Sgtleo Here:-
Started out in 79th ID. Made the mistake of talking to the locals in Normandy and then some of the POWS before the breakout of Normandy. Didn't know some Intel Officers were there specifically looking for interrogators/interpreters and just like that I went into an MP BN and the very next day to an Intel Company. Didn't even unpack my gear. Raised H**l with my #301 file.
I spoke,read and wrote French and German(much better back then) as I had studied French for 4 years--no English allowed last two years and German for three years with no English for 2 years. Should have kept it up but........?
Was transferred to Lucky Forward 3rd Army HQ for a while and when Operation Varsity came along I was sent TDY to the 17th AB(don't have to be a jumper to be in Glider Infantry Regt.)
After VE Day got reassigned to an MP outfit to do interpreting/interrogating in Austria and then one day some real bright Officer decided a Medium Automotive Maintenance Co. needed a 1st Sgt. so I got the job. Talk about a fish out of water!
Decided to take a transfer to the States rather than accept a Commission as I had already done 2+ years in the ETO and would have done at least 2 more there
No Way Jose!!
This is my life
Me at age 19 on right side of photo - this is what a few months combat makes you look like. Man on left was 19;man in middle was 20(an old guyLOL)
Sgtleo
Sgt.Leo; Wisht I looked as good as you when I got out,(23), Looks like you had a pretty intresting tour there in France and Germany. Mine was pretty dull in No. Africa and Italy but I got to come home on rotation. Points built up in combat.
But no mattter what, we both did our job and did it well. 84 and 3 days old!!!!!! Hasta la vista!!! Roque of the 34th