The Final Story

He lived a great life.  We have lost a great friend.

Remembrances

I've written a short book that I would like to share with you.  The first four pages are introduction; the rest is personal at varying levels.  I hope you enjoy "Remembrances" and would appreciate your comments. Enjoy!

My Battlefield Promotion

A very short time after arriving in North Africa in 1943, I was a private working security patrols around our division encampment.  I was trying to do a good job at whatever I was told to do.
One morning ...

Burn out the Latrine

Enjoy the humor of this story; I know it  happened.
It was in North Africa, 1943 -
Most of the men were young, seventeen to twenty-five years.  Most had no history which, required them to ask questions, when ordered to do jobs which they didn't understand.  ...

(Photo is for effect, 

not from North Africa)

The Big Hook

General George Patton ordered all units to pack up, get ready to invade Sicily.  My Division, 704th Engineering Railway Grand Division was one of them.  We were ready to go when we received a message from Command.  It said for the 704th to proceed to Italy instead.  Proceed, with all possible haste.   

Read this exciting story: 

 

The Red Ball Express

This is a true reporting of mostly unknown combat action in World War II, about the Red Ball Express.  View it as I wrote it:

 

An Incident in North Africa with General George Patton

General George had arrived only a few days before German planes started strafing where he was staying in Algiers.  He was so mad and told them about it, grabbed these pearl handle pistols, went outside and fired at the planes coming in for the second pass.

He said, “You Krauts are dead but you just don’t know it.”