Thank you in advance for reading my posting. I have run into a dead end in researching my grandfather's steps during WWII. His name was Victor Richards and was from Rochester, NY. He was assigned to the 1053rd Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group and left for England, from Boston, MA on 28 December 1943, arriving in England on 07 January 1944. His unit landed in France on 16 August 1944 and redesignated at Lige, Belgium 02 January 1945. This is where things become murky. His unit was redesignated to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company as "Port Construction and Repair". His unit left France on 16 January 1945, arriving in the Philipines on 20 July 1945, and was deactivated on 15 January 1946. IN trying to research his history, I cannot find anything on 1053rd Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group. Can anyone help at all? Thank you again in advance.

Hi all:

Boy when I read this I thought, how disgusting. I'm sure you will feel the same way when you read this.

I stopped by the Trigger Time Forum and was reading a thread posted by Joe Beyrle's son. As many of your know, Joe Beyrle passed away recently and was a member of the 101st , 506 PIR. This is what Joe II posted.

This is directed to the low life scumbag lurkers who monitor this site for information.

 

The next one of you who contacts my mother with the cockandbull story of how Joe, I had promised to sent you this or that or how you loaned him this or that and would like her to send back, be advised:

 

I WILL BE THE ONE DELIVERING IT!

Can you imagine how his mom felt? How he felt? How sad to think that people would try and take advantage of the grieving widow! It makes my blood boil too.

I can tell you about cadet training. 1942 I had my pilot license, 1943 I enlisted and put in ERC Enlisted Reserve Corp. of Army Air Corp. Aug. 1943 sent to Miami Beach, Florida for Boot training, then Gettysburg for 6 months college, then May to Pre Flight Maxwell Air Base, then Florida and Georgia fkying AT-6. Jan. 1945 I up for 2 hours acrobatics, landing on black top strip in-stead of the cement strip. Transfered, with out my instructor knowing about it, to Infantry. Had the usual check ride,Lt. then Major. I was told I did OK but they had too many pilots. They said I could go to any place I wanted and I picked clocest field Chanute Field, Ill.. as I was from Detroit. That is where I was told I was going to the Infantry. For the real story go to following address and read it all.

http://scottfield.homestead.com/index.html

Art a long ago air man

60th Commemoration

BATTLE OF THE BULGE at FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PA

60th Commemoration is 25 January thru 30 January 2005

Hi one and All. Some of you know me already, like Bader40, and Waltsdaughter, just wanted to say Hi, and good work on the site Marion.

I'll be popping in from time to time, and don't forget our other site Bader40