07-04-2007, 12:28 PM
My friend Jim (James Demopoulos) lost his too when transferred from the 83rd ID to the 42nd ID in 1945.
But it was retrieved and sent after him.
I got the transfer document among the items Jim sent me over the years (ow yes, he was in 3rd wave on Omaha Beach as an Assault Engineer).
Erwin