In going through a stack of interesting items my old pal, Hobert Winebrenner, passed along to me, I came across another item from the 90th Infantry Division’s return to Normandy, for the 35th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Please enjoy a reunion ceremony program from the Periers Parish Church.
In this edition of Letters From War Wednesday, how about another excerpt from Dere Mable, Private Bill’s letters home to his girlfriend. “Mon Cherry Mable: “Thats the way the French begin there love letters. Its perfectly proper. I would have rote you sooner but me an my fountin pens been froze for a week. Washington [...]
BOOTPRINTS author, Hobert Winebrenner, had an incredible sense of humor. I recently came across another World War II comic that HW passed along to me years ago. Cause for another edition of Uncommonly Hobert.
Wow! Here it is–one of my favorite 90th ID pics of all time. In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we feature a shot of a mortar crew near Halstroff, France.
TGIF, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. The History Junkie is putting an APB out on an authentic Revolutionary War rifle, stolen from a private residence in Massachusetts. A Civil War cannonball has been unearthed at Governor’s Island in NYC. No small feat considering the antique projectile measures 20-inches in diameter and weighs [...]
I recently came across this interesting item. It appears to be a dinner menu from the 90th Infantry Division’s return to Normandy, marking the 35th Anniversary of D-Day. This particular celebration was obviously taking place at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. I wonder how many of those in attendance on June 6, 1979 are still with us today. Sadly, [...]
This edition of Letters From War Wednesday features a short note home, dated October 1942, from Private David Kline, serving with Company A, 326th Glider Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division. “I am writing you this evening to let you know that I have finally moved. I arrived here at Fort Bragg Monday morning. We were 65 [...]
Last week, we brought you a couple of posts on the passing of John Mateyko, former commanding officer of Company M, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. Mateyko and Hobert Winebrenner worked often together during the war as captain and sergeant, respectively. They formed a special bond, that would last well after war’s end. In his [...]
The town of Troisvierges, in northern Luxembourg, marks the location of the beginning of the fight along the Western Front in World War I. In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we see that Troisvierges fared little better in World War II. I’d love to see a recent photo of [...]
Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday means time for the Weekly History Wrap Up! Efforts are underway, and rightfully so, to preserve and protect Revolutionary War and War of 1812 historical sites, before it’s too late. Watch where you’re stepping! A Civil War-era explosive has been discovered in waters off Oriental, North Carolina. Now that Red Tails, [...]