What an interesting post. My granddad (also 157th) did not appear to go through there. He did not have enough points (73) to go home so that may be why they did not go the same route??? I have a calendar that he wrote a few notes each day at the end of his time in Europe. He left Galling Austria on Sept. 11, 1945 and arrived in Sarburg (sp) france, Camp NY, on Sept. 17th. He was there until October 18th and arrived at the next camp, Camp Boston, on the 19th. He left there on the 14th of November and arrived at Camp Twenty Grand on the 15th. Finally boarded the Sheepshead Bay Victory Ship at La Harve on the 21st. He arrived in NY on Dec. 1st and went to Camp Shanks, and then to Indian Town Gap and was discharged from there on the 7th of Dec.
The photo was taken on December 1, 1945. He wrote "Saw Statue of Liberty at 7:30 am What a sight for all of us She sure looked nice"
Hey y'all. Doing a bit of research for one of my buddies, Harold Whiting, a 157th Engineer.
http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/Har...roldWhiting.htm
Harold wrote to me yesterday with a request. Seems he is trying to get info regarding a Camp Roosevelt. We are trying to drum up connections of the Internet, but so far have not been successful. Still trying.
Did any of you vets ever go through a Camp Roosevelt in Europe (no not in the states - we are aware that there was one here)?
Here are a few excerpts from Harold this week:
Hi there young lady . need a answer some time , no hurry but i know when it was there but i do not know where and have not found it on the list of camps in France ,On my way home from austria in 1945. I was dischared at camp (roosavelt ?) France can not find any info of the camp this will give you some thing to do. This is where i reinlisted for three years so i know it was there Hope all is well with you HWhiting
In the interim I wrote back and told him what I had and hadn't found yet, but had not given up. He wrote back this morning with a bit more info.
This camp was not a discharge camp it was for stopover of troops with points enough to return home in the late fall. I drove a truck from Austria half way back to this camp my discharge says camp roosevelt . There i got the good news; enlist and get 300 dollars. wow all at once got my money and parted and missed my first ship home wow that is how i got home in dec not oct. long story short memory. i remember the major chewing my but out because i was not on the truck that morning guess my head was a little messed up i walked in and forgot to salute well he said how long did you in list for i said three years his answer was you will learn to say sir and salute. my answer was YES SIR AND A SALUTE okay hwhiting</span>
