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.
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 [...]
In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we return to Hof, Germany.
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 [...]
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 [...]
In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we feature a shot of soldiers spanning the flooded Moselle River.
Thank you for joining us for the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week. Today we feature a shot of American infantrymen on the move in Gottsmannsgrun, Germany.
Learning of the official end to World War II brought varied reactions from our soldiers. Sergeant Hobert Winebrenner was serving with the 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division in Northern Europe. “I can well remember the day my war ended,” Winebrenner wrote in BOOTPRINTS. “I’ll never forget it! Along an anonymous lane, I sat in the [...]
Anyone out there remember the old Cavalry Camp at Fort Sill, Oklahoma? These pictures were taken in 1943 by Hobert Winebrenner while he was stationed there. I wonder what it looks like today.
Pitching in! In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we feature a shot of recently liberated, former Polish POWs, lending a hand to keep a well-used American route to the front operable.