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Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Enrico - 11-03-2015
Now it's my turn
I bought this Army Reader, from a person here in Bologna where I live ....
To my surprise I discovered that the booklet is partly compiled and translated in Italian!
trying to find out information about the owner James Elmer Faison 34457613, I discovered he was enlisted at Ft. Bragg and that it was not lucky enough to be able to go home since he died in January 1945 KIA...
I would like, if possible, to know something about this soldier, if he was a paratrooper etc.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Walt's Daughter - 11-03-2015
Wow, that is quite a find and interesting regarding the translation too. You never know what will turn up next. A really cool aspect of our "jobs".
Let's see what we can find... 
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Enrico - 11-03-2015
Thanx, I admit to being quite excited, because I did not think to find information on the soldier who had belonged, and instead even name and serial number, it was really good! 
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Enrico - 11-04-2015
sifting through the book I found the page for letters and a test letter dated December 22, 1944 declares that the soldier was in Italy....
which would never go with the parachutist hypothesis....
on another page instead I found a clipping of an Italian aircraft , taken perhaps from a book.... 
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Enrico - 11-05-2015
OMG.... I found an article on the death here in Italy....
http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074110/1945-01-26/ed-1/seq-1.pdf
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Walt's Daughter - 11-06-2015
WHOA! What were the chances of that? Good detective work!!!
How sad though...
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Enrico - 11-06-2015
In fact very few.... do you think it is possible that he was in the artillery?
The article talks about crew....
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Walt's Daughter - 11-06-2015
That's what it sounds like to me. I was thinking artillery, too.
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Enrico - 11-06-2015
ok so at this point ft. Bragg ?? not only the paratroopers were trained them?
However a friend of mine was telling me about a similar incident happened at the 91st Inf. div. in an area that I know well. He will let me know if the date coincides!
Elmer James Faison 34457613 - Jean Jacobson - 11-08-2015
Fascinating! and Bravo to great research and respect for another human being!
Jean