Seeking information on this Co. I found a Veteran that served in this company who is from my home county.

A little about me. I am a avid WW2 amateur history buff. I spend my time talking to Veterans here in my home county. My family proudly served in all branches of the US Military. My father served aboard the USS Amick DE 168 in the Pacific. He had 2 brothers that served in the Army Air Force one in the 14th AF and the other in the 8th AF. Had 2 brothers that served in Artillery Units , 1 in the 125th Field Artillery/34th Inf Div the other served in the 47th Armored Field Artillery/5th Armored Div. He is buried in the American Cemetery at Empinal France.

I am looking forward to taking to anyone on here.

Dear Ms Chard,

I am a professor at a German university college and currently in the midst of some research for a book called "Americans in Mannheim 1945-2011" that will serve as a comprehensive chronicle of everything that happened in and around Mannheim's bustling American military community between WWII and now, see this edition of the Stars and Stripes, America's no.1 military publication:

http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/germany/closing-of-bases-in-mannheim-ends-special-relationship-between-germans-u-s-troops-1.144258

My project has even made it onto the US Army's website, quite an honor for me:

http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/11/12/48017-german-professor-preserving-american-military-memories/_

A German national hailing from Mannheim myself, I have been involved in many German-American activities during the past thirty years, so the recent announcement of Mannheim's 2014/2015 closure nearly broke my heart, but also gave rise to this project. The project is non-profit endeavor with all proceeds (if any will be generated) going to the Fisher House Foundation - specifically, to the Fisher House in nearby Landstuhl that allows the relatives of wounded soldiers to be near their loved ones.

My book tries to cover as many aspects of American life in Mannheim as possible and will be richly illustrated which is why I'm constantly looking for historical photos showing American activities in Mannheim after 1945. While surfing the internet, I stumbled upon several great Mannheim-related photos on your website on VI Corps Combat Engineers in WWII (www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com <http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com>). Specifically, I'm refering to

photos no. 66-69 in Richard Ferry's collection (540th Eng.)

and

photo no. 22 in Harold Bare's collection (36th Eng.)

Would you give me permission to use these photos in my book? Or, since I probably need the contributors' explicit approval, could you give me their email-addresses? You and the contributors would, of course, be acknowledged as the source of these photos and be given due credit in my foreword and wherever the photos appear in the book. Thanks a lot for your support!

Greetings from Mannheim, Germany, and best wishes,

Christian Führer

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Prof. Dr. Christian Führer

Studiengangsleiter Dienstleistungsmarketing

Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mannheim

Coblitzallee 1-9

68163 Mannheim

Tel.: 0621 / 4105 - 2108

Fax.: 0621 / 4105 - 2100

Was sent this today:

Everyman's War

I am at present reading WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? written by TOM CARVER who is the step-grandson of Field Marshal Montgomery. Tom's father Richard Carver was seving with his stepfather General Montgomery in 1942 at his HQ in North Africa when he was captured and transported to FONTANELLATO POW camp, north of PARMA. The book tells of Tom Carver's journey on foot, from the pow camp, south over the Appennines for 500 miles till he found and rejoined the Allied HQ in the winter of 1943.

It is well written and contains photos and maps so might be of interest to you if you have not come across it before.

Colin.