Marion: Yes I checked it out and quite true and pertinent.

Roque: No idea as how they were anchored. We just plain left the small boats and paddles on the far shore. Not our job to return them. Where we c...

Sgt. Leo: After reading this I cant ever enjoy "Beetle Baily" again. "A teen age kid in 1945 that was drafted in 1941". No way!!! Not a typical WW...

Marion: Yes, I recall the work of the 540th C.E.'s (who were attached to our 3td Inf Div) at this time for the Rhine River crossing.. The Engin...

Roque: Must agree with you. Never thought this "Greatest Generation" bit was right. The only thing that has changed is the places, names, faces...

I lost the bookmark for Bills site quite a while ago. Thanks for posting it. Went back on a trip down "memory lane" just now on it. Even pick...

Quote: Only problerm with GI insurence, why did they not tell me that after so many years they would cut my GI insurene in half. I was cut from 10,000...

Brooke: As the old saying goes, "I spent most on women and booze and the rest I spent foolishly " . Just joking.. Yes, $300.00 was a good bit o...

Marion: This has been on the web before and I cant realize why the 2 stories shouod be shown instead of just his heroism story. Also here is one reb...

Brooke: I was only 20 years old when discharged. Not much of a trade learned prior to my elistment. First job after the war was a gas pump j...

Marion: Something is lacking in this explanation. The 52-20 was unemployment from the Govt. for Vets. Yes I collected it a couple of months with no ...

You will have to click on the pic names to get the pics up. The silver certificates we were paid off with on returning ship plus the assignment card ...

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First pics are WW 2 Allied curency used on the civilian and Miliary market at the end of WW 2. Strange fact is they were printed in 1944 (prior to w...

Welcome to the forum Marne. Both myself and a former poster here (3-7-I Recon) served in the 7th Regt in WW 2. Recieved your E mail and will answer.