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Hello. my grandfather was PFC. William Morrison 30th div.
119th inf. Can. Co. 3rd platoon.
I have found a box of papers, photos, maps and newspaper clippings.
Also there is a picture I have- the same one Gordon Strumm posted - that has my
grandfathers co. and platoon. On the back of it there are names of people in the
rows. It looks like he also wrote who was missing at the top. I can scan this in
and send it if you'd like.
Thanks again,
Rebecca Morrison Lee
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BRANCH OF SERVICE U.S. Army HOMETOWN Mrs. Rosalinda Bagg, Daughter |
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ACTIVITY DURING WWII RIFLEMAN. SERVED AS FIRST SCOUT WITH COMPANY E, 119TH INFANTRY, 30TH DIVISION. AHEAD OF COMPANY ON ALL ADVANCES, WARNING COMPANY E OF SNIPERS AND AMBUSHES. REPORTED TO HIS COMPANY, THE ENEMY STRENGTH, POSITION AND AMMUNITION. PREPARED CONSIDERABLE MAPS AND REPORTED POSSIBLE MILITARY ROUTES FOR BRINGING UP TROOPS. SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY. UTAH BEACH AT NORMANDY ON D-DAY. RECEIVED VICTORY MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THEATER MEDAL. |
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Photos from a scrapbook of a 531st AA Battalion veteran with written descriptions found on backs:
-Moat around old Sherbourne Castle
-French home on the Seine River, Porchville, France
-Are in orchard near Isigny, France
-Mark V Panther Tank near Mortain
-Super foxholes at St. Lo!
-Crater made by German bomb
-Panther tank near Mortain
-Panther tank near Mortain
-St. Lo!
-Mortain outskirts
-Taken from tower of castle near Tournai, Belgium
-French home on Seine River, Porchville, France
-Home in Normandy near Isigny, France
-Taken from tower of castle near Tournai, Belgium
-Mortain
-Rail yards at Mortain
-Frenchmen and G.I.s inspecting damage by bomb
-Moat around castle at Tournai, Belgium
-Taken March 20th, 1945 before crossing the Rhine River,
German Mark V tank (Photo is in the
area of Grevenbroich / Neuss. A tank from the 9. Panzer-Division)
-Taken March 20th, 1945 before Rhine crossing, German 177mm gun
-P61 "Black Widow" Night Fighter
Mill Grottenherten / Rhineland
-Taken March 20th, '45 just before crossing Rhine
-Taken in Oct. '44, Whitmore on the Dragon's teeth at Siegfried Line
-Taken in Oct. '44, B Track at Siegfried Line
-Taken Dec. 20th, '44, our gun position at Malmedy
-My gun crew taken last Feb. on the Roer River
-On the Roer River- Feb. 20th, 1945
-Sgt. Harm and myself by a wrecked British Halifax bomber
-Taken Dec. 20th, 1944, Sgt. Heathman at Malmedy
-Taken Jan. 15th, 1945 constructing our gun position at St.
Vith. WOW!
-Taken Jan. 15th, '45 B Halftrack St. Vith
-Taken Jan. 15th, '45 No. 1 gun position at St. Vith
-Taken Feb. 20th, '45 No. 3 machine gun at Roer River
-Magdeburg, Germany May 1st, 1945 These are more
airplanes on the field. The Germans tried this type of plane against
England last summer.
-Magdeburg, Germany May 15th, 1945.
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The Queens' Men 30th newspaper on the ride home:
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Detmold, Germany...120th Inf. Regiment
Malmedy Now and Then...Thanks to Willi Weiss
Stavelot: Now and Then...Thanks to Willi Weiss
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Panorama view of Margarten Cemetery thanks to Richard Claessens...click to
enlarge.
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Pfc. Henry W. Ricciardi, 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, Co. B:
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Norman E Wilson in front to the flag and Albert P. Lavorin
holding the flag on the right
Albert P. Lavorin holding the flag
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119th Inf. Reg., Co. E, 4th Platoon...thanks to Vincent Heggen:
Hi I finally found the time to scan my famous
picture and to send it to
you . For the story , Francis Edwards slept in my father's
barn
.Holycross was his commanding officer . The Co E rested in my
father's
farm and the HQ was established in the Castle of Altembrouck,
a
hamlet of Fouron -le -Comte where i'm living now ; Fouron -le
Comte is
located East in Belgium on the Dutch border. Hope you will
enjoy the
picture .More later ....
vince
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Great link with many Old Hickory photos:
Hello Warren, I hope all is well with you and I
hope you had a nice Christmas.
I would like to share this link with you. It's a very
interesting website with lots of pictures including a lot of Old
Hickory pictures. I did some research about Valkenburg and I
noticed that a lot of pictures on this website are not on your
website:
http://www.deruudsite.eu/
Lately I took some people to the spot in Moerslag, The
Netherlands were the picture of your father was taken on
September 13th. They were surprised that I could tell his name.
It is a famous picture in this area.
I would like to wish you a happy and healthy 2012!
Best wishes,
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I am looking for anyone who can give me more information on a heavy bombardment in or near Hebecrevon on July 26, 1944, that took the life of my great Uncle.
Fantastic, Warren. Thank you. I am going to send you some PDF’d files later today with some information that I have. You may want to add it to your site – that’s your choice. Meantime, in a letter from Leland Hobbs to Major General RW Crawford (no relation to our uncle) states that Lt. Crawford’s coordinates of death were:
“46246943, St.Lo Sheet, 34/16 NW, 1/25,000”
Please open the documents below that tell some TREMENDOUS history of the 197th FA!!!!!
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My Father Robert J. Childers was in
the 117th "E" company and may have accompined Lynn Mead
on the boat crossing. I remember when asking him about
how he got his Bronze star him saying they went across a
river to get prisoners. His got a bronze star with leaf
cluster (GO 142 HQ 30th). I also have a Nazi Flag with
signitures of his company on it, one is S/Sgt
Mike Samjiori and 32 others. He also talked
about his Sgt Lawrence Pochron (Porky).
Last | First | Location | Rank | Note |
Baka | Bill | Buffalo,NY | ||
Borgman | Stanley | Millsburg, PA | PFC | |
Bradshaw | James | KY | ||
Bullock | Johnnie N | Roxboro, NC | PFC | |
Casimiro | Andrew | Syracuse,NY | PFC | |
Cline | Coyce J | Alabama | PFC | |
Dilley | Frank | Ottawa, IL | PFC | |
Emmel | Pat Milton | |||
Emmel | Minton | Baltimore, Md | ||
Esworthy | John | Baltimore, Md | PVT | |
Finck | Chester | Fulton,NY | PFC | |
Ford | Wayne | 520 Ross st, Columbus Ind. | PVT | |
Golowski | Dickey | Newark, NJ | S/SGT | |
Griggs | Ronald S | Vicksburg, MI | PFC | |
Gross | Hershel H | Alabama | PFC | |
Guidry | Burnace | Kaplan, Alabama | PFC | |
Higby | Fred | Syracuse,NY | ||
Larkins | Mack | Ruttedge,TN | ||
Llewillyn | Claude | Dickson, TN | ||
Master | Homer | Pickens,NC | ||
Mays | RE | Roanoke, Va | PFC | |
Pichford | Travisl | WVA | PFC | |
Pochron | Lawrence | Chicago,Ill | SGT | Nickname "Porky" |
Prond | MM | Chicago,Ill | Cpl | |
Rykehoe | Terry | NY | ||
Sack | Sad | Washington | ||
Sampieri | Michael G | Ansonia, Conn | S/SGT | |
Sedor | Joe | Chicago,Ill | Cpl | KIA |
Sensing | John D | Tenn | Sgt | |
Sprau | Oliver G | Iowa | PFC | |
Stiller | Seymour | NY | PFC | |
Wagner | Cresswell | PA | FPC | KIA |
Williams | H | NY | PFC |
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