I borrowed this book from a coworker. He bought it from an auction for only a couple bucks, it's falling apart and in like 3 pieces. It contains many photos and short bios of West Virginians who served in WWII. My grandpa remembers when they were making this book because you had to pay to submit a photo. His mom couldn't afford to submit all 4 photos of sons who served so she didn't submit any. Therefore, lots of folks are not in here that should be.
This is interesting for me because I've seen photos of my grandma's brothers that I haven't seen. One died before I was born and the other I only remember as an old cranky man.
I grew up in a neighborhood with several little old widow ladies. Today I saw their husbands in uniform young and handsome.
Speaking of handsome... isn't this guy the hottest thing since TV dinners??
Watching the History Channel this afternoon. Watched a show on the 101st. Currently watching a show on 3rd Armored Division. Great show.
One of the things I wanted to share with you was this cute little story that one GI told. He said how so many people would confuse the 3rd Armored Div with the 3rd Army. Said even his own mother would do this. Every time she saw a headline with the 3rd Army or Patton, she would think it was her son. He kept trying to correct her. He wrote to her one time and said, mom I am NOT with Patton's Army. I am 1st Army, 3rd Armored. Ha! It didn't work. She still kept getting it confused!
I told my husband that I have lost track of how many people still get all this confused. Things like, "Well if he was with the 36th Engineers, then that means he was with the 36th Div. No, no, no.
It does get confusing especially for novices. Oh the convoluted Army.
But it did work to confuse the enemy too. Hmm, if the 82nd A.B. was coming at 'cha, did that mean that there were 81 A.B Div's coming before it? The smoke of war did work.
Am including AUDIO speeches from Patton below. Please note that they contain offensive language and may disturb some people. If you are easily offended and don't like "colorful" language, then DO NOT listen to the links below.
This first one is from the movie Patton and even though it was made for the movie audience, it still contains cursing. So there, you've been duly warned.
