John Knowles - 34th Inf Div - Looking for buddies

Hi Marion,

I don’t know if you remember me or not but we were in contact several years ago. I am a Historian at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans. I hope things have been going well for you since the last time we were in touch. I am reaching out to you today to see if you could post a link on your website in an effort to assist a combat veteran from the 34^th Infantry Division. I know many of the veterans who have posted on your site served in the 34^th Infantry Division. The gentleman this article is about , John Knowles of Bonaire, GA, was wounded during combat operations in Italy and sent home. He never saw any of the guys from his outfit again. Now, he is hoping to find some of the guys he served with. Knowles served in Company I, 3^rd Battalion, 135^th Infantry Regiment, 34^th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy.

I know how passionate you are about our WWII veterans so when I came across this article you were the first person I thought of. Maybe if you can post this story somewhere, one of the 34^th ID veterans who visits you site may know Knowles. The link to the article is –

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/georgia-wwii-veteran-asks-help-finding-long-lost-w/nnKM5/

Thank you,

Joey

Joey Balfour

Historian/Curator for Digitization Processing

The National World War II Museum

945 Magazine Street

New Orleans, LA 70130