Date: April 29, 2002        REQUEST #1141
Name: Connie Scott
Address: 3101 Meridian Drive
City, State, ZIP: Champaign, IL  61822
E-mail: runzabit@aol.com

Subject: 119th AAA BN, Battery A

Comments: My Dad, Alfred Cotterell, passed on in 1999.  I miss him so much and have had an intense interest of wanting to know more of his time in the military.  I know that he was a Tech 4, inducted 19 Sept 42 from Camp Grant, Illinois.  

His unit was attached to the 3rd Army and landed at Utah Beach.  His first firing position was in France at LaHoy du Pointe.  They then went through Remes, LaMans, Troyes, Epernay and Reims to Metz.  They then moved out to Saarbrucken and from there to the Bulge.  From there they went to Marinz (sp) and across the Rhine into Germany.  

He got out in 1945, went back to southern Illinois to farm.  I would love to have more detail...dates...etc.  I would greatly appreciate any help.  Thank you....Connie

Date: 4-29-02        REQUEST #1140
Name: Edward S. Biercewicz
Address: 3917 Liberty Ave.
City, State, ZIP: Pittsburgh, Pa. 15224
Telephone: 412.682.3845
E-mail: ebierce@andrew.cmu.edu

Subject: 3rd recon co roster for March to July 1951

Date: 4/28/02        REQUEST #1139
Name: Robert L Wilkins, Jr
Address: PO Box 21
City, State, ZIP: Keedysville, Maryland
Telephone: 301-432-7862
FAX: 301-432-7862
E-mail: maxitout4u@aol.com

Subject: Information on Raymond W Tolbert

Comments:
I'm looking for anyone or information on my Uncle who was killed on September 7th, 1944 in France.
This is all the information that I have on him.
Basic Training- Fort McCellan, AL.
7th Army, 3rd Battalion
Under: General Patch
Unit called The Dragoons- (Was that a special unit?)
Unite was in Italy, then sent to France.
Any information or web sites that I may contact would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Date: April 28 2002        REQUEST #1138
Name: John Perry
Address: po bx 5131
City, State, ZIP: Santa Maria CA 93456
Telephone: 805 9250752
FAX: same
E-mail: j perry9708@aol.com

Subject: need to contact Jeff Powel

Comments:
I went thru basic training at Camp Roberts with Jeff at that time his family lived in LA and I lived in Arroyo Grande
We traveled together on weekend passes

Date: April 28, 2002        REQUEST #1137
Name: Tom Watembach
Address: 202 E. Washington St.
City, State, ZIP: Urbana, IL 61801
E-mail: twatembach@aol.com

Subject: Ted and Adrian Moga

Comments: My uncles, Ted and Adrian Moga, served in the 3rd division from 1940, at Ft. Lewis, 
to Ft. Ord, North Africa, Sicily and Italy (through Anzio). Adrian was a cook. 

I'm looking for information on this time period, or comments from anyone who knew them.

Date: 04-28-02        REQUEST #1136
Name: Michael K Smith
Address: 605 Montcalm n e
City, State, ZIP: Lowell MI 49331
Telephone: 1-616-897-7456
E-mail: smith49331@aol.com

Subject: Kenneth Fredrick Smith serial  36457784

Comments: Drafted 7-1943 basic at Camp Buttner, S Carolina, USA-arrived at Naples, Italy 02-04-1944.

Told of being told of sparky's little lightning bugs- not sure of his division.  
Was casualty due to trench foot after April of 1944.  
Sorry, not much information but he did not talk too much about his war. 
I would appreciate any and all information you can find, and so will thank you in advance.  
I am Michael K. Smith.

Date: April 28, 2002        REQUEST #1135
Name: Ann Swinderman
City, State, ZIP: Dover, OH
E-mail: annabella2000@msn.com

Subject: Silent Squad in 89th Division

Comments: I am searching for any information about the 12 men who were part of the Silent Squad during WWII. 
These soldiers carried no guns just daggers during their nighttime missions behind Nazi lines. 

Any information about any of the GIs or their missions is what I am searching for. 
Please email me with any information you may have. Thank you.

Date: 28 Apr 02        REQUEST #1134
Name: Russ Callaway
Address: 19 Hofstrasse, Schloss
City, State, ZIP: Fohren, Germany
Telephone: 06502-934768
E-mail: russell.callaway@spangdahlem.af.mil

Subject: 135th Combat Engineers

Comments:
My name is Russ Callaway and I am a 1st Lt in the Air Force.  My grandfather, Don Callaway, served in the
135th Combat Engineers from 9 Oct 44 - 4 Feb 46.  I am currently stationed in Germany near the exact area
where my grandfather would have traveled, near Trier.  

I am trying to retrace my grandfather's footsteps across Europe and could use any assistance.
Thanks! Russ

Friday 04/27/2002     REQUEST #1133 
Name: Robert A Stefanowicz
E-Mail: stefa81@attglobal.net

Hello .... I hope you can assist me. I am trying to find an address or phone number to contact Mr. Emil T Byke, 
a World War II veteran and, I believe, lifetime member of the 3rd Inf Dv Veterans Association. 

I am conducting historical research on the capture of the German town of Bad Kissingen in the closing days of the war, 
and Mr. Byke apparently was one of the first American soldiers on the scene. 
I hope you can help me or point me in the direction of someone who will.
Best Wishes ...

Friday 04/27/2002     REQUEST #1132 
Name: Patryk Wojciak 
E-Mail: PatWojciak@shaw.ca

Comments: Hi
I'm looking for a 3rd infantry division member from World War 2 who is CPT. Jeffrey Smith, 
I have a M41 field jacket that belongs to him and I would like to find out more about him. 
All I know is his name and that's it, Could you please help me finding him?. Thanks 

Friday 04/26/2002     REQUEST #1131 
Name: Charles William Zastawniak 
E-Mail: charles66z@web.de
Homepage URL: http://www.charles66z.de
Location: Germany - Bavaria 

Comments: My Father - William Walter Pierce was a sergeant in the 3rd Div in 1945 until 1946 in Bad Wildungen. 
He was born in Houston Texas (I have some photographs and more information). 
I'm looking for traces to find out if he is still alive. Please contact me. 

Date: 27TH APRIL 2002    REQUEST #1130
Name: MARK _MARK
Address: P.O BOX 2568
City, State, ZIP: NORTH PARRAMATTA, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 2151
E-mail: MARK_MARK@TRIATHLETE.COM

Subject: 2ND 30TH BATTALION

Comments:
HI
I AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2ND 30TH BATTALION WHO WERE PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR TWO. I AM LOOKING FOR PHOTO'S ETC AND OTHER INFORMATION 
AT ALL THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE ME WITH ON THIS BATTALION.THEY WERE PART OF THE 8TH DIVISION. 

NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE INFORMATION OR PHOTO ETC MIGHT BE IT WOULD BE 
GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
IF YOU COULD FORWARD IT TO ME PREPARED TO PAY COSTS IF NEED. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT 
TO ME AS MY GRANDFATHER SERVED IN THIS UNIT AND HE DIED WHILE I WAS YOUNG.

SO I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WW2, SO I AM VERY EAGER TO LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM IN THE WAR.
I WOULD JUST TO SAY THANK-YOU HOWEVER TO ALL THE EX SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO TOOK PART IN THE VARIOUS WARS FOR THEIR COURAGE .
THANK YOU 

Date: April 25, 2002    REQUEST #1129
Name: Sabine Zastawniak
City, State, ZIP: Mannheim/ Germany
E-mail: Zassy1007@aol.com

Subject: Searching William Walter Pierce

Comments: Hi,
I am searching for information about my Grandfather William Walter Pierce. Serial Number 83539913.
He was in Bad Wildungen/Germany at the end of the 2nd WW.
Who can help my to find him?
My Grandmother was Erika Porges.
Greetings from Germany
Sabine
P.S.: I have some old Pictures from him

Date: April 22, 2002    REQUEST #1128
Name: George OBrien
E-mail: geo34@msn.com

Subject: Veterans from Co."K" 65th Inf Regt, 3rd Bn, 3rd Div.

Comments: I was radioman in the 3rd Platoon of Co.K,65th Inf Regt,3rd Bn,3rd Div from Jan 1953 thru July 1954.
It would be great to hear from any veterans that were in company "K" at that time.
Maybe together we could locate other members that were there.

Date: April 22, 2002    REQUEST #1127
Name: Bob Raimonto
E-mail: raimonto@siadvance.com

Subject: Joe Merrell

Comments: I am doing an article on Joe Merrell, a 15th Infantry Medal of Honor winner in World War II. 
The article is for the Staten Island Advance, Merrell's "hometown" paper. 

In the article I would like to quote anyone who served with Merrell who was there outside Lohe, Germany, 
to witness his charge against the German positions that resulted in his earning the medal of honor
and in his death. I would deeply appreciate any help I can receive in this matter. thanks. Bob Raimonto

Date: April 22, 2002    REQUEST #1126
Name: John D. Bowling
Address: 942 Warwick Dr.
City, State, ZIP: Macon, GA 31210
Telephone: 478-477-1794
E-mail: jbowl35@cox.net

Subject: Info on 1LT Fred R. Bowling

Comments: 1Lt. Fred R. Bowling served in the 58th FA BN, 3rd Div., Light Air Section in the 1952 - 1953 time period.  
He was killed in an auto accident in 1959 and his military records were destroyed by a fire at the 
National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis in 1973. 

I'm looking for anyone who knew him during his tour in Korea.  Contact John D. Bowling at jbowl35@cox.net.

Monday 04/22/2002  REQUEST #1125
Name: Danielle 
E-Mail: nfrkw@aol.com
Location: New York 

Comments: Thank you to all the vets and God bless you all. My uncle George Davis served with the 3rd infantry division, 
15th regiment during WWII. 

I love to just sit and listen to all that he has to say about everything he went through. He is also an ex-pow. I am searching for anything..pictures, stories, buddies of his. Please feel free to email me. Thank you 

Date: 04/21/2002    REQUEST #1124
Name: John Doughty    
Address: 1203 cr 323
City, State, ZIP: Gainesville Texas 76240
E-mail: bellyacres@cooke.net

Subject: Korea Chosin

Comments:
Looking for other members of m company 7th Inf. Regt., at Chosin reservior

04/19/2002 REQUEST #1123
Name: Kevin J. White 
E-Mail: kevinjwhite@yahoo.com
Location: Asheville, NC 

Comments: Would like to hear from anyone who served in C Company 30th infantry in WWII, first platoon especially. 

04/19/2002     REQUEST #1122
Name: Michael Furrow 
E-Mail: mzrex2@hotmail.com
Location: Rogers, Arkansas 

Comments: Hoping to find information on anyone who might have known my dad, Tech Sgt Alvin M. Furrow, 
during WWII at Anzio. 

Date: 04/20/02    REQUEST #1121
Name: Ronald Dean (Pennington) Hauser
Address: 534 Muirfield Drive
City, State, ZIP: St. Charles, Missouri 63304
Telephone: 636-939-9415
FAX: 636-447-4121
E-mail: rhauser@peoplepc.com

Subject: Adrian Leon ( Jack- "trader Jack" ) Pennington- Period of 1944-1947 Ft. Hood

Comments:
I am looking for any information about my real birth father Jack Pennington.
I know he was enlisted at Ft. Hood during the above time period, because he had gone AWOL to find me in Ava, Missouri 
and returned to Ft. Hood with me in my hand made US army uniform and leather gun belt that said " Ronnie" on the back.

I know that my father was arrested and put in the brig while I was there as the Post Mascot. This would have been around 
Xmas time because I recall the big Red paper bells hanging in the barracks. There were wooden sidewalks and everyone 
there was looking out for me for some time until my mother found where I was. 

Also got caught in a cattle stampede when local ranchers drove their stock through the streets of the camp.  
"Cookie" that cook told me to run to him, but I think I fell to the ground. For some reason I was not hurt at all.

Father was later given a medical discharge on the grounds of mental problems. He was a writer, artist, could play music etc.
Any one that knew him most likely wouldn't forget him.

He was killed in Plano, Tx when I was 15 in 1958. the last time I saw him I was about 3-4 years old.

Thank you for you help in finding out about my dads past. Good or Bad.

Ronald Dean (Pennington) Hauser

Date: 04/19/02
Name: Michael R. Furrow    REQUEST #1120
Address: 2120 W. Perry Rd.
City, State, ZIP: Rogers, Ar. 72758
Telephone: 479-631-8938
E-mail: mzrex2@hotmail.com

Subject: Tech Sgt Alvin (Shorty) Milford Furrow

Comments: My father fought at Anzio, he passed away at the age of 39.  I was only three at the time.  
So my memories of my father are few.  I am searching for individuals who may have know him or had encountered him 
somewhere. 

I know that he was wounded and received the Purple Heart and the Good Conduct Medal. 
My mother said he went all the way to Berlin.  I have pictures from Anzio beach.  Anyone with any information on my father 
please feel free to contact me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you

Date: 4.17.02    REQUEST #1119
Name: Paolini, Robert A Mr AAA
E-mail: robert.paolini@aaa.army.mil

Would like to have a 3rd Infantry Division screensaver - where can I get one? Thanks

Date: 4.17.02    REQUEST #1118
Name: Steve Smith
Address: 4570 Grantwood SE
City, State, ZIP: Kentwood, MI 49508
Telephone: (616) 531-7159
E-mail: Smiken@Iserv.net

Subject: "Marne Rock" newspaper issues from summer of '60.

Comments: If any copies exist, hopefully they are on microfilm somewhere. I believe the paper was 
published once a week out of Wurzburg. I am interested in issues containing write-ups of the baseball games 
concerning the Kitzingen Red Sox, of which I was a member in 1960. 
I'd enjoy hearing from anyone who was there at the time. 

Date: April 17, 2002    REQUEST #1117
Name: Willie Wren Jr.(Broger)
Address: P.O. Box 1558
City, State, ZIP: Cleveland, MS 38732
Telephone: 662-846-7129
FAX: 662-846-1329
E-mail: phatfarmms@aol.com

Subject: Records of Schooling

Comments: 2nd of 377 7th corp Germany, I"m looking for information concerning this unit 
and records concerning  GED score. Where are they located.  
How can I contact someone concerning this information. 

Date: April 16, 2002    REQUEST #1116
Name: Eugene E. Johnson Jr.
E-mail: ejohnson@rothschildinvest.com
Location: Illinois
Subject: Muster rolls

Comments:    Eugene E. Johnson
Can anyone suggest to me a good source that will list all of the soldiers of the 3rd Division in WWII? 
I have reason to believe my late father Eugene E. Johnson  may have served with one of the units 
of the 3rd Division. If anyone knows of a source with the muster rolls I would appreciate it. 

He was in the European Theater from December 1944 until August 1945 
when he was transferred to the 70th Division to eventually be sent to the States in October 1945. 
Any information will be greatly appreciated. 

Date: April 16,2002    REQUEST #1115
Name: Oswald  Smithwick
Address: 528 West Main St.
City, State, ZIP: Washington,NC. 27889
Telephone: 252 946 2007
E-mail: smithwck@yahoo.com

Subject: Cpl David Paul Holshouser

Comments: My Moms' first Husband was Cpl. David Paul Holshouser in General Pattons' 3rd Army tank corps. 
He was killed during the Battle of The Bulge around Christmas 1944.

If anyone has any information about David it would be greatly appreciated. 
The last contact was in a letter written Christmas eve 1944.

Date: April 15th, 2002    REQUEST #1114
Name: Tom Bacon
E-mail: Tom.Bacon@sciatl.com

Subject: Herman  Joseph Wehunt
My name is Tom Bacon. I am searching for photos of  my late uncle . He was a driver for Gen. Patton. 
He was later wounded when  his motorcycle ran over a land mine.

Date: April 15th, 2002    REQUEST #1113
Name: Sharon Dorrough Dickey
City, State, ZIP: Atlanta, Georgia 30328
E-mail: hogs44@earthlink.net

Subject: Capt. Richard P. (Dick) Dorrough from Booneville, Arkansas

Comments:
My father, Capt. Richard P, (Dick) Dorrough served with the 3rd Infantry Division during World War II. 
He received a battlefield commission, I believe, Oct. 13, 1943.

He was with the invasion forces at Casa Blanca, Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, and in Southern France. Also Calamar(sp) Pocket and the Rhine River.

He received the Purple Heart, 8 Bronze Stars, Bronze Arrow Head, and the Silver Star.

I would like to hear from anyone who may have served with him.
He passed away in 1987 and is still my hero.

Thank you, Sharon Dickey

15th Infantry Regiment says Martin Markley

Date: April 15, 2002    REQUEST #1112
Name: Phyllis (Shackett) Fleming
E-mail: armymom@neocom.net

Subject: friends of SFC Don Shackett, Wildflecken 1972-1975

Comments:
I am looking for some friends of ours from Wildfleck:  1SG and Mrs. Jimmy A. Holt (Her name was Carol), 
Sp4 John Henry Holt and his wife Faye, and 1SG Rasu and his wife Giselle, and 1SG McGhee 
and his wife Billy, and Major Needham and his wife Frances.

I am also looking for anyone who might have served with the late 1SG Don Shackett in Wildflecken.  
I am trying to collect some memories and pictures for our children.
Thank you.

Date: April 14,2002.        REQUEST #1112
Name: Dawn Vetelino
Address: 15 Saundra Drive
City, State, ZIP: Westerly, RI 02891
Telephone: 401-663-0048
FAX: 401-348-5856
E-mail: thevets1998@earthlink.net

Subject: Finding my fathers discharge papers

Comments:
Our town is honoring all local Veterans but a copy of their
discharge papers have to be brought to the town hall. I do not know where his are, he passed away when I was 11.
I do know he was in WWII. His name is Lewis Rowland Rathbun. I have one of his dog tags on a key ring 
with my husbands. Thank you for any help you could give me.

Sunday 04/14/2002    REQUEST #1111 
Name: Jan Bos 
E-Mail: circle82@wishmail.net 
Location: Nijmegen, Holland 

Comments: Great site, am looking for information on the invasion of Sicily on 10 July 1943. 
I am looking for copies of maps of the landing beaches, instructions/ orders for targets, journals, 
all kind of reports and stories of the men, who waded ashore. 
Who might have some pictures about Sicily, also very interested in receiving information on 
the 'friendly fire' of 11 July 1943, when 23 American C-47 transports were shot down by American fire.
have a nice day 

Saturday 04/13/2002     REQUEST #1110
Name: David Keefer 
E-Mail: sbaugh1@prodigy.net
Location: Arlington, Texas 

Comments: Looking for anyone who knew my uncle...William Paul Odom from North Carolina
Killed February 1944 at Anzio Beach...Thank you 

His uncle is listed in the book, The History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II,
as a having died of wounds while a member of the 15th Infantry Regiment.
If you have any information, please contact David at sbaugh1@prodigy.net
(Thanks to Martin Markley for this!)

Date: 4/13/02    REQUEST #1109
Name: Mike Yee
City, State, ZIP: Salinas, CA
Telephone: 831 663-1716
E-mail: musstangr@aol.com

Subject: C CO 262 INF  WWII info

Comments:
Hi!
Looking for info on my Dads WWII time in Europe. C CO 262 INF is listed on his Separation papers in '46.  
Under wounds received in action it shows: Dec 24 '44 Southern France. GO 61 262 INF.

Also under Battles and Campaigns it states: Northern France GO 33 WD 45 as amended 
Central Germany, Rhineland.

He enlisted in Ft Devens, Mass in Apr '44. Don't know where basic was....I suspect the 3rd because 
he has several pins that say "the Rock of the Marne" among his medals. 
ANY information would be of great help. His name was Donald Yee.
thanks, Mike

Date: 13 April 2002    REQUEST #1108
Name: Joe Sexton
Address: 200b Hill Everhart Rd
City, State, ZIP: Lexington, NC.
E-mail: josexton@infoave.net

Subject: my dad with the 185th engrs

Comments: My dad Pvt Ray Sexton was a part of Task Force Frigid in 1946-47,
He was with C Bn Hq&Svc Co.185th Engineers. Any one with info on Task Force Frigid or 
the 185th engineers in Alaska in 1947-47 please E-mile me thanxs

Date: April 13, 2002    REQUEST #1107
Name: Fred Taylor
Address: 38 Briarwood LN
City, State, ZIP: Spencer , WV 25276
Telephone: 304-927-5931
E-mail: pkf01879@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu

Subject: Walter Chawick Jones

Comments:
Seeking information on Sgt Walter Chadwick Jones. Received Silver Star and Bronze Star , 
5 BS :Hometown, Walton, WV
Served in France, England,  Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Czechoslovakia
Walter Chawick Jones is a first cousin Have no knowledge of his experience. 
He died 1969 during heart surgery.

Date: April 12, 2002    REQUEST #1106
Name: G. Villanueva
E-mail: gkelleyv@yahoo.com

Subject: Want information on great uncle.

Comments: I would like to request information on my great uncle buried in France at the Epinal American Cemetery. Corporal Louis M. Najera # 39697229. Thank you. --------Please E-mail me back.

Date: 11April2002    REQUEST #1105
Name: Joe Sexton
Address: 200b Hill Everhart rd
City, State, ZIP: Lexington,N.C.27295
E-mail: josexton@infoave.net

Subject: Task Force Frigid

Comments: My father Ray Sexton was an artilleryman with the task force. He was a Pvt an in Alaska for 18 months.
I would like any information on task force frigid that any one could provide. 
He was either with A,Hqs, Service Btrys,9th Fa Bn or attached to the 10th Eng Cbt Bn.
His two most vivid memories are the barrel of a 105 howitzer exploding an the NCO club at Ladd Field burning,
If any one was there or has information please E-Mail me than you.

Wednesday 04/10/2002     REQUEST #1104
Name: Jerry Comeau (Como) 
E-Mail: jercom@eartlink.net 

Location: Highland Mich. 
Comments: Looking for members of 3rd Infantry Div BAND 1955-56.Have located a few and looking for more. 

Date: 4/10/02    REQUEST #1103
Name: Cheryl Puccio
Address: 19 Blanchard Rd.
City, State, ZIP: Wilmington, MA. 01887
E-mail: wildcats14@msn.com

Comments: My father's uniform jacket has the 3rd Army patch on his sleeve and he served 
with the 10th mountain division in Italy. How did he get that patch? He went to boot camp in 
Fort Blanding, FL. but he does not remember how he was switch to the 10th. Can someone help. 
Thanks in advance

Date: 10April02    REQUEST #1102
Name: Phillip VonHoltz
Address: 406 Richmond Lane
City, State, ZIP: Hinesville, GA, 31313
E-mail: phillip.vonholtz@us.army.mil

Subject: Looking for someone who knew/served with my great uncle, Edward Frederic VonHoltz

Comments:
    I am trying to track down any information on my great uncle who I'm told served with 3ID during WWII.  
His name was Edward Frederic VonHoltz, I believe he was a PVT with the 30th Infantry and awarded the 
Silver Star. 

 Also, that he joined the Division in North Africa and stayed with it through Italy and into Germany. 
I'm an active duty Army Officer currently assigned to the Rock of Marne Division at FT Stewart 
and would really like any info I could get on this former 3ID soldier, he died in 1966 in a 
VA Hospital in West Haven CT.  
Thanks.
MAJ Phill VonHoltz

Tuesday 04/09/2002      REQUEST #1101
Name: Norman E. Koenig 
E-Mail: koejoh@pcbank.net 
Location: Maryland 

Comments: Great site! My Uncle 'Ed Koenig' served from 1941 to 1945 with C Co. 15th Regt. 3rd Inf. Div. 
Looking for any buddies that may remember him. 

I served with the 4th Regt. 3rd Division from 1959-1961 Ft. Benning, Ga. and Bamburg, Germany. 
Would like to hear from any of my friends!!! 

Date: 9 April 2002    REQUEST #1100
Name: Lawrence Leland Harper
Address: 7202 Glen Trail
City, State, ZIP: San Antonio, TX 78239-3428
Telephone: 210 653-6054
E-mail: LLHarper@juno.com

Subject: Personnel of Item Co. 3rd Bn, 15th Regt 3rd Inf Div

Comments: Would like to be contacted by personnel that served in Co I 3rd Bn 15th Regt,
3rd Inf Div from April 1952 to Mar 1953. I recall several names.  

The one that stands out is Tomatsu Ito - a fellow from Los Angeles. I was Company Clerk for Item Company; 
so the names I had to put on the Morning Reports will be very  familiar to me once I am contacted.

Date: 4-8-02    REQUEST #1099
Name: Thomas L Miller
Address: 60 Michigan St
City, State, ZIP: Winchester, NH,03470
Telephone: 603-239-4317
E-mail: milltk@earthlink.net

Subject: looking for desert storm vets

Comments: I served with b 6-41 from 1989 to 1992.  I was in fdc.  where are my fellow soldiers?

Date: April 8, 2002    REQUEST #1098
Name: BARBARA E. OLSON
E-mail: bolson@midrivers.com
Subject: Clarence M. Olson

My husband, Clarence M. Olson served in the army from 12/4/1946 to 11/24/1948. 
He served in Germany as a Military policeman: 
Arrival date in Germany 4/12/1947 and departed 11/4/1948. 

I have a picture of the ship he came home on, but I would like to know the name of the ship. If anyone came home on the same ship maybe you would know the name. I think it came into New Jersey as his discharge shows place of separation as CP Kilmer, NJ.

Date: April 8, 2002    REQUEST #1097
Name: Jane

City, State, ZIP: Bushnell, FL
E-mail: jannie10@bellsouth.net

Subject: Bushnell Florida 
Is there a place in Bushnell, Florida where a WWII vet can be laid to rest?

Date: April 7, 2002    REQUEST #1096
Name: Celia Levy
Address: 28 Juniper Ln
City, State, ZIP: N.Harwich, MA 02645
E-mail: nsyncc@attbi.com

Subject: B 53D Signal Battalion

Comments: I am looking for anyone that belonged to the company B 53D Signal Battalion during World War II and who was in the U.S. Army. My late grandfather Robert Earl Crockett belonged to this company of B 53D Signal Battalion in European and African-middle Eastern theaters. And among the medals he received he got the silver star which he got with his company because my grandfather saved 2 guys from drowning in the Mediterranean Sea and he was honorably discharged in 1945.  If you have any info about this company or you witnessed my grandfather saving the 2 guys from drowning or you knew my grandfather please e-mail me or write to me with any info it would be greatly appreciated.

Date: 4/6/02    REQUEST #1095
Name: Joe Poggi
E-mail: iggop@optonline.net

Subject: Medal for WWI  Vet.

Maybe you can help me. I have a friend whose father belonged to the 3d ID in WWI and wounded in France.

He is deceased now, but his son whom I know well, is interested in receiving his Purple Heart from the government. 
Could you send me any information about the 3d Div. in WWI. 
Do you know anyone I can reach out to get the medal for him.

Thank you, Joe P.

Date: 4/5/02    REQUEST #1094
Name: Mike Quinton
E-mail: mqntn@cs.com

Subject: Sal Mignone

Comments: MY FATHER IN LAW, SALVATORE JOHN MIGNONE, PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK. 
HE SERVED IN KOREA IN THE MARINES, WE WOULD LIKE ANY INFORMATION ON HIS SERVICE. 
MAY NEED SOME HELP TO BURY IN NATIONAL CEMETERY, SUCH AS SERVICE NUMBER 
AND COPY OF DISCHARGE PAPERS. THANK YOU

Date: April 4, 2002	REQUEST #1093
Name: Mary Weatherford
Address: 4473 Cricket Ridge Dr. # 201
City, State, ZIP: Holt, MI 48842
Telephone: 517-694-1119
E-mail: mlisaw@msn.com

Subject: looking for friends of my father's

Comments: My dad served in the Third Army, Third Cavalry Recon Squadron, B Troop, 
3rd Platoon. His name is Paul R. Kreft and I am searching for anyone who might have served 
with him to help corroborate a battle they were in that cost my dad his hearing. 

We are trying hard to get my dad the Purple Heart he deserves but the Army says the records of this 
battle were destroyed in a fire. We are hoping to find another person to help us out. 
Any help you can give is appreciated.

Date: April 4, 2002    REQUEST #1092
Name: John A. Morris
Address: 3430 Saint Ann Street
City, State, ZIP: Butte, MT 59701
Telephone: 406-782-6985
E-mail: johnamorris99@earthlink.net

Subject: Robert Hawkins

Comments:
Wanted to contact Robert Hawkins, 15th Infantry Cannon Company DSC winner was Captain Infantry 1945
Last I heard he was in Florida
Would like to hear from Robert or get his phone number.
Thanks, John Morris

Date: 04/04/2002   REQUEST #1091
Name: Carol Anne Perry 
E-Mail: cperry@geac.com 

Subject: Dalton Pulsipher

Comments: My Uncle, Dalton Pulsipher, was in the 3rd Infantry 3rd Infantry Division (taken from his grave marker). 
We know that he served under Patton but don't know much more. He was killed September 22, 1944. 

I'm hoping to find out more about where he was killed in France. If anyone has any details regarding the 3rd Infantry 3rd Infantry Division during that time period I would be interested in learning more about it. 

Date: April 3, 2002    REQUEST #1090
Name: Patrick F. Conville
Address: 2236 Lilac Lane
City, State, ZIP: Jamison Pa. 18929
E-mail: patrick.f.conville@Verizon.com

Subject: John (Jack) Grinnan

Comments:
Looking for an information @ Jack Grinnan being awarded the Bronze Star on or about 11 November, 1943.
Would also appreciate any information regarding the circumstances of him being classified as MIA/ Presumed Dead.
There was a possibility he was a POW for a period of time while MIA.

He was a private in the 7th Infantry Regiment at the time his medal was awarded. Uncle Jack was Discharged 
from Fort Warren (sic) WYO on Sept. 30, 1945
As additional information his Separation Document refers to five battle stars: 
Naples foggia, Rome Arno, Southern France, Rhineland and Central Europe

I am assisting my Aunt in putting my Uncles affairs in order as he was recently involved in a car accident 
that left him paralyzed. Any information regarding my Uncle would be greatly appreciated.

Date: 4-3-2002    REQUEST #1089
Name: Bill Howell
Address: 546 rd 200 west
City, State, ZIP: Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311
Telephone: 937-592-0812
E-mail: bhowell@loganrec.com

Subject: Looking for old buddies

Comments: Just looking for any one that may have served in Co.B 1st. Battle Grp.7th Inf. 3rd Inf.Div. 
from Oct. 1957 till June 1960. I was in the Div. marksmanship detachment and the 7th inf. Leclerc rifle team 
most of my time in Aschaffenburg.

Date: April 3, 2002    REQUEST #1088
Name: David Bell
Address: 249 South Main St.
City, State, ZIP: Hudson, OH  44236
Telephone: 330-650-1276
E-mail: dbell249@aol.com

Subject: Searching for former members of 3rd Div. Hq. Co. PIO office Sept. 1953-Sept. 2954

Comments: I am searching for former members of the 3rd Division HQ Co. PIO office from about 
Sept. 1953 to about Sept. 1954. Contact can be made via dbell249@aol.com or 330-650-1276.

Date: 02 Apr 02    REQUEST #1087
Name: Doug Harding    
Address: 3680 Peachtree Rd NE Apt A3
City, State, ZIP: 30319
E-mail: dharding@99x.com

Subject: World War 1 soldier

Comments: I'm looking for information on a man who fought with the 38th infantry, 
Company M with the 3rd division during World War 1.  His name is Theodore D. Jordan, 
and he was killed on July 15, 1918.  He was from Atlanta, Georgia.  
Anyone with any more info would be greatly appreciated.

Date: 02 Apr 02    REQUEST #1086
Name: Tiffany Hartsell
LMNO Cable Group
City, State, ZIP: Los Angeles, CA
Telephone: 818-380-8081
E-mail: thartsell@lmnotv.com

Subject: Audie Murphy and other Heroes

My name is Tiffany Hartsell, and I am a researcher at LMNO Cable Group in Los Angeles.  I am currently working on a television program for the Travel Channel  entitled "Secrets of Arlington National Cemetery."  The program
will profile the history, traditions, icons and people of Arlington, and go deeper into the stories and legends behind them.  The goal is to provide an enlightening and engaging look at this national treasure, providing insights
that the average person might not have previously known, which will hopefully inspire them to learn even more 
about our shared national history.

To illustrate the Arlington's role as a resting place for heroes, we will be profiling a select group of veterans who have distinguished themselves in one way or another in combat.  Of course, no show about war heroes would be
complete without a segment on Audie Murphy.  Right now, we are gathering our research and seeking potential 
interviewees who could speak about him and his service to our nation.  

I was hoping that your organization might be able to help us track down some authorities on the subject, 
and perhaps put us in contact with any of your membership who might have served with Audie Murphy, 
so that we might more fully capture his legend.

By way of background, LMNO Cable Group has been creating award-winning television for more than 10 years 
with shows ranging from Bill Cosby¹s Kids Say The Darndest Things to Intimate Portraits 
to Behind Closed Doors with Joan Lunden on A & E.  Our partner, Travel Channel, is the only television
network devoted exclusively to visiting the world¹s most popular destinations.  

In conjunction with the Travel Channel, we have produced the Structures of Glory programs, 
which have profiled the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial 
and the Lincoln Memorial, among numerous others. 

The network is available in more than 50 million homes and is a service of Discovery Communications Inc.,
which owns and operates Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet.

I look forward to connecting with you in the near future to discuss this project further.  Please do not hesitate to contact me with any information or questions you may have.  Thank you for your time and thought.

Date: 02 Apr 02    REQUEST #1085
Name: Marian Gilbert
City, State, ZIP: MCBH Kaneohe Bay
FAX: 808.254.0649
E-mail: zanybook@aol.com

Subject: Usmc Guadalcanal vet 1946, USMC Pfc Gilbert or Pfc Chong

Comments: Marine wife trying to locate WW2 buddies for Hank Ryback.

Looking for a USMC Infantrymen PFC Gilbert (called himself Portugee) and PFC Chong, both from Oahu, Hawaii.  
Knew Hank Ryback (USAF) in Guadalcanal Jan-June 1946.  Ryback returned to Oahu in 1951 on way to Korea, 
visited Gilbert again.  Mr Ryback has been trying to track down his buddies for years, any information you have would be greatly appreciated. 
Thank ALL of you for your courageous service to our country.

Date: April 2, 2002    REQUEST #1084
Name: Kevin J. White

E-mail: kevinjwhite@yahoo.com

Subject: SSgt Elmer Lawing  1st Platoon C Co., 30th Infantry

I found this letter among my grandmother's papers.  I know that when she died many years later she still grieved for her son lost in the war.  She had been told that he lingered for six hours in a field hospital before he died.  Obviously she had written Captain Murray asking for particulars.  SSgt Lawing was from the Haw Creek area of Asheville NC, and had finished at Haw Creek High School in 1943.  The following January he was at Anzio with the 30th Infantry, and was in combat for almost all the next year and two days, except for brief periods when his unit was out of the line and for hospitalizations following the four wounds he received prior to his fifth and fatal wounding.  He was twice awarded the Silver Star, and also held the Croix de Guerre from the French government, and five Purple Hearts.  When he was killed he was twenty years old.

I would love to hear from anyone with any memory of SSgt Lawing or of Captain Murray.  The letter above was written in the spring of 1946, from Chapel Hill NC, where the Captain was apparently utilizing the GI Bill to attend the University of North Carolina.

Then 1st Lieutenant Murray assumed command of Company C, 30th Infantry Regiment, on Nov. 7, 1944, when the previous commander was wounded, and led the company for the rest of the war.  He mentions above returning to the company from the hospital on Dec 28, 1944.  He was hospitalized with eight grenade fragment wounds received on Dec. 16, when he single handedly broke up an attack at Keysersburg by a reinforced German company with BAR fire and by calling in artillery, for which feat he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

*****************************************************************************************************April 7, 1946
Dear Mrs. White,

I don't quite know how to write a letter such as should be written to you, one that might somehow ease your great suffering.  I can say that your son was a good soldier - he was more than that, he was a good American, but you must know that already.  But I am able to tell you the circumstances surrounding his death, most of which you already have knowledge of.

I returned to the company on Dec. 28, 1944, from the hospital and two days later we moved back from the front at Keysersburg France for a few days rest.  And then we relieved a company at Bienwihr France where we stayed for a little over a week.  We then moved back to Ribeauville, I believe, for training and on the night of January 22, 1945, we moved toward the front - several divisions were attacking that night.  Company C crossed a river at Guermain France , on a foot bridge, and we moved east through the two feet of snow.  The weather was extremely cold.  We moved in single file for about two hours - five men were wounded by a mine about midway - until we came to our objective, another stream.  I sent one platoon across the stream to establish a bridgehead and the rest of the company bedded down on the west bank.  The next morning the rest of our battalion passed through us and crossed the stream, and we followed them south along the east bank of the stream.  

We moved just a few hundred yards and then I received orders that I should go into position on the bank of the stream.  Late in the afternoon a bridge which was being constructed for our tanks collapsed, and we were without tank support.  Shortly afterward, the units in front of us were attacked by German tanks, and those that could moved back near us.  That night about ten o'clock a number of German tanks attacked us, and we were forced to move back down the stream about one hundred yards before the Germans fell back.  So far my company had been spared, practically no casualties.  The remainder of the night was quiet.

Sgt. Lawing was now acting as platoon leader for the 1st platoon.

At about nine o'clock on the morning of the 24th I left the company and moved back down to the battalion C. P. to see the Colonel, just two hundred yards up the stream from Company C.  I had been gone only about twenty minutes when the Germans attacked with a large number of tanks, the main force of the attack hitting my company.  The men fought back for a while with machine guns and rockets, but they were not enough to stop the Mark VI tanks, and the Germans overran our positions and we fell back to new positions across the stream.  I say we, but I mean the company because the whole thing only lasted ten minutes or so and I was at the battalion C. P. unable to get back to the company.  Tanks were on us too.  The Germans did their damage and after we had destroyed three, I believe, of their tanks with artillery fire they departed.

As soon as I could, I went to the company, to find that every one of my officers and sergeants had been killed or wounded, except one Sgt.  We went up, some of us that is, with the medics to help bring out the wounded, and I am almost certain that we did get them all out.  I didn't personally check the entire company area, but I am certain that those who did check the platoon area did a thorough job and no wounded man was left.

The first platoon bazooka team remained in their position until all their ammunition was gone and one of their men informed me later that one of the first rounds fired from the tanks hit Sgt Lawing and killed him instantly.  I sincerely believe, and hope, that that was the way it was.  It was terrifically cold and the ones who were wounded as bad as Sgt Lawing was, even if he did not die immediately, quickly froze.  And therefor, your son may have suffered for a little while, but not for six hours, not even for one hour.  And I still think that he was killed instantly as the bazooka team claimed.

The reason for so many of the leaders being killed, as was your boy, was simply because they were leaders.  They were out of their foxholes, exposing themselves, in an attempt to get the rest of the company to fight back at the tanks, when they all knew that they had no weapons capable of doing damage to a tank.  All of this happened bacause a little bridge which was to allow our tanks to cross a river collapsed before even one tank could cross.

You can rest assured that had your son been only wounded and had there been some way to ease his pain it would have been done.  But we will have to believe in our hearts that he suffered no pain and died instantly, or at least peacefully.

And I would like to say also that I have seen quite a number of men wounded critically, and in the large majority of these instances the shock was so great that the man could not possibly have felt any pain, and most of them do die peacefully, without realizing exactly what had happened.

So we will probably never know exactly the true story of what actually did happen that cold morning in France, but from what I have attempted to say to you I do so much hope that you can believe that your son was killed instantly by an 88mm shell fired by a German tank and that he died an heroic death worthy of any true American.

My deepest sympathy,
Charles P. Murray
Former C. O., C Co. 30th Inf

Date: 2 April 2002    REQUEST #1083
Name: Al Pfeiffer
Address: 1028 Archer Ln
City, State, ZIP: Eau Claire, WI.  54703
Telephone: 715-834-0306
E-mail: drpalp@yahoo.com

Subject: Otho  H  Cameron

Comments: Stationed HHC & Band, 3d Inf Div Spt Comd, Oct66 thru 1967 in Wurzburg Germany.  
Home state Miss.  lSG of Co, later prom to SGM and sent to Korea.  Later returned to Germany in 1969/70.

Date: April 1, 2002    REQUEST #1082
Name: Paul Zoellner
Address: 2601 Brookdale Avenue
City, State, ZIP: Ashwaubenon, WI 54313
E-mail: pzoellner@milwpc.com

Subject: My dad Dick Zoellner

Comments: Hello, I'm still trying to find any information or old photographs of my dad Dick Zoellner. 
He served in both the 7th and 15th Infantry Regiments of the 3rd ID. 
He was also nicknamed "Swede" because of his white/blond hair. 

I know he participated in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, and Naples/Salerno, and Anzio. 
I know the chances are getting slimmer that I may find anyone that would remember him 
or have a photo of him, but its worth the try!