There were records produced during the war called V-Discs that were distributed to the troops. Not sure if there were "Christmas Albums" or not but th...

Hi Mike, you may want to contact Indiantown Gap National Cemetery to get his service number & unit. His personel file can be obtained from the NPR...

<ratz> you found my secret source

Well aint that just spiffy!

Not much info to start with, but i`ll see what i can find. Do you know his Army Serial Number? We have a birth date of 1/15/1927, What state was ...

No, the goverment never issued metal cards. Metal & plastic cards were made and sold by private companies, sometimes as advertizing gimicks. They ...

Arthur F Noack born 3 Apr 1907 in Wisconson, enlisted 16 May 1942 at Marquette, Michigan, died in Laona, Wisconsin on 4 Jul 1997, buried in Long Lake ...

the 880th was an organic unit of the 69th Infantry Division, meaning they were a permanant divisional unit always under command & control of the d...

Hopefully there will be lots more we can find before June. I`ll reorginize the info we have & see what we need to find next.

whatsa few miles? i least i had the right planet.......

Hi Mike, we are having a lucky week here on the forum & i have some goodies for you. The 880th Field Artillery Battlion was a component of the 6...

Thank You Christoph! another great find! I was only.. what... 10,000 miles off? LOL With no landscape showing in the background made it hard to dete...

we amaze ourselves sometimes! I`ll try to email the pic to Christoph, maybe we`ll get lucky......again.

Excellent find Marion! The letters are probably just as good as a unit history minus the S-1 personel reports. It will help tremendously in the res...

One of the photos sent to me by Combat Girl. Maybe one of our friends from Europe can identify this building (church?) and it`s location. I`m thinking...