Janis, My name is Michael Ayres and I am the son of Capt Dennis A Ayres, CO, Company B, 337th Engineer Combat Bn. It appears that Alex Roguskie was in my fathers company. Dad died in 1998. Other than a few humorous antidotes he rarley talked about his experiences. On Christmas Eve my daughter found two boxes of documents in his attic. I have just started going through them. The first things I have read are a series of letters to his family in Benham, Ky written between May 1 from just "Italy" to May 27 from "Milan, Italy". In the first letter he was optimistic that the war was almost over, then entusiastic about rotation home with 97 points then bitterly disappointed he was ordered to the Pacific. He mentions the killing of the german general, supporting the 10th Mountain, Bailey bridge repair, writing commendation recommendations for "his" men (seems that was effective given the listing of awards posted on the blog), etc. Many of the items are covered in the History paper you posted. I also located his 201 file and his service records from draft through discharge. I have yet to locate anything personel before May 1, but there is more to comb through and another box at his house. My interest is building the history of the 335th AAA S/L Bn and its odyssey from the US through Africa, Sicily and Italy.
Michael
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