WD GO 118-45 awarded Rhineland credit to units serving in a geographical area, not by attachment to a field army (as I had suggested as a...
Ever hear of paragraphs? Unreadable.
At some point, the 920th was in the Oise District; district HQ at Reims. That would suggest Ninth Army zone, but the Ninth's official history...
Glad you "actually read" the WD G.O. How about that, citing another document! What will they think of next? You treated a WWII vet well; that's...
My pleasure. You did all the heavy lifting. The discharge is, of course, the most important single doc to have. Try this link. Obviously, go to...
GO numbers restarted every year, so, yes, '44' is 1944. Northern France, the latest campaign listed on discharge, went from 25 Jul 44 through 14...
The 'how to' is to go to St. Louis to look at morning reports and College Park to look at operational reports. Unfortunately, both of those places...
The discharge is part of the individual's service record. These are held at NPRC in St. Louis. The bad news is, about 80% of these files were lost...
Looks like a recent reprint-on-demand edition available here: BookFinder.com: Search Results Sometimes these reprints reproduce photos poorly,...
Radio Operator, AAF MOS is ground crew. Did you mean Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner? Need to check his discharge or other official record.
Your best hope is in the morning reports at NARA in St. Louis (assuming they ever reopen). Could be kind of expensive since you don't know how the...
Yeah, the Alps are overrated as an obstacle for ground forces. Mere bumps in the road. Oh wait. German resistance continued in northern Italy...
More like, the entire purpose is to facilitate moral preening by those who understand neither the past nor the present.
You need to get a copy of his discharge, which, with NARA shut down is problematic. With the discharge, you could compare his embarkation dates...
Call me odd, but as a change of pace, I sometimes prefer facts first, conclusions later. Of course, when you're talking non-falsifiable...
No 1100 anything for engineers according to Stanton. ETO redeployment OOB shows Engineer Combat Groups numbered 1101-1186. Only four other groups...
For a company in a ground unit landing in Normandy soon after D-Day, would the morning reports normally name the transport ship they boarded for...
Sure, lots of rounds will do the same thing by hitting brain stem, nervous system or load bearing bones. Unless the soldiers you refer to live...
That's incorrect if you're talking about WWII.
AW107 concerns making up lost time. From my very limited understanding, it covers a lot of different circumstances, so you're right back to...
