This week, we received a comment from Theresa, daughter of retired Army sergeant, Cecil E. Toole. Her welcome question was in response to a 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week posting on the Saar River crossing at Dillingen, Germany. She wrote, “I would like to know if there are any picture books of this [...]
Happy Hump Day! Time for Letters From War Wednesday! Today we feature a note home, dated September 1943, from 1st Sergeant Paul Prickett, stationed at Camp Sutton, North Carolina. “I have been letting my end of the rope sag in this correspondence business, so I thought it better to ‘take up some of the slack.’ [...]
From time to time we feature a reoccurring theme on our old friend, 90th Infantry Division soldier and BOOTPRINTS author, Hobert Winebrenner, dubbed “Uncommonly Hobert.” I just came across this unique photograph of Winebrenner boarding a train in Albion, departing for the Army. Makes you think of the innocent young man stepping onto that train [...]
This edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week takes us to Longvilly, Belgium, on the outskirts of Bastogne, and to an all too familiar sight–the carnage and destruction left behind following the Battle of the Bulge.
Nothing better than a Sectional Basketball Tournament Friday in Indiana. But first, the Weekly History Wrap Up. If you’re raising a teenage boy like my wife and I, you might be familiar with the video game, Assassin’s Creed. Assassin’s Creed III is making the jump to the Revolutionary War. My son will be amped! A [...]
As most of you know, I’m a sucker for vintage historical photographs. Lately, we’ve been posting on the 152nd Infantry, 38th Infantry Division, and their hard-fought victories at Zig Zag Pass and Woodpecker Ridge during World War II. I love this pic of the 152nd Infantry raising the Stars and Stripes, following their victory at [...]
Last week, we featured a couple of our soldiers’ varied reactions to war’s end. In this edition of Letters From War Wednesday, let’s take a look at Captain Wayne Sandefur’s note home following Japan’s surrender. Sandefur served with distinction at the battles of Zig Zag Pass and Woodpecker Ridge as the commanding officer of Company [...]
Following the 152nd Infantry, 38th Infantry Division’s hard-fought victory at Zig Zag Pass, the unit was deployed to the Sierra Madre mountain range along the northeastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines. Captain Wayne Sandefur’s Company L was assigned to take Woodpecker Ridge, part of the Japanese’s Shimbu Line. For his heroics at Woodpecker Ridge, [...]
In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we feature a shot of soldiers spanning the flooded Moselle River.
Time again for the Weekly History Wrap Up. Civil War history can mean increased business, so use it. I love old photographs. How about some vintage World War II shots from Corpus Christi Naval Air Base? Lynn “Buck” Compton, Easy Company Lieutenant featured in Band of Brothers, has died in Washington. And lastly, the great [...]