I am posting this here, albeit late... This is the obit link for our dear Ira.

Marion, Thought you and some others may be interested in this 2-1/2 Guilden note I found inside my father's 1251st Annual Manual. As I mentioned...

Received this Dec 2013 Marion – My name is Christine McClure and Eric Reinert of the Office of History, Corp of Engineers referred me to...

Unfortunately the CIB is at a dead-end right now. I even contacted the army board of review. So many people are in our "court" but each of us has hit ...

As Marion has noted, the unit records would need to be obtained from College Park. I have not found much info on the 257th available either. Wha...

Okay, I am back, had a few things to do, but wanted to get started... I am not sure if Otto Polz is still around. He was with the 257th. I will ...

Whew! Lots of questions. That's how I was in the beginning too. Couldn't get enough info and fast enough! Been there, done that! The 257th was ...

Hi. Received this message from 157th veteran, Harold Whiting and am sharing what he wrote to me: hi kid maybe this will help the 163 and 1...

Hi and welcome to our forum. If you cannot retrieve a copy of his discharge papers, please turn to either the local county building (where he li...

Hey, take a look here, if you haven't already. Within the post below, scroll down to #4 dated Jan 2013. There are bridge photos of the 163rd