Hey, giving a little extra attention to my friend Ira who has a GREAT website regarding the 505th Engineer Light Ponton Company. I've had Ira's site posted on my link page for a while, but he wrote this morning with this:
I have made some changes in my web site and my link on your site does not
Clicked on THIS DAY IN HISTORY from our forum, and said, ah-ha! Oh yes, the great Battle of Kursk. Always one of my favorite battles to read about from WWII. If you are not familiar with this, then see the links below.
It was the LARGEST tank engagement of ALL time. The numbers are astounding when you look at the scope of this. CRAZY and deadly for both sides!
I contacted Mr. Al Panebianco in regards to my grandfather and he wrote that I might contact you. Here is what I sent to Al.
My grandfather Linwood M. Johnson served in the U.S. Army during World War II. I believe he trained at Fort Pickett in VA, he later served in Africa, Anzio and later Europe in the VI Corps with a Signal battalion. I would like to find out as much as I can about his service to our country, I know from photos that he attained the rank of Sergeant. I never spoke to him about his service and now I wish I had, he died in 2002 and when my grandmother moved from her home two years ago we cleaned out what was their home and I found quite an assortment of photos, postcards, maps and charts. What is surprising was the photos of German officers and German troops on skis apparently in the Alps. They are marked on the back as being "Forbidden" and "Propaganda", I don't have a clue how he came across them.
If you have any information or where I can obtain information I would be grateful.
Thank you,
Geoff Littlefield
P.S. I have an Ike coat, hat and trousers that belonged to him. I believe his social security or service number is located in the hat.
Later email:
I think I deciphered that he may have belonged to the VI Corps 57th Signal Battalion possibly a repair company as I have pictures of him climbing telephone poles and the other information was photographed on a truck. I believe he also had a typewriter which was photographed as well.
Essayons!
