- Thank you for this wonderful site! It has helped tremendously fill in some missing pieces to my pawpaws WW2 days. He retired as a Major and during WW2 he was Captain Louis G. Thompson of "C" Company in the 893rd TD Battalion. My father passed down a foot locker of my pawpaws gear as well as a ton of bringbacks from his time in The European Theatre. Once a year I take these items into my daughter's high school as a guest speaker to the Freshman class and watching them be so involved and ask questions while getting to hold a piece of history is so amazing! I hope to make my pawpaw and the 893rd proud by continuing to share their story!