I thought I had mentioned this new book but I guess it was on the forum of Commando Supremo.

This is a new release of a book about the last days of the Italian Campaign. It is written in Italian.

"DIECI GIORNI DI GUERRA" by Luca Valente

Pub: Cierre Edizioni -- ISBN: 8883142442

Description: 550 pages with 235 photos & 7 maps. Softbound.

This book describes the German retreat and the Allied pursuit in Veneto and Trentino. It includes info on the German 10th Army, the US 10th Mountain Division and many other units. The author has collected many great photos of Germans, Italians, partisans, paratroopers and American soldiers.

Click on this link for a description of this book in Italian, along with example photos:

http://www.lucavalente.it/modules.php?name...article&sid=131

I may order a few of these books to be sent to USA. If anyone would like to add their order with this, please let me know. I don't know the price of the book. I will get that info and post it here so you will know if you want it or not.

Cost for book is 20 Euros; which is not much more than $26. I think I can save shipping for anyone in USA. I will order a bulk order and ask him to autograph each copy.

Now the special deal about this book:

I donated some material for this book; mainly photos from my website that my Father took in Northern Italy. The Index refers to either my Father or me in 11 places. On two pages, he has placed a group of 4 photos of my Father or sites he photographed. The Forward includes my name and hometown. If you go to the above link, you will see two photos of my Dad.

(You have to click on the extra pages and go to RICERCA at top...then for each of the sub windows select Leggi Tutto... and two will pull up my Dad's photos, as well as other great photos.)

[Or, you can go to Altavista Babel site translator and enter the webiste address and every page will be translated for you---very poor translations but it will help.]

It is so cool to see him and other Americans remembered this way. And it is like the images and memories he captured has returned to their native country in a special way that everyone can view it.

Steve

steve@custermen.com

www.custermen.com

Edward Usonis sent this to me today. Thanks Ed!

http://www.36engr.cityslide.com/page/page/172839.htm

You can see Ed's photos there too:

http://www.36engr.cityslide.com/page/page/172929.htm

Hello Everybody on my list,

A friend of mine lives in lorient/brittany. In the

center of the town lies an old German bunker which

will be destroyed next week. The workers are already

working on it. My friend passed by this afternoon

(sunday14th) and just popped in! What a surprise! See

the photos!

best regards Gilles

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I just received this today and upon request am placing this letter here. Thanks to all for your help.

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comments: I am writing a novel about a WW2 vet who serves in Korea as officer, as well. I want people to proof-read my chapters on both European theatre of WW2, and Korea for accuracy and/or credibility (realism), and hopefully lead me to some vets who can remember and add some "color". Can you put this request on your bulletin board and ask vets to contact me? Thanks. If you especially can put me in touch with Ray Gonzales, I'd appreciate it.

I got this mail:

Hi Fred,

I see what you need. I will send you a story of a friend of mine. He was in WW2 and Korea. He was put in for Medal of Honor but along the line someone cut it down to Silver star. I think because he is Mexican...

Ray Gonzales by Marion

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/RayGonzales.htm

Art

Fred

Here is his contact info too:

your_name: Fred Lanting

address: 3565 Parches Cove,

cityst: Union Grove, AL

zipcode: 35175-8422

phone: 256-498-3319

email_confirm: mrgsd@hiwaay.net

Hello, my name is Nicholas Hopper and I'm here in the Great ol' Pacific Northwest.

I've always had a deep interest in World War II, though I did not have any family members that was in the service during WWII. (the closet would have been my Grandfather during the Korean War but he was medically discharged before he went anywhere.)

My main interest is the European theatre mainly in the 7th Army and the 4th Inf. Div.

My very first WWII uniform I purchased was a complete 7th Army corporal Class A uniform. Since then my collection has grown to encompass all different stuff including a 1945 Willy MB jeep.

At the moment I'm trying to dig up information on a gentleman that was in the CBI theatre of operation. Years ago I purchased a huge collection of over 300 + letters from an antique store. These letters were written from the gentleman to his wife. These are all his letters from when he joined the army until he came home. What a collection. So my focus is to learn as much as I can about the person and hopefully try to locate any and all paperwork about this person.

I've been reading through a lot of the post and there seems to be a great group of people here with lots of info. I look forward to talking with all of you.

Nick Hopper