How true. This was not only a long winter but a exceptionally cold winter for all of us. The Vosges mountains in France that winter was very bad w...

Of course not. Thank you Rocky. Please extend my best to Jerry Gorden. It's been a while since we spoke, but I'm sure he'll remember me. I will m...

TALKING ABOUT THE LONGEST WINTER, ANY COMBAT INFANTRYMAN HAD THE LONGEST WINTER. MINE WAS WINTER OF '44 UP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ITALY. LOT...

Rocky, please share the photos and stories upon your return. Oh heck, I didn't have to say that because I KNOW you will. I know you were goi...

Good golly Miss Molly'after reading Lennon's post. I sure don't have nuttin to say. Except 5 battle stars I picked up somewhere. Roque

AS THE SR. VICE PRESIDENT, YES DEAR, THAT'S A ROGER. Incidently Marion, I got word last week that the President in now had a heart attack ...

The "Gurkas" were short & were from Nepal or Tibet, not India. The tall turbaned fighters were "Sheiks" from Northern India, (Kashmier) There were...

The 135th and the 168th Regts. 34th I.D. WE were up in the hills south of Rome looking at it and we thought we were the one's that were going i...

Thanks Steve. Yes we were there first. I try to dig down to get to the truth. Sometimes it is hard to seperate the bragging rights from the...

What happend to the troops from August 1944 to May 1945. I know that the Polish troops and I believe the Indian (Kurkha's ) were there. ...

Roque: Although I was not in Italy with the 3rd I.D., having joined them in France as a replacement it seems like the 34th was left with the battle...

Here's a list from Steve's site regarding all the units that participated in the Italian campaign. Marion gave you the link to my page on AOL. I...

These pictures of memorials are very nice and iit sure diid bring back some memories. This is a little info from one that was there. Th...

A "different breed of cats" back then. We were used to hardships due to the 1929 Big Depression that lasted for about 10 years. So rationing was n...

Al: Yes, I well remember the ration stamps for almost everything prior to enlisting in WW 2. I also remember os "farm boys" being allowed to get ...