Hello, welcome to the forum and a Thank You to your husband for his service. Do you have your grandfathers discharge documents or his service recor...

Quote: "As stated earlier, it can't be the engineer unit on his discharge papers, for they only served in Italy until the end of the war and beyond. ...

Hi Karrie, congratulations on your getting more information from your aunt. One never knows what treasures are hidden away in relatives attics. ...

Another narrative of the 13th Armored crossing the Sieg & Agger rivers. story of Combat Command B of the 13th Armored Division

Hi Christoph, welcome to the forum. You might try reading the histories on this website for the 13th Armored Division. A task force of th...

By 1943 the Army had over 900 AntiAircraft Regiments & assorted battalions. With the demise of the Luftwaffe in the Meditereanian there was an ove...

Hey Enrico, does the serial number on your dogtag match the serial number on the Nara Enlistment record? If so, then the Capt Pytel born 1915 that w...

I`m coming up with a lot of blanks on the 185th ECB. They first appear on the 5th Army order of battle on 9 April 1945. I find no mention of this unit...

It`s great to see you got togther with Fran Rowell and a pleasure to have been able to help you. I`m thinking it`s most likey Major Rowell served m...

Some good news! I have got a reply from my inquiry on Ancestry and am now in contact with a niece of Major Rowell. "Subject: RE: Would like to k...

Another possible circumstance would be for a wounded man to be reinocculated for tetnus thus the need for a new ID tag with the new inoculation date. ...

I think i found an answer as to how the dogtags got in the dump, earlier you mentioned that dozens of dogtags were found there which raised the questi...

I have sent an inquiry message to a possible family member through Ancestry.Com. Lets hope we get a reply, sometimes family tree owners are no longer ...

There is a website with the unit history of the 8th Evac here: Enrico, the info on this site might give you more places you can search artifa...

Frank Buckles died yesterday, Feb 27. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — He was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 a...