Received the following email from Gary and since that initial letter, have put him in contact with Captain Al Kincer.
Al is looking into rosters and contacting some of the other men in the unit for more info. In the interim, Al found an entry on NARA's site.
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail....9,575084,604892
This is the letter that I received from Gary. Of course I invited him to our reunion next September in Port Huron, MI.
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I'm writing this letter hoping that you can help me find any information about my dad's unit.
He passed away when I was 12 and now my children and I have been looking
for information about my dad's WWII unit.
I only know he was in the 48th combat engineers in Europe. This is on
his head stone.
I think my mom told me he trained in Oregon some where but she also passed
away when I was 12 so I don't know any other information.
Any help you might have would be much appreciated.
Thank you for your time
Gary Dobler
Ret. Air force
His second letter to me gave me a bit more info. I told him the next steps to take to inquire about his dad.
This great
we've contacted the DOD and they told us that all of my dad's records were
lost in the big fire
I've look and look for info read many books with no luck
Reuben J. Dobler
serial # 39134066
home of residence Alameda California
enlisted 5/27/1943
head stone info:
Tech 5 48th Combat Engineers Company C
again thank you very much !!!
Gary Dobler
Ret. Msgt USAF