So I am trying to help out some one I met on the armyairforces site. Her grandfather was a veteran of WWII and it appears as he was in the 1106th Engr. Combat group. I am having a very hard time finding any information on this group. I have seen some quick mentions here and there but nothting solid. I have an e-copy of the DD214 but besides the obvious I am unable to find anything of real depth. Any suggestion? Thanks,

Tex

First and second T.G.I.F. are the kind you had to sit through when Roy Roger.chased the bad guys, and he stopped his horse Trigger to sing Tumbling Tumbleweeds. Third week we will go up on bomber mission.

Off we go into the wild blue yonder—Here is first F-1

Art Morneweck and Belle Isle.

How we met – the love of my life She was 19,,,,I was 20

Early in 1943, I went on a double date with a friend and the Matthews sisters to Eastwood Amusement Park at Gratiot and 8 mile. It was a long drive from Detroit's west side. I was paired with Blanche, but her sister, Charlotte (Micky) was a great looker and I thought she was the one for me. We all had a good time together. It was more like a friend's outing than a date. Two nights later, Micky was on her way home from her job at G.M.C. She stopped at Simone's soda fountain shop where I was having a frozen Power House candy bar. We talked a while and I asked her to go for a ride. We drove to Belle Isle in my father’s 1940 Ford and one section was a parking that you faced the river and watch the boats go bye. There was no open parking space so we had to ride around the island. When you come to the bridge there was about 5 or 6 driving lanes that all turned right and takes you back off the island. Luckly I was in the 6th lane that took you over the bridge or you could drive straight and go around again. Something in my heart said go straight and I did. This time there was a parking space open. I parked and we had our first kiss. We watched the boats and then Micky said she had to go to the bath room. We left and stopped at first bath room and it was pad-locked, I looked at my watch and it was after mid-night, so was the second bat room locked.Going across the bridge Micky said she really had to go. I new if we turned left to go home we would not find a restaurant so I turned right and found a restaurant about two blocks away. I stopped and Micky used their bath room. About four months later we got engaged just before I left for Army Air Corps cadet training. I returned to Detroit to get married during a week long furlough.

Micky and I were apart for the next two years as I was sent to the Philippine Islands and occupation duty in Taegu, Korea. I returned home to her in July, 1946. We celebrated our 57th wedding anniversary May 15, 2001. Then Dec. 30, 2001 my Micky went to be with our Lord. Our daughters and son-in-law are Toni Ann Morneweck, Terry & Jack Ellis, and grandson Tim 16. We all live in same neighborhood in Novi. Micky's sister Blanche Rosendale, now lives in St. Clair.

Art

Here's a little scoop for everyone. Of course some of you already know, but for those with inquiring minds... Taken from a Question and Answer site called World War Two Facts.

Question:

What do the tech grades on discharge papers mean? On my uncles' discharge papers it states that he was a T-5. What exactly does that mean? How high or low did they go?

Answer by Richard Horrell (WW2 Connections):

The "T-5" on your uncle's discharge papers means that at the time of his discharge from the Army, he was a Technician 5th Grade. The Technical Grades were used by the Army from 1942 to 1948. It was an attempt by the Army to recognize technical skills with an advancement in grade/rank, & pay. Your uncle's rank chevron would of been that of a corporal, but with a "T" beneath the chevron. A "T-4" would of been a sergeant, but with a "T" beneath the chevron. A "T-3" would of been a staff sergeant, but with the "T" above the "rocker" of the chevron. Finally, there was a "Technical Sergeant," which had no "T" on the chevron at all.

Richard V. Horrell

Okay, I'll be the first one on my block to add to the new category. I've got the perfect thing. Just got the first season of Combat. Anyone remember the 60's WWII show?

Boy is this bringing back memories. My dad and I used to sit and watch this every week. It was one of our very favorite shows. As soon as the music started I started humming along with the theme.

I've only watched 3 episodes so far. There's a lot of good stuff, but of course you have to put up with the occasional "hokey" scene. Hey, it was the 60's. So suspend your disbelief a bit and you'll love it. The first episode begins with the landing on the beaches of Normandy and each episode carries them across France and beyond.

As soon as I'm done viewing the VHS tape that my friend Gene Fiducia of the 631st Engineers WWII sent me regarding his trip to Normandy and other parts of Europe that he fought in, I am going to pop in another episode of Combat. Just love Vic Morrow and Rick Jason. I can remember having crushes on them when I was just a wee tike.

Any one remember slogan "KILL ROY WAS HERE" and where they left this tradition

1945 I left it at Taegu, Korea Sept. 8, 1945 on the Japanese ammo dump.

Glad Kill Roy did not smoke.

Any one remember?