I'm Caryl in the sunny HOT HOT HOT Panhandle of FL. My beach is slathered in oil, so I've taken to my winter activity of family history and geneology to entertain myself after my morning pool swim.
Obviously I'm new here. I am working on research on my grandfather, who passed in 2000. He never spoke of the war with the grandchildren as war wasn't something you discussed with genteel young ladies. Sigh.
I was able to finally get a hold of his service records from the archives (luckily none of them were in the great fire).
He is listed as:
before 44 he was in his 3.5 year at Valley Forge Mil Acad. - his whole senior class enlisted at Christmas, without graduating. I'm hoping to get VF to confer honorary diplomas for that class that went off to war.
Co L 311th INF March 30 of 44
Co A 280th Eng Combat Bat from 4/23/44 until 8/11/45
730th Engineer Det Dist Co 11 OCt 45
(after that he went to flight school and went officer.)
I know he was at the BoB, Aredennes, and Alsance Fr. I THINK he was in some part of D-Day.
I'm looking for areas of work, and battle lines, any photos, unit patches pictures etc.
I know it's a lot to ask, but I've been reading the forums and you all are amazing. He was a bridge builder and a construction forman.
We're AirForce and I'm lost with all the army history.
Any help or direction is greatly appreciated. I will check back often for replies. Again, thank you.
(DH is a PH recipiant from Khobar Towers, still AD AirForce. I'm a life member of the Ladies Auxilery. So if there is anyone here of that group, "Howdy!" We don't have a local group down here, so I've been out of that loop for 6 years!)
Sounds like it's time for me to put pen to paper and hit the book learnin'.