World War II

After completing 17 weeks of Basic Training at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia (1943).

Taken in Nancy, France, after I'd come off a very dangerous

patrol in which the sergeant who was leading won the Silver

Star

Word trickled down that the war was over. We didn't really believe it, and worried that somebody on the other side might not have heard!!

A few years later! (1999)

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With my B.A.R. on outpost in Oberhoffen, Germany. The view covered a street to the end of town and the hills beyond. Anything moving was enemy. A short time later, we were relieved; I was discovered to have pneumonia and sent to a hospital in Nancy, France. (Click to enlarge.)

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