Randy,
My friend... never apologize for doing your best in trying to assist others. We all appreciate what you are doing and thank you for it. This is a huge step in the continuing effort to document the unit and the men who served in it. A free Google account will get you 15gb of free storage. With this you can upload the image and then post a link that allows access to the image of C Company to individuals or to anyone depending on your preference. As an example, here is a link to the A Company image from my Google Drive space:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5ghnJbeN7QkSU8xaFhSclRtOUE
Great job donating to the Camp Butner folks. They are fledgling and any assistance that can be provided is so important. An update on the Earl Haughton IDPF... well, after a year I got a hold of someone last week and was told the file was 24 pages, scanned and sitting in their system. Why it was not sent out is a mystery. I was told it would be sent out that afternoon or the next day. Knowing the volume of request they have, I gave them the rest of the week, but still have not seen it. I called back and left a message and am currently waiting for a call back. Clearly, patience is a virtue, but this is a bit frustrating. I will continue pursuing it and let you know as things start to move forward. Incidentally, the Charles Crawford IDPF should be available as soon as I get done wrestling with them about it. Randy, did you ever get a chance to put in a request for the IDPF for Millard Weaver who died on Jan 1, 1945? I received a document recently that leads me to believe that he died in some kind of accident (see note in Jan 6th entry of attached image).
We'll keep digging and our noses to the grindstone to continue to answer the questions we have.
Gary
Gary,
Thanks for the tip, a Google account is probably the way I will go with the Company C photo. I will try to get that set up here real quick for everybody to see.
I can certainly understand your frustration with the IDPF requests. I think the longest I had to wait for one was eleven months, you are correct that patience is a virtue when dealing with government machine. There just does not seem to be any method to their madness. If you can believe it the first one of these files I ever requested only took about three weeks to receive and that was back when they were burning them to CD and sending them by snail mail, go figure! Yes I had requested Millard Weaver's IDPF back in March, received confirmation of request and I am still waiting. We suspected previously that maybe he died from an accident and your document seems point to that effect, the IDPF should include the investigation that it speaks of.
The second entry for 6 JAN 1945 on your posted document mentions a possible demolition action. With my grandfather being a Demolition Specialist with the 292nd you can probably surmise my interest in this tidbit. I am very much looking forward to seeing the rest the General Orders that have been collected. Have a good one my friend,
Randy