William S. Todd Serial number Army #33 011 526 Pfc. One Bronze - Service Star
Mother said he was a Engineer. KIA on Dec.26,1944 friendly fire bombers. Mother said brother said that happens all the time. Entered service inn 1941. Philadelphia Pa., I guess that's where they lived as far as I know. Hoffman.Mil is still looking for him. Since last year. Was buried at Margraten Cemetery, Netherlands. Body was removed and buried in I guess Philadelphia,Pa.,.I have not found him and his Stepfather Carl Blauert and Mother Mamie Mcmurray Todd Blauert. Father is buried in St. Denis Cemetery outside of Philly died of TB right after Bill's Birth.1920 Census has Bill at 1 year and 1/10. MI trying to find out what unit he was in. He was My Mother's cousin Mother's Nickname was Toddy. Mother whole family is buried in St.Denis Cemetery. My name is Robert Hayes mother's son that was born in 1950 late in life. Brother was born in 1931. God Bless, Robert Hayes
I looked at Margraten Cemetery there a lot of your guys that were killed or bad wound around the same time. </b>
Hello Marion,,Hope all is well your way..I am 39 years old and have info about my Great Uncle Cletus J. Shelton...He was a member of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 82nd Airborne Division he fought in the Battle Of The Bulge and many places prior to that i have his pictures and two Purple Hearts and other medals..He was killed Jan,7th.1945..in Belgium..He was a Private First Class..He lived in Kennett,Missouri..In Dunklin County,Mo...he was killed defending the ST.Vith,Belgium during the BATTLE Of The Bulge..and was supposed to be involved in Operation Market Garden..I have been corresponding with MR.Art Morneweck..He is a wonderful man who has been very kind and generous to me and my family..He gave me your web site link and info..I am sorry about the large print i have Diabetes,with Diabetic Retinopathy and have much trouble with my vision.I read where you were looking for all WW. ll..info I am very interested in your thoughts and any advice you can give me..Or if any of the infromation i have that you may be interested in..I will keep this short as i know you are very busy...Please feel free to contact me ,,I would love to hear from you..I will await your response..Thank you for reading this..Take care and please forgive any typing or grammar errors..I will make a donation to your site when i can..God Bless you and yours..I will include my phone number . (deleted for privacy). Here is my email address
I found this page http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/history.htm while doing a search for the 291st Combat Engineers, on Google.com. I realize that your web site has to do with different CBE's, but I am trying to find a way to contact someone, to get background on my Father and tell his story.
My father Sergeant Vincent Consiglio, Still very much alive and well, was in the 291st Combat Engineers Co. B. He was written about in a book called "The Dammed Engineers" by Janice Holt Giles (not sure of the name of Author, but positive of the book's name). He was in the book for being trapped in a house in Malmedy with 30 or so other men. After 13 or so hours of fierce fighting, Germans surrounding the house, he volunteered to go for help along with another guy from Buffalo. He ran through heavy fire back to the front lines to get help, and he did witness the half tracks picking some 15 or so men up out of that house, He also took part in the many other battles. He landed at Normandy beach fought at the Huertgen Forest, the bulge, etc... His company was the 291st CmbtEng, and the 1st to build and cross the Rhine River 1st (Picture to prove it). He witnessed the collapse of the Remagen Bridge and has pictures of the bridge before and after its fall. I am writing to you for several reasons.
1.) First and for most, If you know how I could contact any one who would know how to get a hold of the day by day movement and times, etc, that the 291st took from the time they left US to the time they departed from Europe. I would like to know things like, what time his company hit the Normandy beach, etc…
2.) I would like to see if there are any lists of those in the 291st that my know how to get a hold of this information.
3.) I would some how like the History Channel, or the WWII War Museum, to know of my Father heroics that day…
4.) Do you know of ANY other sites that have to do with the 291st? If you know of them please reply with as many links as possible.
PS: Lastly. As terrible as it may seem so say, I would like my fathers story told, documented somehow, before he passes away.
Received this letter yesterday and gave her more documents to look at this week. I am also going through some rosters from reunions etc. that are not uploaded yet and will look for her father's name.
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I was forwarded to your site by info@lonesentry.com
I have been looking for information on my dad and the group he was with. In his personal things, I have found a listing of the men in the group but find no Armbruster or Duncan as some of the information on this site suggests.
He was in the 2832 Engineer Combat Battallion, 540 Engineer Group. As Mrs. Armbruster states her husband does not like to talk about his war time, neither did my dad so all is pretty well lost. He did not keep much either. His records were destroyed in St Louis so that is a dead end, I actually have more than they.
I have looked at all your pictures trying to find my dad, no luck. Is there a way that anyone can find these guys since they are all getting up in years and many dying each year? I would appreciate any help you could be. His name was Leo A Koerperich from Kansas.
Doug and I have been pondering a photo that can be found (amongst other places) on the back cover of George Koskimaki's book. We've been having an ongoing discussion search (see his dad's page) regarding this. Below is his latest email to me and it is quite interesting.
Marion, I just got back from my vacation which included stops at Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum and the Don F Pratt Museum at Fort Campbell, KY. At both of these museums the glider photo showing who I believe is my Dad was on display. I just called the AF Museum and they are looking into more information. At Ft. Campbell, the head of the museum, Captain Page, took me upstairs to their archives department. There we studied the glider photo. He found the picture rather odd. Note almost all of the soldiers are wearing their helmet straps on their chins-like a West Point cadet. Looking to the front there are no pilot or co-pilot and it appears that there is a tent with a air sock on top outside of the glider. Under my Dad's helmet is a woolen cap like it was winter time and two of the soldiers have an earlier liner that was replaced before the Normandy Invasion. Also none of the 101st troopers have helmet embelms-the Screaming Eagles didn't get them until April or May, 1944. Captain Page concluded that this was a "horse and pony picture" and was taken on March 23, 1944 when the 101st was visited by Winston Churchill. He then pulled out a tape on that day and it shows Churchill walking up to a Waco glider and then walking away from a glider in which you see the rear wheel and tail section up in the air. He believes the soldiers were placed in this glider with various weapons with the back section opened up for Churchill to view what a squad of American glidermen would look like. I will contact you with more information as it comes available. Later, Doug
