Archive for February, 2012

This edition of Letters From War Wednesday features a note home, dated August 1944, from Staff Sergeant Charles Ley, stationed in Northern Europe. “So far I can’t say very much for France. I don’t think I would like any country where we have to do a job like we are doing here. Most of the [...]

Anyone out there remember the old Cavalry Camp at Fort Sill, Oklahoma? These pictures were taken in 1943 by Hobert Winebrenner while he was stationed there. I wonder what it looks like today.

Pitching in! In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we feature a shot of recently liberated, former Polish POWs, lending a hand to keep a well-used American route to the front operable.

It’s Friday, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. Todd Andrlik provides an interesting look at Social Media and the American Revolution. A new exhibit at Saratoga National Historical Park takes a look at the contributions of African-Americans in the American Revolution. Amid changing dynamics, Civil War museums fight to stay relevant. Georgia is [...]

In going through a stack of interesting items my old pal, Hobert Winebrenner, passed along to me, I came across another item from the 90th Infantry Division’s return to Normandy, for the 35th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Please enjoy a reunion ceremony program from the Periers Parish Church.

In this edition of Letters From War Wednesday, how about another excerpt from Dere Mable, Private Bill’s letters home to his girlfriend. “Mon Cherry Mable: “Thats the way the French begin there love letters. Its perfectly proper. I would have rote you sooner but me an my fountin pens been froze for a week. Washington [...]

BOOTPRINTS author, Hobert Winebrenner, had an incredible sense of humor. I recently came across another World War II comic that HW passed along to me years ago. Cause for another edition of Uncommonly Hobert.

Wow! Here it is–one of my favorite 90th ID pics of all time. In this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, we feature a shot of a mortar crew near Halstroff, France.

TGIF, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. The History Junkie is putting an APB out on an authentic Revolutionary War rifle, stolen from a private residence in Massachusetts. A Civil War cannonball has been unearthed at Governor’s Island in NYC. No small feat considering the antique projectile measures 20-inches in diameter and weighs [...]

I recently came across this interesting item. It appears to be a dinner menu from the 90th Infantry Division’s return to Normandy, marking the 35th Anniversary of D-Day. This particular celebration was obviously taking place at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. I wonder how many of those in attendance on June 6, 1979 are still with us today. Sadly, [...]

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