Sites: http://chs82nd.homestead.com/505PIR.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/82abn-3bde.htm http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/505/505.html http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=100053 enz enz enz. Greetings Fietje Quaedvlieg. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dudley Clist" <dudley.clist@btinternet.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] questions > Hi Marva > There is much information on the www in relation to your questions. > If you need any help let me know. > > Janice > UK > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MStateler@aol.com> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:18 AM > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] questions > > >> >> I have questions that I can't find an answer to. When my Uncle, James >> Coleman, 82nd Airborne, 505 came home from WWII, I was a little girl who >> used to >> pretend sleep and listen to he and my Father talk. He was in the 82nd, >> 505 >> from the beginning to when got shot in Holland. >> I remember parts of stories and can't seem to find the rest of the >> stories. >> 1. He spoke of Patton and how they met up with him for a while. When >> would >> this have been? >> 2. He spoke of hearing bagpipes and saw these guys with skirts on and >> troops following them with weapons and he thought that was the most >> beautiful >> sound he ever heard. Where would that have been. >> 3. He spoke of always packing his own parachute. Is that possible? >> 4. He lost his eye in Holland and spoke of running into another soldier >> who >> couldn't walk and he couldn't see so the other soldier saw for him and >> my >> Uncle helped him walk back to their lines. >> 5. He spoke about a concentration camp and how awful it was. Where >> would >> that have been. >> Anybody got any ideas. Thanks for any help you may have. >> Marva Stateler >> >> >> >> ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >> We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an >> international list. Please remember to tell us what country your >> ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This >> helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date >> you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. > Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what > country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give > dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For > example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >