160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

[glen blasingim]

Dr. Joseph Wayne Erickson (formerly Joseph W. Erickson, Ssgt., 160th ECB, B Company), gave this cribbage board to my Dad, Edwin Blasingim, in about 1944/1945 when they parted company. Dr. Erickson's son Mark said that his Dad often wrote his initials the way they were written on the cover flap and that the service number belonged to his Dad. Mark said that his Dad taught him how to play cribbage when he was younger.



I recently became the owner of this gift and used the initials to locate Mark ( Joseph Erickson was the only name in the 160th roster that matched these initials). Thanks Mark, for taking the time to reply about this. Thanks for your Dad's service.



Glen Blasingim





     Joseph W. Erickson



        


  






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