Okay, you got it. 1940's Radio Days. I have taken some ongoing discussion and am adding it to this new section. Have fun!

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Thanks for the Promotion !!

Some trivia you may no know about the 101AB Div. Thought of this in a conversation about the Band of Brothers.

Its important to remember when we talk of E/Cos regiment that we get the Battalion correct. I was reading up on a website about helmet markings of the US Army during WWII, including the Infantry regiments that stormed the beaches. It was just as important, if not more important for E/co to have a Spade on their helmets as it was for them to have a Screaming Eagle on their right shoulders. However its not as simple as a Spade.

There were seven companies in their Battalion to be wearing the same markings, and then 2 more Battalions of the 506th to wear a Spade on their helmets, this is how it works.

We have the 501st PIR, of which there are three battalions and a HQ, their helmet insignia is a Diamond.

The 502nd PIR of which there is three battalions and a HQ, their helmet insignia is a Heart.

The 506th PIR, of which there is three battalions and a HQ, their helmet insignia is a Spade.

The 327th GIR (Glider infantry Regiment) of which there was three battalions and a HQ, their helmet insignia was a Club.

That was the 101st Airborne, but it still is not as simple as that, there were dots position around the insignia to signify what Battalion they were in and also the HQ.

HQ had the dot above the insignia, the 1st battalion to the right, 2nd battalion below (E/co would have that) and 3rd battalion to the left. It worked with all the PIRs and the GIR. When you watch BoB you should notice what I've said, especially when members of HQ come to visit E/co (like in bastogne).

Sgtleo

I moved these posts here from the Jokes section, and took you up on your suggestion. MJC

Sgtleo ; You have more questions than " Baby Snooks"

How many of you remember Fanny Brice when she characterized Baby Snooks on radio ?.

The Baby Snooks Show was an American radio show starring comedienne and Ziegfeld Follies alumnus Fanny Brice as a mischievous young girl who was 40 years younger than the actress who played her when she first went on the air.

In 1904, George McManus began his comic strip, The Newlyweds, about a couple and their child, Baby Snookums. Brice did her Baby Snooks character as a 1912 vaudeville act. On February 29, 1936, the producers of the Ziegfield Follies of the Air, where Brice already had a presence, asked her to fill empty airtime with a Snooks skit. Snooks' media career had begun, and the following year, she played Snooks on the Good News Show. In 1940, she became a regular character on the Maxwell House Coffee Time, sharing the spotlight with monologist Frank Morgan.

In 1944, the character was given her own show, The Baby Snooks Show (sometimes known as Baby Snooks and Daddy), and during the 1940s, it became one of the nation's favorite radio situation comedies.

The whole premis of the show was when Baby Snooks would say " Why Daddy"

What a great time to be alive. We would sit on the floor around the radio and visualize what the characters looked like and also their suroundings. We made up our own mind what we wished to see.

I remember back to " Yesteryear " when " The Green Hornet " was #1 with us kids. Every kid who held his breath , week after week, had his own version of what the Green Hornet; his faithful valet, Kato; And the Black Beauty looked like. If there were "whatever millions" boys listening to that show; that was the number of visions held. Each of us had our very own idea of what we "saw".

One of the biggest let downs in my life was when they decided to put the Green Hornet on the movie screen. Us kids jammed into the Great Lakes theater, on Grand River, in Detroit, to see our hero in action. Everything was to our pleasure, till the Green Hornet, sensing that he must act to save the masses from great peril, said " Kato, I think this is the time for the Green Hornet to take action. Get the Black Beauty warmed up. We have a job to do". With that Kato says that he will have the Black Beuty around back promptly. Out the door flies the Green Hornet (into the alley) and enters not a limo, ( but a 1939 ford coup ).

I'd match my childhood with any today. Today, through TV & Movies, everything is programmed to have you see what THEY want you to see. We on the other hand, sat there on the floor and saw what we wanted to see.

If some of you " Whippersnappers " could only go back and listen to some of those(corny) shows, you might possibly understand what the "H" I'm talking about .

You know; If we could talk Marion into it, Why not start up a talk section on " RADIO DAYS" We might entertain a few of youze kids. It would be a whole lot better than watching on TV how----( I lost my virginity or My eractile disfunction).

YE GOD !!!. Let's start using our minds & our imaginations again.

What do you say? With me or Agin me ?

Here I go again. Out on that limb again.

chucktoo

Al Kincer and I were talking about II and VI Corps this week, and he asked me who had commanded VI Corps prior to Anzio. Thought I would share that info with you.

Here is a list of VI Corps Commanders:

Dawley, Ernest J. VI Corps Apr 42-Sep 43 Italy

Lucas, John P. VI Corps Sep 43-Feb 44 Italy

Truscott, Lucian K., Jr. VI Corps Feb 44-Oct 44 Italy

Brooks, Edward H. VI Corps Oct 44 ETO

Hello:

My grandfather Linwood M. Johnson from PA served with the VI Corps in the 57th Signal Battalion. He trained at Fort Pickett in VA and went to Africa, Italy and Europe. I have pictures of him in Germany and I know he worked on utility poles, I would like to know more about where he served and with whom. If anyone served in this Battalion please contact me at beachbuds4@msn.com.

Thank you,

bully4tr