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hello, I am Donald Miller son of John R. Miller my father was in the 653rd TDB but that is all he ever told me about his units during WWII. he was also a truck driver so I am assuming that when he went overseas that was the unit and MOS he had. since it looks like the 653rd never left the states. I do know he was with Gen Patton, from one of the stories he told me. and was in Normandy on D day. I have a map of where the units went and a list of the cities that they liberated. quite a long list. but since dad's records were destroyed in the fire I can find out nothing. in fact today is the first day I have found anything about the 653rd anywhere. of the few stories he told me, one was that he trained guys to ride motorcycles. ie: how to put one down when you came under fire and not kill yourself while trying to keep from being killed. there are a couple more stories but that was all. does anybody remember him? I would like to find out something .... anything. THANK YOU for this site to honor this great generation of men AND women. they sacrificed so much to keep us free.I would love to hear from anyone in this unit weather they knew my father or not. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

My name is SGT JOHN Nyehart and my grandfather John Reitmeyer was with the 692nd. Unfortunately I don't have any further information on him as he passed away in 1970 7 years before I was born. I am trying to locate anybody who might have known him. My father is trying to put together his achievments but his records was lost in the fire. For me knowing what my grandfather went through might help me with my own experiences through 2 tours in Iraq and 1 tour in Afghanistan. Please if anyone can help it would be great. I am currently stationed at FT. Carson if anybody is close. God bless you all and thank you for your sacrifice so we can live free and fight again.

My Name is Tom Lawson and I was a company commander (Captain) in Co B 1st Battalion 103rd Armor, Johnstown, Pa from 1988 to 1989. I served ten years with company B, coming up thru the ranks as an E4 to the rank of 03, being prior service helped to accomplish that. Our prior unit desingnation was the 628th Tank Destroyer Bn. I am a volunteer researcher at AHEC, United States Army Heritage and Education Center located in Carlisle, Pa., for those people who are looking for information on a unit, that would be a good place to send an enquiry to. The center however does not have individual soldier information. The web site for the center to request an enquiry is " http://www.carlisle.army.mil".

My father was Thomas Ray (Tom) Bryan and was in Company C, 771st TD Bn. He passed away in 1995. I went to a 771st reunion with him and my mother in 1987 and had a great time. I met a lot of the people he talked about all his life- Walter Schrater, Joe Klein, John Peterson. I also remember a fellow they called "Pete the Beak" and another guy named Artie who was quite a character. Shraeter was in his tank along with Tom Fannon and Lloyd Leslie.

Looking for any information on Wilson J. Lejeuene, Ray M. Duke or Raborn D. Rains all with the 823rd TD Battalion.

My father, Guy J Garretson, was in 705 but don't know the company. Great site. Some of his stories were about the Battle of the Bulge and Frankfurt, Germany.24

My compliments on your very professional site. The 813th was attached many times to my dad's unit and their actions were always stellar. I would like to know the name of the leader of 3rd PL B Company 8 Aug44 during the action in LeMans. My dad has always wondered who the man was that 'saved his bacon'. Dad was commander of 2nd Pl B Troop 121 Cav. Thanks

Have been searching for years about info on the 643rd TDB. My father didn't want to talk much about his recon unit was badly torn up on April 12 at Barby, Germany prior to the taking of the Elbe river.5 Men were killed and a number were wounded. My Father was among the wounded and he sorely saddened about losing so many of his buddies during the remainder of his life.His name was Bill Francis and was on the M-8 Armored car serving in the Recon unit.

I want to think you for the article written by Bill Oettle. My grandfather was Harold Jones, my grandmother told me about the mine his TD hit in the North Apennines Mountains, but I didn't know the details of it. My grandfather never spoke of his experience during the war, so I know very little about it. I would be very appreciative of any other stories or pictures that anyone has to share. If anyone has any questions for me, please feel free to ask, I don't know much about my grandfather's war experience, but I was fortunate to have him in my life until 2002. He was a great man and a wonderful grandfather.

My father Merritt William Scotton served as Staff Sergeant in Bearcat unit. All discharge papers etc. have been lost so I don't know any details only that he did serve in Germany.

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