Replacement Battalions

[roque_riojas]

Onaway, I believe you are looking at a a replacement Infantryman. Most replacements

were assigned when leaving for overseas a "paper address for a paper outfit" and the same thing on arrival in ETO. More "paper outfits" only for a mailing address that seldom worked out for incomming mail. Yes, I went through the same damn thing.

Very quickly we were assigned as replacements for Infanry companies in a division and

then had a proper mailing address and "belonged to them". Looks like the same thing

you speak of..

ROGER ON THAT, JOE!!! Roque