On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:41:47 -0800, Otis Willie PIO The American War Library <themilitarytoday@pacbell.net> wrote: >Announcing The PFC Luis Cortinas Military Family Wing >http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/milfam/cortinas.htm > >Among the distinguished military veterans dedicated in this Honored Wing, The >PFC LUIS CORTINAS Military Family Wing is today, 07 February 2011, installed on >The American War Library. > >PFC Cortinas is one of fewer than most Americans who served in the European >Theater of War from start to finish... landing on the invasion beaches on June >6th, 1944 and ending the war on September 9th, 1945 among the Occupation Forces >having survived the arduous trek from Normandy to Germany, including service >during the largest combat campaign in Europe, the Battle of the Bulge. > No disrespect to him but he wasn't in at the start if 1944 was his first action. A lot of US troops had already been busy in Sicily since 1943, or was that lost in translation somewhere ?

On 02-12-2011 22:17, Charles Ellson wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:41:47 -0800, Otis Willie PIO The American War > Library<themilitarytoday@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> Announcing The PFC Luis Cortinas Military Family Wing >> http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/milfam/cortinas.htm >> >> Among the distinguished military veterans dedicated in this Honored Wing, The >> PFC LUIS CORTINAS Military Family Wing is today, 07 February 2011, installed on >> The American War Library. >> >> PFC Cortinas is one of fewer than most Americans who served in the European >> Theater of War from start to finish... landing on the invasion beaches on June >> 6th, 1944 and ending the war on September 9th, 1945 among the Occupation Forces >> having survived the arduous trek from Normandy to Germany, including service >> during the largest combat campaign in Europe, the Battle of the Bulge. >> > No disrespect to him but he wasn't in at the start if 1944 was his > first action. A lot of US troops had already been busy in Sicily since > 1943, or was that lost in translation somewhere ? And what is the meaning of "one of fewer than most" ? -- Wes Groleau Amigos Falsos http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=108