I am looking for any direction on any info I can find on the 1264th ENG div. My father-Harold Vaught served in that divison.

7th Army images - many very graphic and several of army engineers

General Charles Day Palmer's Recently Discovered Pictures Show The Horrors Of The Nazi Retreat

I was asked to contribute an article for my friend/colleague's Research/History blog this morning. You can read it here. Thank you Jennifer Holik for giving me this opportunity. Sure hope we will be able to help a lot of souls out there.

Military Monday...

The other day I received a newsletter from Patrick Skelly, webmaster/historian of the 34th Inf Div. While I was scrolling through, I saw their section where they bid farewell to the members of their unit. It got me to thinking, why not ask Pat about Rocky. So many people including myself, were and are wondering what happened to him. It's like he fell off the face of the earth.

Many of you will remember him and/or have seen his many posts on this forum. He also has a memoir page on our main site.

I have tried calling, writing snail-mail letters and emailing, but to no avail. Others haven't been able to reach him either.

Well, after contacting Pat, he gave me the following information:

Received this wonderful letter yesterday. I am more than happy to comply and will share here and other places too. Thanks Joey!

Hi Marion,

 

I don’t know if you remember me or not but we were in contact several years ago. I am a Historian at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans. I hope things have been going well for you since the last time we were in touch. I am reaching out to you today to see if you could post a link on your website in an effort to assist a combat veteran from the 34^th Infantry Division. I know many of the veterans who have posted on your site served in the 34^th Infantry Division. The gentleman this article is about , John Knowles of Bonaire, GA, was wounded during combat operations in Italy and sent home. He never saw any of the guys from his outfit again. Now, he is hoping to find some of the guys he served with. Knowles served in Company I, 3^rd Battalion, 135^th Infantry Regiment, 34^th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy.

 

I know how passionate you are about our WWII veterans so when I came across this article you were the first person I thought of. Maybe if you can post this story somewhere, one of the 34^th ID veterans who visits you site may know Knowles. The link to the article is –

 

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/georgia-wwii-veteran-asks-help-finding-long-lost-w/nnKM5/

 

Thank you,

 

Joey

 

Joey Balfour

Historian/Curator for Digitization Processing

The National World War II Museum

945 Magazine Street

New Orleans, LA 70130