Welcome Kerry, Tell us what you know about your grandfathers service or how you learned it, and we can try to help fill-in some information....
Welcome, If I recall correctly, before you stated that he was drafted in June of 1944, so it would take about five to six months to train as an...
Sounds sensible, keep an open mind, run everything to ground and see where it leads you. The newspaper article reads like the family had the...
I was going to say 1939 to 1942 was a busy time for the 1st ID with a lot of changes. I would put you at 80% certain he stayed with K Company and...
I have this memoir from a veteran that trained with the 69th Infantry Division before being "withdrawn" as an overseas replacement. Apparently...
The Orders I have seen for awards look like typed memorandum -- Army style. I'm not sure if you will be able to specify what documents you are...
Welcome Thanks for sharing his story. One suggestion for finding out what company he was assigned would be to obtain the regimental records from...
Sounds like a fun bit of research. This appears to be the action from the US Army official history. I'm sure the First Sergeant would agree...
Emergency medical tag http://www.med-dept.com/articles/the-ww2-emergency-medical-tag/
A footnote to the IRTC's is the withdrawal of infantrymen from the new Reserve divisions. These divisions were formed from a cadre of officers...
I searched the web to include a description of IRTC training from a participant. This was more difficult than I thought and easier than it should...
By searching "##th infantry training" & "CAMP NAME" I was somewhat able to construct the number ranges for the infantry training battalions. The...
Besides the IRTC's the other major source for infantry replacements in early 1944 was the transfer of personnel from other Ground Force units such...
That site lists locations as .... Nohra, Thuringia – 11 May 1945 (bivouac) Sankt Wendel, Saarland – 4 June 1945 Schwäbisch Hall,...
I'm confused (again) neither the 1st Cavalry Division nor the 1st Cavalry Regiment were at Fort Riley. I did find the Cavalry Replacement...
That's great, I hope it will be possible to preserve his mementos and his story for all of the extended family to appreciate and share. As...
Slight evidence but a solid lead.... By Googling "192nd infantry" blanding, "193d infantry" blanding, "194th infantry" blanding, ... I get hits...
From what I have seen, I would say UTAH beach. Keep an open mind, though, there were four ships that transported the 13th Infantry. There is a...
I was searching for memoirs of any mortarmen in WWII and found this. He was a machine gunner in D/13th Infantry. He relies a lot on the...
I'm learning the details of this too, so here goes a summary... As part of the HW company, the 81mm mortar platoon or battalion mortars, was...
