This is from Colin. I apologize for not uploading these sooner.
Marion,
After some consideration I have decide to send the photos to you to decide how you want to use them. You will see what each refers to as I have taken close-ups of the citations.
No1: The plinth memorial to the US Third Infantry is sited in a park in Licata.
No2. The pyramid is an Italian/US memorial sited near Castelluccio.
No3. The large wall plaque is at the site of the battle of Ponte Drillo (Drillo Bridge) near Gela.
No4. This is a memorial to the crew of a C47 that crashed at this site and raised by the owner of what is now a five star hotel. A part of the aircraft sit atop the memorial.
This weekend I found yet another great WWII movie I'd never heard of before....Decision Before Dawn, made in 1951. It was nominated for an Acadamy award that year for Best Picture. I'm just going to say I really enjoyed it and leave it at that..don't want to spoil the plot!
Any one with true facts? My recollatiion is that they were issued about 4-5 bottles per
mounth. Seems to be the way I remembered it. Our Platoon Ldr (Lt.) usually kept one bottle and the rest went to the guys in the platoon. Usually a few drinks for each of us. Did they stop this "officers liquor allottment? If so, when? It sort of reminds me of the cigarettes we had in each K or C ration, along with a carton of cigarettes each week when possible. I still wownder who paid for the cartons. Maybe it was taken out of our pay. Along with the few candy bars brought up. Cant recall as we rarely drew pay.
All but $ 20.00 per month was in a allotment home and well more money than needed
by far, which we rarely collected "over the table" monthly. Most of this "over the table"
money was also sent home if/when we were paid. Come on Roque, think back a few
years. O.K., maybe 60 years or so. Wondering just how long this "officers liquor
ration" was in effect after WW 2 or is it still going on?
for further questions regarding the reunion itself, please contact:
Mickie Glassman, the host - (856) 456-5862
Hi Marion:
Hope your fourth was great. The ad for last year's reunion is the same place, same people running. The only thing you will have to change is the dates. I would have changed them but did not know how.
