This week, we received a comment from Theresa, daughter of retired Army sergeant, Cecil E. Toole. Her welcome question was in response to a 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week posting on the Saar River crossing at Dillingen, Germany. She wrote, “I would like to know if there are any picture books of this [...]
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On Tuesday, we informed you on the passing of Captain John Mateyko, former commanding officer of Company M, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. BOOTPRINTS author, Hobert Winebrenner, served under Mateyko, from Hill 122 in Normandy through war’s end. The thing that probably stuck with Winebrenner most about his leader was Mateyko’s faith. Winebrenner recalled one [...]
This weather brings to mind a certain winter engagement from World War II. Then while going through some old papers, there it was–a Sunday supplement to the 90th Infantry Division publication, “Sniper,” dated January 28, 1945. The piece was titled, “90th Pulls a Fast One: Story of How ‘Patton’s Punch’ Baffled the Germans.” Enjoy. “With [...]
A while back, we brought you an interesting World War II period newspaper clipping on the 90th Infantry Division at the Battle of Dillingen, Germany (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4). Eureka! We just came across another one. This one is titled, “GIs Leave Dillingen as Conquerors: Bought City With Bravery and Pain,” [...]
In this edition of Letters From War Wednesday, we stray from an actual letter to bring you a Silver Star citation from the Battle of Dillingen, Germany. Sergeant Hobert Winebrenner, author of BOOTPRINTS, served with the 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, throughout Northern Europe. He earned the award for his heroics at Dillingen. “For gallantry [...]
And so it ends. Over the last two weeks, we’ve been posting portions (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3), of a rather long, but ultra-interesting period article on the Battle of Dillingen, Germany. It is titled, “Yank ‘Pillbox Busters’ Blast Big Holes in Siegfried Line,” and was written by Pierre Huss, traveling with the [...]
Back again, for another installment of a fantastic period piece from World War II, and the Battle of Dillingen, Germany. The original article, titled, “Yank ‘Pillbox Busters’ Blast Big Holes in Siegfried Line,” was authored by Pierre J. Huss, traveling with the 90th Infantry Division. After presenting portions of the rather long article last week, [...]
Late last week, we posted the first part of a period article regarding the Battle of Dillingen, Germany. Today we will resume where we left off. The original work was titled, “Yank ‘Pillbox Busters’ Blast Big Holes in Siegfried Line,” written by Pierre J. Huss. “…I contacted the 90th Division here and pillbox buster Sgt. [...]
I recently came across a fantastic World War II period article titled, “Yank ‘Pillbox Busters’ Blast Big Holes in Siegfried Line.” It was written by Pierre J. Huss, dated December 14, 1944, shortly after the Battle of Dillingen, Germany. Huss was a reporter traveling with the Third Army. The article is rather lengthy, so I [...]