August 10th - Date to remember

[Walt's Daughter]

Here`s a list books about the Invasion of southern France from this website:

http://books.stonebooks.com/cgi-bin/foxweb...ubjects?1000366

 

EXCELLENT list!

[Walt's Daughter]

Thx you all for the info's and the links and thx to the two M's I'll see if I can get the book over here.

 

Hey M:

 

If you can't get the book, I will get you a copy and mail it over. Let me know.

[twobisquit]

Here's my Dad's battle record. I guess he must have been either too busy or too weary to continue carving the battles in his canteen after St. Tropaz.

[Walt's Daughter]

Hey Chris:

 

It's great that you still have that. Ya, you are probably right; after all he'd been through and seen, he probably didn't feel like keeping track of his exploits...

[206thmpco]

Hey Marion! You ARE inspirational! and THAT'S an understatement!

 

 

mah

[206thmpco]

Chris,

 

That's so cool that you have that memento of your Dad's!

I have something a bit similar. It's a bracelet that looks like it's

made out of aluminum and has written on each link the VI corps campaigns

from North Africa through Rome. It also says "Don't forget me" and I believe

was made to send home to wives & sweethearts.

 

It wasn't my Dad's, but belonged to a Vet who'se family sold it after he passed away

because they thought it was "junk". Can you believe it? I bought it & wore it

for years in his honor and also in memory of my Dad. I stopped wearing it because

I began to worry that I'd lose it. It's now put away with all my Dad's army memorabilia.

 

I think you're right, by St Tropez they were so physically and mentally exhausted

they didn't care about keeping track of their whereabouts. Also - they were on

the move constantly.

 

Mary Ann

[Walt's Daughter]

The part about it being JUNK! That just floors me, as I'm sure it does many others on this site. JUNK! Makes ya want to send them to the head of the slappin' line. Step up!

[twobisquit]

Mary Ann,

I have seen those aluminum bracelets and I think they were made by some of the locals in Italy. Our friend Gilles from Switzerland http://dogface36.skyrock.com/ has a good collection of some he has picked up frrom ebay. I think they are pretty cool.

 

Gilles mentioned something about Dad's canteen being proof that the 36th landed on Yellow beach where he is originally from.

 

The funny thing about that canteen is that I carried it for more years than my dad. He gave it to me when I was about 8 years old and I carried it until I was about 20. It is one of the old WW1 models, with a metal cap. Dad said he grabbed it because he didnt think you could properly clean the plastic lids

Chris

[rennog]

 

Hey M:

 

If you can't get the book, I will get you a copy and mail it over. Let me know.

Thx again M I'll do that.

[206thmpco]

I know it. When I told the man who I bought it from why I wanted it so much, he was

THRILLED! He was so disgusted with the Vets children & appalled that this gentleman's

treasured mementos would be dismissed as "junk".

 

Where's my bazooka?

I'd like to tell people like that: "Sit right down in this chair - and let me PLUG IT IN!!!!