was wondering what happened to the pictures that have been removed.would like to mention that the pictures of john, the one in uniform was from bootcamp and the other one was made one month before he died. there are 2 other ones that can be clicked on to. the one of the jeep , john is the one seated. the other of those was made several years ago. his middle initial l, is love . that is his middle name.and how true! does anyone know what the initials e.r.b. stand for on the back of the bracelet ? from john's daughter ninamarie

Originally Ed posted the pics at Photobucket, then linked to them from here. Last week, he moved the pictures around on Photobucket, breaking the links. He said he will re-link them.

We have no idea who e.r.b. is. Was thinking maybe it was friend of his in the service.

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I fixed them!
Sorry.

Thanks from everyone, Ed.

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With permission of John's daughter Ninamarie, i add these 2 documents to this thread.
I made them big so they can be read by anyone.
They do not need any explanation, they speak for themselves!
Thanks again Ninamarie!

it nilly brings a tear to ones eyes seaing grand old papers and pitchers
well done people
best krieg

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for thow . will be ours someday .we shall have it all
. . und mear

Thanks Ed. Has the bracelet made it to the family yet?

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I do not know yet, but i hope so!
It's been almost 2 weeks now.

Thanks for postimg these items, great stuff. Keep us posted!!

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...this army made up of ex-resistence men and named by the Prince Himself, became known as the STOOTTROEPEN(Stormtroopers).
Nulli Cedo = I'll give way to no one.

Scott

Last sunday i went back to the spot where i found the bracelet, to take some new pictures of the spot and surounding area.
These pictures will i send to Mrs. Page to give her an idea of the landscape where her late husband has lost his bracelet.
The pictures i took on the day i found the bracelet where lost during a computercrash.

more pitchers i like this .. no dout the lady will be forever greatful for
the pics of where the .ID.tag wos well done
best krieg

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for thow . will be ours someday .we shall have it all
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Edwin, what does the plaque say? The one with the flowers and -what I am assuming is- the statue of the Blessed Mother?

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"One asks oneself; Why not me?
But a bullet does not ask about me or you"

~Leutenant Alfred Regeniter, 3rd Battery, Sturmgeschutz, Brigade 276, holder of the Knights Cross

great pitures. Sorry to hear some of the pictures were lost durng your computer crash.

The plaque says:

"you mother of pity, reach your hand upon us, whereever road we may be on throughout our earthly life".

(This a prayer to Maria, but there is also a play on words. Irdlich = earth vs paradise, but also earthly = muddy refering to the trenches. )

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This is truly an inspiring story. Thank you for sharing it.

No problem, and there will be soon more to follow.
I received pictures from the Page Fam. who where taken by John during his wartime period in Europe.
I'm waiting to get them scanned at a friend, so i can post them in this thread!

Good stuff Ed!

Look forward to seeing them!

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...this army made up of ex-resistence men and named by the Prince Himself, became known as the STOOTTROEPEN(Stormtroopers).
Nulli Cedo = I'll give way to no one.

Scott

There ya go, that's what I've been wanting to hear.

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Not Slipdigit

It might take up to an other week, so be patient you all, i'm quite busy in my new home that takes a lot of time, sorry!

Aru-Ed,

Do you mean that your new home is more important than this forum??

:-)

Mats

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Last week i received a package by mail send by a daughter of John L. Page and it included several pictures and dokuments concerning John during his WWII period.
First of all i'm very grateful for the willingness of the Page Fam. to share these with me and to give me the permission to share it with you all.
They will get a special spot in my collection!
They told me that more pictures are to follow but that they have to sort them out first, although i'm already overwelmed by their gifts!
And i can not mention Keystone Two-Eight to much for making this al happening.
Here are some of the dokuments and pictures:



John L. Page Jr. about 2,5 years old:





Little Mountain, South Carolina where he grew up:





His first car, bought brandnew before the war:





John L. Page / Camp Wheeler, Georgia / Feb. 22-1942:

A poem glued by John in his book from the 4th Div. / 22nd Reg.:









Tank stops in the Siegfried Line / Germany -1945-:





"I was here with the 4th Div.":





John L. Page / Hitler's yacht on the Rhine / Germany 1945.
He had written on the back "That's me in the picture, not Hitler":

5 pictures taken in Holland:





















John L. Page / 15th July '45 / Weischern, Germany:




And John at his 84th birthday: