Today we bring you the third (Part 1 and Part 2) and final installment of the World War II newspaper article, “GIs Leave Dillingen as Conquerors: Bought City with Bravery and Pain,” by Jimmie Cannon. “DEAD PILE UP “‘We caught more stuff in that town than we did since we came to France,’ said S/Sgt. [...]
This edition of Letters From War Wednesday features a short note from PFC. Raymond Eiseman, who wrote home while on maneuvers out West. “We are now out in the desert, in Arizona,” Eiseman wrote in September 1943, while serving with the 79th Signal Company. “Have been here several days and am ready to leave. I [...]
Last week, we brought you Part 1 of a World War II newspaper article titled, “GIs Leave Dillingen as Conquerors: Bought City with Bravery and Pain,” written by Jimmie Cannon, traveling with the 90th Infantry Division. Today, we bring you Part 2 in the series. “FERRY BRINGS THEM BACK “They had crossed the Saar in [...]
Alert! Alert! Alert! Facial Hair Faux Pas! This edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week features an absolute mustache mistake. The mayor of Oberufhausen, Germany is donning the Adolf. I can’t help but think that the surrounding soldiers are dialed in on the mayor’s top lip.
A while back, we brought you an interesting World War II period newspaper clipping on the 90th Infantry Division at the Battle of Dillingen, Germany (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4). Eureka! We just came across another one. This one is titled, “GIs Leave Dillingen as Conquerors: Bought City With Bravery and Pain,” [...]
In this edition of Letters From War Wednesday, we feature a short note from Navy man, Bernard Duesler. “…I’m very proud to be in our armed forces,” Duesler wrote home from training at Camp Moffett, Great Lakes, Illinois in early 1943. “It makes you feel very proud and kinda puffs you up a bit on [...]
In going through some old papers this weekend, I came across another little tidbit given to me by my old pal, 90th Infantry Division trooper, BOOTPRINTS author and perennial wisecrack, Hobert Winebrenner. Just right for another edition of “Uncommonly Hobert.” Enjoy. “A woman complained to the builder of her new house that the whole place [...]
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and weekend. But it’s Monday, and time to get back to work with the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week. The early advance into Normandy was slow going, as exemplified by this photo of infantrymen cautiously moving forward, while flanked by a tank.
Back during World War II, the 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division produced a unit newspaper dubbed, Citation. In a section called, Citation Letter Box, the newspaper printed short notes from GIs. The June 9, 1945 edition was printed at Waldmunchen, Germany, while the group occupied the city at war’s end. As one who [...]
Wow! Now that’s a bunker! This Monday’s 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week features a cleared fortification from the Maginot Line.