W.W.II Vets last formation
 

In support of my thesis.


http://www.wral.com/news/1129849/detail.html


Tom

Tom, you are so right...
 

Every day that my Dad wakes up is a day I treasure... He is 82 and is and always will be MY hero.


E Co, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division...


- Belgian Fourragere

- Cited in the Order of the day of the Belgian Army for action at the MEUSE RIVER

- Cited in the Order of the day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES


He survived being torpedoed on the USS Thomas Stone, walked and fought from

Algeria-French Morocco

Tunisia

Sicily

Normandy

Northern France

Ardennes-Alsace

Rhineland

Central Europe and almost all the way to Berlin before he was taken out of action by an 8mm Mauser round through the leg.


We owe them all a debt we can never repay...


-John




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Re: Tom, you are so right...
 

Hey!!


I wore that patch for a little while, or else some friends did! (I wore so many, sometimes for a couple of months.... ole age gettin to me).


I would be proud of your Dad too! They went through a heck of a lot more than I could even have imagined...


There are so many Vets passing away...


Ed

Re: Tom, you are so right...
 

This past Sunday I went to the funeral of my uncle, Harold A. Courtney, who was a sergeant with the 1269th Engineer Combat Batallion assigned to the 101st in the Berchtesgaden area toward the end of the war. If you remember the enterviews with the veterans in the last episode of Band of Brothers, one mentions the Goring treasure cave. My uncle was instrumental in opening the cave. He made it through three years of the war in Europe only to lose his life to a freak accident in his own backyard.

Salute
 

To your uncle and rest of the greatest generation, Essayons!


Those of us who now wear the uniform will not let their efforts have been in vain.


Sgt. Denny Cox

U.S. Army




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Re: Salute
 

I agree wholeheartily, it is always sad when those that pass, are gone.


My condolances,


Ed

Re: Tom, you are so right...
 

John,


You are so damned lucky he is alive...do a lot of video taping of this fellow. If you have, do more then more..and so on!


Milt

Re: W.W.II Vets last formation
 

If any of you are ever in the San Diego area, I would be proud to take you through the MCRD Command Museum. I serve on the board of directors. Come and meet the guys that we have as docents, survivors of Iwo, and a long list of other battlefields that still echo their names!


Call me at 619 557-8281 when you are here, if interested.


Milt

Re: Tom, you are so right...
 

WOW, right on buddy! My dear old dad passed when he was 75, he was just two weeks shy of his 20th birthday when he landed on Omaha beach! Incredible what these guys went through, I am throughly impressed by your Dad's service as outline! Thor