Were any from Philly? ... just kidding. The arrival of the Commonwealth troops in the spring of 1944 would coincide with the relief of US Fifth...
Near the end of December 1943 the French were on the right flank of the US VI Corps. Fornelli is off the top right of the map below, note...
You know I love to find these places and units... According to the map below the first unit in Fornelli should have been the 504th PIR (top...
Interesting question, I have not seen it before, maybe others have. Shooting from the hip, I'll check sources later... I don't think there was...
I wonder if it could be a floating bridge mis-identified as a "barrier", or, better yet, a submerged "floating" bridge. But I have not found any...
Let us know how NARA responds. Since I don't have a relative to research (at the moment) I don't bother them. If the records for the 482d...
You might try sending an email to the NARA at College Park MD to see if they have anything in the archive. Read this thread for a success story....
While web researching these entries I found Camp Hood had some amount of IRTC training late in the war that I had not known about before. I...
US Ground-to-Air Friendly Fire Mystery I found this while reading the memoir of 40-mm AA gunner (same as OP). The friendly fire incident is...
Welcome and Good Luck in your search. Testing my Google Fu I found this site which would appear to be useful for similar searches. Full and...
I believe there was some doubt about how effective an HE round could be from a flat trajectory round (high or medium velocity). Infantry targets...
Today I wanted to find online a sample of a US Army service record from WWII. I found this for an Army Air Force soldier/airman. These are the...
I was hoping you could confirm his service with the AT Company of the 18th Infantry Regiment. The book "One More Hill" was written by one of the...
In 1943/44/45 most infantry training was conducted at the Infantry Replacement Training Centers. (In 1942, in addition to the IRTC's, much basic...
I suspect "TF 4947" is a four digit grid coordinate signifying the general area northeast of VT 490470. The section VT of the French Lambert Zone...
Welcome Tom, Just because I love speculating, I'll bite on this: - While he was based in the Cotentin Peninsula, what purpose had him 50 miles...
From other inquiries I have learned that both the Ammunition & Pioneer Platoons of the battalion Headquarters Companies (three) AND the Anti-tank...
As often happens, my first thoughts were wrong. I checked the Tables of Organization and there were no MOS 729, pioneer, in the Ammunition and...
Welcome, Just a thought, if he was drafted in August or September of 1942 that somewhat lines-up with the activation of the 397th Infantry (100th...
Welcome, His campaign record certainly confirms his long service with the 1st Infantry Division. Very impressive. I do not see anything that...
