You've heard a lot about us. Now we want to hear about you.
Rose Pranger
Covington, KY
I INLISTED IN 1940 WENT TO FORT WADSWORTH IN STATEN ISLAND NY WHERE I JOINED THE 18INF 1st division I SERVED IN H-M-&C COMPANY AS A 30 CAL.MACHINE GUNNER I SERVED UNTILL 1944 ANY ONE REMEMBER ME
JACK C STERN <smargate9@bellsouth.net>
MARGATE, FL. USA - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 09:04:54 (CDT)
Hi. My name is Roger Jones and I am writing on behalf of Staff Sgt. Wendell Sebastian. Wendell is currently living in an assisted living facility (Curry House) in Cadillac, Michigan. I do volunteer work there and Wendell helps me buy groceries every Tuesday for the residents at the Curry House. He has advised me of many of the exploits of the 86th and said he wouldn't mind if I mentioned his name in this guestbook. I will gladly convey any messages anyone has for Wendell to him. Thanks for this Guestbook and thanks to you vets for all you've done for us. Sincerely, Roger Jones, Lake City, Michigan.
roger jones <jones7102@sbcglobal.net>
lake city, mi USA - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 16:19:27 (CDT)
:D
This is for english class... xD
Victoria K.
Rockville, MD USA - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 07:46:51 (CDT)
i am doing a school project on the horrors of WWII, and i needed some first hand accounts. so i came on here. i have to say, i was almost crying when i read some of these entreis, i saw their photots and they looked like REALLY nice people, to think what they went through? this site has made me think alot differently and i appreciate all the veterans alot more then i did before.
Rebecca Leahy <luvsjensenackles@yahoo.com>
Windham, NH USA - Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 21:20:17 (CDT)
This is a good thing you are doing. I hope that everyone reads at least one to know what was going on and is now going on with our soldiers.
Katherine Albrecht
ca USA - Friday, February 23, 2007 at 13:14:34 (CST)
Rose and Art and everyone,
I had trouble posting earlier so I apologize for the "probe".
I was thinking of this web site today at work. It's a classic "Connections" sequence [PBS show from long ago] but it goes something like this.
A lab-mate and I were talking about our heroes and I mentioned that one of mine is near by. A little over a year ago I had the honor of meeting one of the last Code Talkers. Sgt. Allen David June is living near us, and he is a true hero. My daughter and I had the honor of meeting him at a Navajo
Blessing Way ceremony - we'd call it a house warming but it was much more than that.
Meeting Sgt. June was such an experience. A wonderful friend [even though he was my even older than my father] was at Iwo Jima and saw the flag raising. This was when I was in high school in the early '70s. He told me about the Navajos on the island, but it wasn't until many years later that I realized what he was talking about.
Anyway, I still visit this site to see what is happening. I hope that you are all doing well.
Thanks for keeping this site up. It reminds us of those that really sacrificed for us.
Tony
Tony Priborsky <tonyandpam@priborsky.net>
Lyons, CO USA - Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 21:46:17 (CST)
My Father George W.Williams,Jr. Is My WWII hero.
Mary Hurd <gee_gee_h54@yahoo.com>
Lancaster, KY. USA - Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 18:32:10 (CST)
My brother Andrew (now deceased) was with the 705 Tank Destroyers,from England and through Europe and he and a lot of others saw a lot of action, The biggest was the Bulge (Bastogne). He was a brother I admired as a young boy and waited for his return home safely as the rest our family did also. I am 78 and still miss my only brother I had. May he rest in peace for he is always on my mind. He would have been 83 as I write this, Jan.,2007, Thank you for letting me share.I served with the 281st MP's in Rome ,Italy 1946-47 and 772MP's in Fort George G.Meade,Maryland til 1949 when I received my Hon.Discharge Joe Marhefka
Joe Marhefka
Rockaway,, N.J. USA - Thursday, Jan.25,2007 (EST)
Joe M.Marhefka <Jhefka@optonline.net>
Rockaway Twp, NJ USA - Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 15:12:35 (CST)
Very interesting site. Keep up the good work. Joe
Joe M.Marhefka <Jhefka@optonline.net>
Rockaway, NJ USA - Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 14:53:29 (CST)
James E. Parcels, my father, was an army Sergeant in WWII. I'm hoping to find gain information about him from anyone who had served with him in Germany. I don't have much background of where he served. He kept a lot of this a secret and to himself between me and my brother (Wayne Parcels). It would be great to hear from others who served with him and knew him. Please share since he is in Sandusky's V.A. with alzheimers and can't speak.
Priscilla Zbranek <pazbranek@yahoo.com>
Toledo, OH USA - Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 08:18:55 (CST)
This is a great site! i am looking for anyone who knew my grandfather Melvin Scott he was killed in luxenbourg france jan 1945 not sure what com he was with just that he was in the battle of the bulge... if anyone can help me out i would appreciate it so much..ty
Roxanna Garvin <Roxanna_midwest@yahoo.com>
center point, In USA - Saturday, January 06, 2007 at 21:58:25 (CST)
my grandpa was in the navy was a pow and was on a sinking ship during wwll . he meet Fidel Castor and Batista. He was kind and gentle and died at early age.
william atkinson <budandpat99@earthlink.net>
granitefalls, nc USA - Monday, November 13, 2006 at 15:38:31 (CST)
My Father ( George Washington Williams,Jr.) SGT. Northern France,Rhineland 1944-1946 ,1184MP BN .If You knew him please E-mail me at gee_gee_h54@yahoo.com.
mary <gee_gee_h54@yahoo.com>
LANCASTER, Ky. USA - Friday, October 13, 2006 at 10:19:26 (CDT)
Hi, I'm the grandaughter of a wonderful man I never met, he was in the 32nd Armored Division and was commanding the secound battalion at the Sigfried Line, his tank was one of the first to go through. My father was very young when he lost his father but grew up to be an incredible soldier, unluckly because of this I never got a chance to know him, he passed away 2 years ago and so did all his stories.
I anyone knew Sidney T. Telford Sr. or Sidney T. Telford Jr. please write
Rosanna
Rosanna Telford <rosannatelford@yahoo.com>
Costa Rica - Saturday, September 09, 2006 at 03:13:13 (CDT)
I know that my Dad was stationed in England during WW11 He was nearLeicester. He talked about going into the town for supplies. I am trying to find out all I can I have a piecture of Him in a Jeep and this is what is cross it. 9Tcc 317SG 1069-1. Does that mean anything to any one out Thank You
Gladys Gleason <gladysgleason@hotmail.com>
Seffner, FL USA - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 15:07:07 (CDT)
My father served in the Navy in WW II. I would like to hear some stories or read some letters from some of the active sailors of WW II
Thanks
Jackie Taylor <Jakeeo@aol.com>
Vallejo, Ca USA - Monday, May 08, 2006 at 12:35:47 (CDT)
looking for information on Earnest bigelow killed might have been by friendly fire june 11 1944
bill kirkendoll <johnnyreb1230@yahoo.com>
clinton, ark USA - Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 09:21:18 (CDT)
Rose, I enjoyed reading Pvt. Art's letter archive very much. I felt that your color commentary added a great deal by framing your husband's correspondence into proper temporal, historical and social context for the period. I visited the web site keeping a note on where I left off on numerous occasions until I completed reading the archive. I read a great deal on US history, plus I am the son of a contemporary of Art's (b.1926) who served in the Pacific area of operations right out of high school. My father sustained serious injury as a result of an enemy morter attack. He also contracted falciparum malaria while in the Solomon Islands, his injuries and malaria kept him hospitalized in Honolulu for almost a year after the war ended. He suffered a relapse of his malaria (15 years later) I was only 9 at the time but I'd never seen anyone shiver so badly before and with such a sudden onset. Some if the japanese steel and coral which he still retains in all his limbs worded its way from muscle surface to skin on 2 occasions which required removal buy my Uncle, a physician who served in the Pacific like the old man. The old man still lives. Reading your archive actually gave me a little vicarious experience of life in the early-mid. 1940's. I read small sections to savor the experience. You did a great job! There is one question that arose early on in my reading and did not resolve by completing reading all correspondence, so Rose, here is my question: I grew up in the NYC area a true melting pot.I am of German-Austrian ancestry. And, my immediate neighborhood, upper middle class, suburban NE N.J., was a was a mix of every part of N,E,S Europe as was my group of friends. In Art's case his letters disclosed that his group of friends, acquaintances, work and school mates were totally and only made up of Americans of German descent, no exceptions. I learned in German class that there are areas heavilly populated by German Americans, such as Yorkville in NYC or Over the Rhine in Cincinnati (please excuse my inability to spell), but Covington KY although likely heavilly populated by German descendants there is likely an equal or greater number of Scottish/Irish decendents, not to mention folks descended from many other nations, Covington is after all in the US. The only mention of anyone involved in anyway in Art's non-military life is in a letter from his cousin (if I remember correctly) who spoke of the exuberance of the Irish girls at some school sports activity and who went on to say something like "unlike us German girls who stand back and watch".......I found this very restricted lifestyle that Art and family lead with regard to interaction with other groups most curious, a little strange and a tad bit disturbing. In fact you Rose, as Art's wife, if I remember are no exception as to your descent. Rose, WHY was your husbands life and social interaction so extremely limited to one single group?! I realize that the letters cover a period of 5 years in total, but I'll bet that Art's and your social interaction hasn't changed very much, if at all. But,I'm only very curious about his first 20 years.........its clearly NOT typical for a young |