Hello everyone, Here`s the memorial webpage i made for my Dad,

Stanley E. Duzal who served with the 706th Military Police Escort Guard,

IV Corps 5th and 7th Army during WWll.

Visit My Website

http://members.aol.com/lduz1/memorial.htm

The page contains the only photo of dad in uniform i have, it was taken around

christmas 1942 before he went over seas. There are also photos of some

documents and memoribilia he had as well as telling of his movements from

induction till discharge as best as i know it at this time.

Larry

Hello, my name is Larry and i`m from Kalamazoo, Mi. First, a heartfelt thank you to all the vets on this board and everywhere.

My father, Stanley Duzal, Pfc 706th MPEG Det, passed away last august, I`ve been piecing together the story of his wwll service. He never talked about the war when i was growing up and it was only in the last year that he would talk about bits and peices that he could remember. I`ve managed to trace most of his movements from North Africa where he was a supply train guard in 1943, then moved to Italy assigned to the 706th MP POW Escort Guard det. in early `44. He was in the Naples - Cassino area with the 36thID & at times with the 3rdID. (his unit was not attached to any division) He moved to Anzio with the 36thID for the breakout from the beachhead in the spring. His unit the got assigned to the 8th Naval Beach battalion for the invasion of southern France. Dad said he sailed from Italy in a LCM with engineers supporting the 36thID. From my research i believe must have been the 540th Engineers. He landed at St Raphel in the the second or third wave of the assault troops of the 141st Reg. He helped secure the beach area from sniper fire and assisted evacuating the wounded back to hospital ships. By noon on the 15th he was handling POWs coming back from the front.

I havent found much information yet on his movements from there to Germany with the 7th army but i know he was around Bretzenheim, Germany at the end of the war.

I want to thank Marion for this awesome website where i have found a lot of info on my research. i figured you would like to hear about a GI who did a job that had to be done and that i am sure proud of.

Thank You

Larry

I just finished watching a Discovery Channel program on Hunting Nazi War Criminals. The stuff about Mengele and Eichmann was old news but they mentioned a compound in Chile called Colonia Dignidad that was/is purportedly a gathering place for a group of Germans living in Chile. There is also evidence of at least one fugitive Nazi, Paul Schaffer assisting the Pinochet government in interrogation/torture tactics in the 60's and 70's. This program featured one man who escaped captivity there in 1971 who said that it was definately Schaffer who he saw there in 1971.

Although many of these fugitive Nazi war criminals have already died, I am always uplifted to learn that there are still groups who are actively pursuing them to bring them to justice. Hundreds or perhaps even thousands of the guilty escaped prosecution after the war, aided by the Soviet KGB and our own CIA in some cases, to serve as intelligence agents, according to this program, but this is not news to most people now either. The importance of going after these criminals even when they are old is that it sends a message to all who would engage in torture and genocide in the future. I really hate to think of any of them growing old and fat in this country, but I know it's the truth.

Dogdaddy

I've known about this place for some time but was not aware of too many details until yesterday. The officer's club still stands and the Oddfellows have preserved the murals and are working to have it opened as a museum. Several of the old foundations are also visable in the area.

These POWs had it pretty good and were allowed to work in the hayfields and ranches nearby. One rancher told me that they enjoyed the opportunity and some stayed on after the war.

Here is the link-

http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/powcamp.htm

My buddy over at IX Engineer's posted this booklet:

Aviation Engineers At Play - Paris 1944-1945

Some of the photos are just great. Take a look.

http://ixengineercommand.com/units/ixec/en...-play/index.php