Good morning to all! I hope the weekend was rewarding. Thank you for joining us for the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week. You think only the infantrymen had a dangerous occupation? Try building a temporary bridge over the swollen Our River in February 1945.
Archive for the ‘90th Infantry Division’ Category
Crossing the Rhine River
March 27, 2012
Late March and the trees and flowers are already blooming. Spring has sprung. Looking back to World War II, late March marked the 90th Infantry Division‘s crossing of the Rhine River. Infantryman, Hobert Winebrenner, relived the moment in his memoir, BOOTPRINTS. “We’d experienced much in our trek through Germany to the Rhine River,” Winebrenner wrote. [...]
90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week: Lullange, Luxembourg
March 26, 2012
Wake up sleepy heads! Time for the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week! Following the Battle of the Bulge, 90th Infantry Division soldiers accompany half-tracks of the 6th Armored Division as American forces press the Germans east near Lullange, Luxembourg.
90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week: Falaise Gap, France
March 19, 2012
Good Monday morning! I trust we all survived one of my favorite weekends of the year–wall-to-wall basketball. Let’s take a gander at a truly unique 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week. Members of a tank destroyer unit have set up shop, poised and ready to repel any German armor advance. The crew includes, left [...]
90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week: Hof, Germany
March 12, 2012
In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we return to Hof, Germany.
Saar River Crossing – Dillingen, Germany
March 8, 2012
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 [...]
Uncommonly Hobert: Off to War
March 6, 2012
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.
90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week: Moselle River, France
February 27, 2012
In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we feature a shot of soldiers spanning the flooded Moselle River.
Citation Letter Box: “What Time Ya Got?”
February 23, 2012
Continuing with our “Airing of Grievances” from the Citation, 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, newspaper from World War II, take a gander at this timely request. “WHAT TIME YA GOT? – …Most of us have wrist watches and pocket watches which we have carried through many months of combat, so that by now [...]