Feb 8, 2021
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Hello! I am admittedly at the start of my research so don't know a lot yet. Does anyone know of or remember hearing about Jack Reinking? He was called "Doc" and served as a medic. Red head from Sioux City, Iowa. I know he was injured twice. I would love to hear from anyone who has suggestions about learning more about his service. He never spoke about the war and was a quiet, gentle man (though I hear quite a character in his youth). Thanks so much, his granddaughter
Jan 22, 2021
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Not got much to add but you guys are Heroes and Patriots. Love Joe.
Nov 12, 2020
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I've seen your site and read the story of your great uncle many times. Not once do I not shed a tear. My grandfather was France Q. Cook. I know you and I met in 1999 in Nashville TN.
I hope this finds you well. Thank you for this memorial. Thank you for sticking with the reunion association to its unfortunate end.
I'd love to hear from you.
- France
Oct 29, 2020
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My grandfather, Bill Callahan of Woburn MA, was in the Service Co. of the 385th infantry. He told me some stories about his time in the war. He said he padded the bottom of the truck he drove with sandbags in case they hit a mine, and also mentioned a time when a German sniper put a bullet through the windshield while he was driving. There's a picture in The 385th In the ETO of a soldier holding a small dog, and I think the soldier may be him. I'm interested in hearing about anyone who may have served with him.
June 19, 2020
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I’ve been researching the 417th Regt & Co L in particular for several years. Contact me if you are interested
David Damico
DDamico826@aol.com
June 12, 2020
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My grandfather Lowell E. Bachelder (1921–2013) was a PFC rifleman in Company E of the 304th Infantry Regiment. He was wounded by machine gun fire on April 10, 1945 in Schwerstedt, Sömmerda. The town name is misspelled on his discharge papers, but I was able to figure it out thanks to this excellent website!
Pages 159 and 242 of this site tell how Company E was pinned down by MG and sniper fire. Here is how my Grandpa Bachelder described it to his son Ross (my dad) on the morning of October 4, 2009, and then my dad relayed the conversation to me that evening and I typed it as he spoke:
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He was lying flat on his stomach and the Germans were raking the open field he was in with machine guns, so he stayed close to the ground the way the soldiers were trained to do (even turning the toes outward so the heels don't stick up). He got shot [MG bullet in the right buttock]. While he was lying there, knowing he'd been shot, he heard the two men nearest him get shot and heard them saying their prayers as they died.
When he went to the nearest medical help and told them he'd been shot, the doctor didn't believe him at first. The doctor said, "Pull down your pants," so he did, and when they saw the blood running down the side of his leg, they knew it was true. It took 15 x-rays [I've also heard 11] to figure out what path the bullet took—that it went in the back of one leg and out the other side. He spent 6 months [4 months of recuperation, 6 total months overseas] recuperating in three different hospitals in Germany, England and France before he went home on the Queen Elizabeth.
"You should have seen your mother... she was the most beautifulest girl in my entire class." (Grandpa said that to RB twice today.) Another thing he said today: “I’m 88 years old now, and I don’t like being told what to do.”
Lowell said he wanted to write a book about his life, so RB gave him a binder w/ pencil pouch and labeled it "Lowell Bachelder: My Story". The first thing he wrote was "July 6, 1921 (my birthday). And then I went to war."
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In a small manila envelope, I still have the lucky four-leaf clover my grandma Anna Lee gave or sent to my grandpa during the war.
—Amy Bachelder Jeynes, 12 June 2020
June 11, 2020
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My first experience with the 76th infantry division was one i'd never forget. Back in
June 7, 2020
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As a 29 year old guy, I have nothing but respect for these brave men. I can’t imagine the hardships they had to endure and how they had to over come those obstacles. But I do know they did it! They were true hero’s of a Generation that honestly can be called “The greatest generation”. My grandfather Emil Frank Bertuglia served in the 301st Engineer Combat Battalion Company “C”. Im really trying to find pictures or any information on him/people who served with him.
I can’t thank these men enough, but I can respect them by never letting their stories die!
USA! USA! USA!
Dec 16, 2019
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Looking for any information on my father S Sgt. Harry L Weaver, HQ co. 1st. bn 417th inf. 76 div. He was in charge of a 57mm anti-tank gun crew. Battle of the Bulge
| Alexander Mizanoski | Email |
June 20, 2019
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My amazing grandfather served with the 304th, 76th his name is Edward Mizanoski. Listed here
http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_089.html
Anyone have more information about him please email me.
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