Young90th
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Post by Young90th on Sept 28, 2008 23:05:57 GMT -5
Dear readers (AKA Jim), I have an event on November 19th and I thought it would be fun to do something different. I have decided (after talking to Thore) to do the 99th Bn. This Bn was formed at camp Ripely in 1942 and was made up of Norwegian immergrents, Norwegian nationals, and of course the occasional WASP or Ginny (Me, McFarlane Raimondo). Here is the research I have gotten: www.nuav.net/usa.htmlwww.avalanchepress.com/99thInfantry.phpand the Great book Red Wells by Sharon Wells and Red Wells (RIP my friend) So far there uniforms look like M41,M43 mix and mostly leggings till occupation, and Helmet Scrim. Does anyone have any other pics ? Does any one know where I could get a patch?
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Post by barrelhunter on Oct 3, 2008 8:52:05 GMT -5
Man the crickets are chirping around here.
I believe most members are surfing the pages with out logging in and that is keeping the posting to a minimum.
Thor, I keep using terms like Kosher because most of my ancient history group is Jewish. I'm also about 5 miles from a Jewish seminary so several of my friends are extremely orthodox. I do have one buddy who’s a 17th Airborne veteran who’s so orthodox he only eats hotdogs at Yankee stadium and keeps kosher bazooka bubble gum on his coffee table for his nieces and nephews. I’m not ashamed to keep Kosher at a sater supper, and have even been drafted into doing the reading with a beanie. Being from Ohio I do sound like John Wayne when singing in Hebrew.
I’ve even been tasked with trying to track down the family of a veteran named Samuel Itzkowitz after his wife developed Alzheimer’s disease and she's since passed away. I’m to pass on his medals and personal records to his grandchildren. Unfortunately, his son has passed and finding his grandchildren has been unsuccessful do to a post war legal name change. The son joined the Marines, and his widow was estranged from her mother in-law and their last known location was in Nevada. I also believe the reason for the estrangement was due to a religious conversion and the grandchildren being raised in a different faith, which keeps them off those boards.
The things mom gets me into.
Jim
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Post by sgttom on Oct 3, 2008 18:09:03 GMT -5
Yea Jim, I always come on and look at the ten most recent posts and if there something that intrestes me I log in and post
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Young90th
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Post by Young90th on Oct 3, 2008 23:35:46 GMT -5
Well I am on this forum everyday its my homepage, but Jim you seem to only get on during the weekends and Tom is what ever. Lil Beav
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Post by barrelhunter on Oct 4, 2008 12:30:58 GMT -5
I'm usually surf in when you guys are at shool or asleep. Working second shift and doing laundry and junk like today keep me bouncing around. We've all got chores to do and today it's the lawn, laundry and doing some sanding on the car. We pulled maintenance on the house furnace today so at least that's out of the way. It's the yearly reminder to dust off the radiators and clean them before we fire it up for real. Man where did summer weather go.
Jim
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Young90th
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Post by Young90th on Oct 4, 2008 14:13:20 GMT -5
I had shores today as well Go on the forum do research All joking aside did clean my collection up. Lil Beav
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Post by barrelhunter on Oct 6, 2008 16:20:53 GMT -5
I had shores today as well Go on the forum do research All joking aside did clean my collection up. Lil Beav Lil Beav Never let it be said I don't take my hits. I put on the glasses and saw my typo so you winged me with the Red Ryder BB gun. Jim
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Young90th
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Post by Young90th on Oct 6, 2008 19:22:31 GMT -5
I had shores today as well Go on the forum do research All joking aside did clean my collection up. Lil Beav Lil Beav Never let it be said I don't take my hits. I put on the glasses and saw my typo so you winged me with the Red Ryder BB gun. Jim Jim, I did not even notice your Typo that makes me laugh. HAHAH AHAH Thats my laughing Lil Beav
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