I recently came across an interesting “History of the 741st Tank Battalion, for the months of June and July 1944″–typed pages stapled together and stamped “SECRET.” The 741st was attached to the Big Red One for the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach – Normandy, France. Among other weaponry the 741st employed the truly unique Sherman [...]
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 [...]
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.
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.