In answer to your question Graybeard, yes my avatar is a picture of my dad and it is a CIB. His garrison in the same picture has no pin. That...
Thanks on the Order of Battle. The 4Sept43 is certainly a match. I don't have anything on the 7Jul43 date although it is certainly within the...
After a quick read, I to find no hard evidence that E.Rommel ever visited the US. I do find a lot of controversial speculation on the subject....
Well I guess I'm getting my but kicked on the article. Your correct on my being a novice. I would contact the author but he is deceased. Since...
RichTO90, What am I missing? I don't see the relevance? Are you referring to my statement or Slipdigit?
My dad based on discharge papers finished in Company E, of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. This of course falls under 3rd Army, 5th Infantry Division....
Does anyone know where one could find a list of those who were trained in the following?: Second Army (Tennessee) Maneuvers By Frank Burns ,...
Well George Patton, I think you nailed it on the "ruptured duck" patch. The fact dad met my mom after the war and the patch being a post war...
Thanks for help on this Tommy. While the 33rd Infantry Div insignia is close to his garrison pin, the division's service record again does not...
I'm rifling out the 147th field artillery as it is not supported discharge papers and citations. Discharge papers reflect he served in Northern...
Ok gentlemen......Here is a picture of the garrison hat pin in question. You may recall TD-Tommy776 that my dad's discharge papers reflect...
I have a picture of my dad with a garrison hat pin that I'm trying to identify. Unfortunately the site picture limitation does not allow me to...
Well, I guess we will just have to wait until the end of the show for that one. My God however, is the God of the Universe, the Creator, the...
God's will trumps ours.
Hey guys....Thanks again for getting me off to a good start. And in fact my dad's brother Michael Cimino also served in the Army during WWII but...
The obvious answer is men driven by the most common instinctive desire to survive. One can eliminate all the natural resources and it ultimately...
Thanks RichTO90, you've been a big help in getting me off to a good start. I'm curious as to what drives your critique of Killing Patton. I must...
By "division closing on the continent" RichTO90, are you are saying they reached full strength on 16 Jul? Closing??? And, if I got that right,...
Happy to have found this website. It's full of valuable information and will help me trace by dad through the trenches of Europe. Joevol:...
