Camp near Siegberg Germany?

[Jean Jacobson]

Well, Larry as always you are outrageous!!!

 

What great and incredible research you and Christoph do!!!

 

Incidentally, 91 year old Joyful Bunny Club member POW Airman Henry is alive and well. Response Henry got from his poker buddies this the 2nd try was "Henry, She's a pretty girl BUT she did not have anything to do with you!"

 

Goodbye,

Jean

[Christoph]

Oh I see, Eddie J. is not Edwin J.

Jean, he could be a family member:

 

Guidry Name Meaning French: from a personal name based on the Germanic root waido ‘hunt’. The name is particularly associated with Cajuns in LA, who seem all to be descended from Claude Guédry dit Grivois, who arrived in Acadia before 1671.Variant of Guitry, which is based on a personal name composed of the Germanic elements wid(u), wit- ‘wood’ + ric ‘power(ful)’.

 

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

 

There are so many Guidrys, and fighting for your country in all wars, WWI and II, Korea, Vietnam,...

 

Christoph

[SonofaMP]

'There are so many Guidrys,'

 

Too many, NARA enlistment records show 542 partial records for the name Guidry

301 partial records of those are from Louisiana, and thats just with name spelled Guidry, not with other variations of the name.

 

I dont think Eddie J is a close relative. Eddie was from Acadia County, quite a distance from where Edwin lived.

[Christoph]

There is even a POW Guidry (Sam Worthington) in a movie: Hart's war!

[Jean Jacobson]

And I want to be related to both of you - Larry and Christoph!!!

 

You 2 can accomplish anything! I only want to be on your teams! Anyone who goes against you guys does not have a chance!

 

And one day because of you 2 we will get the whole picture and pieces together - no doubt!

 

Again, Wow, and Thank You So Much!

 

Bye from your overwhelmed distant Cousin,

 

Jean

[Jean Jacobson]

Oh Christoph - I was writing while you were sending - I am laughing so hard - you guys are unbelievable! How did you ever know such a thing...

 

Jean

[Jean Jacobson]

Just so you do not think I am shirking my research duties - I too found a Guidry. It was during my 78th Division research which would have been probably around late summer of 2012.

 

I think it was someone with the WW2 Museum that told me Guidry was a common Louisiana name. They also told me how they knew it to be spelled. I found a Guidry in one of the Flash publications of the 78th Division. Needless to say I was overjoyed - but after reading as much as I could on the gentleman I realized that Guidry was not my Guidry.

 

And at that time I felt a lot foolish thinking about what I would say if I made random telephone calls to Guidry households. I went through a scenario of "Hello my name is .... I am looking for someone referred to as Guidry. I am not sure how it is spelled but maybe it is Guidry. I do not know if it is a nickname and my Mom can not remember the town he was from. She does however remember the town no longer exists - or did not when she and my Dad were trying to find Guidry." And, the scenario got worse as I thought about what I would saying next.... Best case was I would never give them my name because they would think there was something wrong with the caller and I would have to disguise my caller ID etc...

 

But now, I could call! Thanks to the Larry research! I have a whole name and feel confident of the spelling and where he was once from, his siblings, etc. And remember, I got lucky with Robert... I made random phone calls and found the nephew that had my Dad's letter. So yes indeed, we know that now anything could happen ....

 

Thank You Larry and Christoph!

 

Your Elderly Cousin, Jean

[Christoph]

I just found another POW - Wesley P. Newton - who was in Siegburg mentioned in Allen Cronenberg's book "Forth to the Mighty Conflict: Alabama and World War II", also an evacuation to another camper farther east is noted:

http://books.google....iegburg&f=false

Source was Newton's address to the Montgomery section of the Retired Officers' Association in 1992.

 

Newton was drafted into the army in 1943 at age 18. He has written books about WWII (The Command in the Sky) and was Professor of History at Auburn University. He passed away last year.

 

 

Christoph

[Christoph]

And a bit more about him:

http://cla.auburn.edu/history/students/undergraduate-students/awards-and-scholarships/wesley-phillips-newton/

 

Christoph

[SonofaMP]

Good find Christoph, will have to chech him out. Right now we are hot on the trail of another POW, Pvt. John S. Beedy, ASN 36681709 from Blue Island, Cook County IL. He may have been a witness to the deaths of Geraqhty & Westgate at the abby in Jan `45.