You sure h it the nail on the head. All that good tree cover and walking down a open railroad track dont hack it for a long life span.
POW's were the bane of the dogfaces life. Fianlly with the mass surrendering in Germany mostly we just disarmed them if weapons showed and motioned t...
Actually spam was kinda a treat. Our usual diet was K and C rations with a occasional D bar. Even getting a can of spam was a treat. Cold or mayb...
Rocky: Right in the 10 ring. Seems like people forget who took the real brunt of the wars, the Army Infantry. More combat time, more casualties per...
Out of a family of 4 my brother served as a Air Corps gunner in B-25's. I served as a Rifleman in the 3rd Inf Div. My Dad served in Intel. and was b...
Shellrep/Mortcard?????? What in hell are those? We had O.P.'s F.O.'s for that job. Us, we just dug deeper, kept a eye out and covered our asses. Lu...
Roque: You got it correct. Seems to me a foxhole was a very temporary thing and not for long periods of use. Then dig a new one somewhere else...