This link very good , we can see the photos in June 1944, and today,

http://www.battledetective.com/nowthen.html

Vee

My dad, Capt. Robert (Bob) Payne, served in the 1264th Engineer Combat Battalion from inception at Camp Bowie at Brownwood, Texas in 1944. The 1264th ended up in the 1110th Engineer Combat Group, at Bad Godesberg working mostly on the Western approach. Other units in the 1110th included the 148th and 207th Engineer Combat Battalions, the 1368th Dump Truck Company, 631 Light Equipment Company and 329 Harbor Craft Company part of "First American Army" commanded by General Hodges, under General Bradley's 12th Army Group.

Dad died in 1999 and to honor his memory I am searching for information to flesh in the details of his stories. I have the unit history and the report on construction of the Hodges Bridge at Bad Godesberg as my starting point which I will share as I can.

John Payne

Received this from my friend Tom. Thanks to all in advance for participating, if you can.

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For the past 5 years, Hamp Law has been our wonderful "Battleship Days" cartoonist for The Jerseyman. He has recently taken ill, and has been on oxygen in the hospital for the past 3 weeks. In conversations with Hamp's daughter, the doctors do not feel that he will be well enough to leave the hospital for "several more weeks." She also said that he is "down" and having a daily battle with depression.

If readers of The Jerseyman have some time, and would consider sending a few (or maybe a flood) of Get Well notes and "smiles"on to Hamp, his daughter feels sure that it would help him a lot. Mail can be sent to this address - his daughter brings him the mail every day.

Hamp Law

P.O. Box 1415

West Monroe, LA 71291

Many thanks,

Tom

Tom Helvig, CTRCM, USN (Retired - 1975)

Vol. Writer/Editor The Jerseyman

68 Boothby Drive

Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054

In honor of 9-11!

Hard to imagine we were getting ready to board a plane 8 years ago today. Oh what a scary morning it turned out to be. Imagine your plane being forced to land in a destination which was not planned and escorted by two F-16's. The next three days in Denver, not knowing if and when we going to return home. I have quite a story to pass on to my grandchildren and...

http://www.narickarecords.com/AmericatheStrong.htm

Higgins Boat History