Many, many thanks to Norm Richards, a researcher that I hired to obtain any morning reports from NARA in St Louis, MO. These specific reports are rela...

Cool! Love seeing more and more of these!

And thank you for your service to your country, Colin.

And to have met you. While my messages always emphasize WWII vets, they include ALL of you, including you, Todd!

The thought has crossed my mind before...who knows. Right now I put out an idea (not telling yet) to the WWII museum in New Orleans. Let's see where i...

Ah, now if I only got paid to do this stuff. Hey, Mike, had a chance to take a good long look at your original map from the 284th and indeed, it...

I plan to do this for the entire 540th travels through the ETO. Of course, this will take time, but it will be so worthwhile.

Try again. Ya, the map was private. Ooops! Thanks for the morning reports. Will look at them now.

Okay, this is what I am finding for this period. This should help us narrow down where "Joe's" was located. Mannheim was battalion HQ for the 28...

I'm going to look up this set of dates in my archives. Let's see what else I can find out...

Oh my God, that is just great. Wow, never expected an answer, let alone an answer so quickly. Thank you Todd and thank you grandpa!

Thanks. Ya, a big jerk, who was just shooting off his mouth. Very disrespectful of veterans and my dad, who was and is a damned outstanding man with m...

Hi. I'm happy that you shared your story (albeit sad and frustrating) with our forum members. As I stated to you in our private exchange, this is simp...