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  Alcan Highway Alaska 1942
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 01-05-2006, 09:42 PM - Forum: ANYTHING WWII - Replies (5)


This woman just wrote to me trying to find out info on these two units listed. NOTE that they ARE REGIMENTAL UNITS, not DIVISIONAL.

 

I found this webpage regarding it that lists the units. Looks like they were British units.

 

http://www.themilepost.com/history.html

 

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Hi, for a short kids book on Canadian geogrpahy I'd like to contact someone who was involved in building the Alcan Highway in 1942. Records show it was the Corps of Engineers 36th and 340th Divisions.

 

I'd like to find someone who can email or chat for a very few minutes - the whole interview will be about one paragraph but it would be great to have firsthand voice.

 

Any suggestions? I need to reach someone in the next five or six days.

 

Thank you,

Beth Geiger

Seattle

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  Monthly Journal HQ 540th - July 1945
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 01-05-2006, 06:48 PM - Forum: WWII ENGINEERS - Replies (4)


I sent this to Al Kincer, 48th CE today. As I sort through all my docs from NARA, I find references to many units, including infantry and engineering. This is a file from 540th HQ. It is a Monthly Activity Journal from July 1945 when they were in Germany. This particular doc mentions the following units:

  • 48th CE
  • 290th CE
  • 2832 and 3833 which are the battalions of the 540th CE
  • 552nd Eng Heavy Ponton Bn
  • 1144th Labor Supervision Co
  • 1142nd Labor Supervision Co
  • 8912 PW Co
  • Co C, 384th Eng Bn (Sep)
  • 3980th Quartermaster Truck Co (1 platoon)

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  Lieutenant Colonel Hugh.M.Connor - 540th
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 01-05-2006, 01:59 AM - Forum: WWII ENGINEERS - Replies (1)


Dear Marion,

 

We are trying to gather information about a Lieutenant Colonel Hugh.M.Connor, of the 540th Engineer Regiment.

 

We have a letter signed by the above (attached), & are interested to find out where abouts it come from. Also, information about Mr Conner, if he lived through the war, or died, or maybe still alive, would be appreciated.

 

Thank you,

 

Chris.

 

P.S I hope you can read this letter. If not, let me know & I'll type it out.

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  The Day the Thunderbird Cried
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 01-05-2006, 01:53 AM - Forum: WWII Books & Magazines - Replies (2)


Received this last month. I don't know much about it, other than what is stated. I am copying this verbatim from the email.

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THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU'VE NEVER READ ANYTHING LIKE IT!!

 

Suitable for SENIORS, STUDENTS.

BABY BOOMERS AND SERVICEMEN

and MEN WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II

 

THE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE!!

In a series of gripping true stories the reader accompanies young American infantrymen from the invasion of France to final victory in Germany. In addition the reader discovers:

 

Why General George S. Patton sent 300 American soldiers on a secret mission impossible;

 

How the Mafia saved thousands of GI lives;

 

Why American prisoners of war were taken out of a POW camp and transferred to the notorious Berga concentration camp;

 

The untold story of how GIs, trained at Fort Ritchie, Maryland, (called the Ritchie Boys) helped turn the tide in the Battle of the Bulge;

 

And many more untold stories of WWII.

 

Detailed accounts of the endurance of young GIs during the Battle of the Bulge precede their ultimate horrific discovery of the Dachau concentration camp. The GIs’ reactions and the shooting at the wall are vividly recreated from personal interviews of men who were there.

 

The Day the Thunderbird Cried is about heroes and villains, liberators and survivors and provides a detailed background on how Adolf Hitler brainwashed 60 million Germans into allowing it all to happen.

Available at:

 

Emek Press, 1200 Mira Mar, Suite 1001, Medford, OR 97504

email: emek18@charter.net

*$19.45 plus $4.85 P/H

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  Christmas at Arlington
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 01-05-2006, 01:48 AM - Forum: ALL Vets News - No Replies


Beautiful photo sent to me by a friend. This is Christmas at Arlington National Cemetary.

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