This morning while doing some research for Jim Davis regarding WE the 48th, I just happened upon a darling story about a dog named Sniper, from chapter XXIX - Berchtesgaden. It's a short read, but one I wanted to share with you. I know you will love it. Here's to Sniper and his brothers and sister, who took the war a little closer to home for the men.

The Story of Sniper - excerpt WE the 48th001.pdf

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I've been doing some research for our forum member, WWII veteran, Jim Davis. He was looking for answers to questions regarding a short period of time after the war in France and Germany. I talked to him on the phone and later was able to send him some of the info he requested.

This morning I found the jackpot; a section from WE the 48th entitled, Trail of the 48th, which shows their entire journey throughout the war. Jim was interested in finding a few key places when several from his unit, 1204th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon, joined the 48th. So I made copies of those specific pages and sent them to him, and also took the time to place that section on the 1108th's history page. Thought it would be cool to place here too.

My name is Jim Gaspero. I have finally started researching my family history during World War II, specifically my grandfather and his older brother. My grandfather was part of the 1905th in the CBI campaign. His name was Robert E. Porter from Pennsylvania. He never spoke of the war or his older brother to me and he passed away in 1998. His brother was Sgt. Raymond E. Porter, Service # 33588979 from Pennsylvania. He was part of the 81st Combat Engineers, 106th Infantry Division. I have found newspaper articles from the local paper from 1944 and 1945. According to the paper he was listed as MIA on December 21, 1944. An article from March of 1945 indicates there was a newer report of his being a POW. According to other records I have found online he is listed as having died December 24, 1944 with an indication of FOD (which I believe stands for Finding of Death). I also know he received a Purple Heart with an oak leaf cluster. I have found another website (thanks to this one) specifically about the 106th and I plan to post the information there as well. I just thought I'd take a chance that someone would still be out there that would know a little bit more of his story. I also plan on uploading photos shortly. Thank you.

Enforce 2011

A short article on the Enforce gathering at Fort Leonard Wood in April 2011. This is the event the Army invited me to and in which I did attend.

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Col Carl F Baswell awarded 2011 Gold deFleury Medal

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