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Help us to reach anyone who may have known Jack Hemstreet. He was in the 29th Infantry Division, 111th Field Artillery. He was killed in action on October 17, 1944 in an attack on Breberen Germany.

Contact info is: Brendan Gibbons
Email: Jackfan12a@aol.com

Please help us to find some of his comrades!

 

 

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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: