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Yobo,
it is just like when you take one notebook, and write on the cover "History". And you write in it history one entire year in your history class. But, at the end of the year, you find out that you used only first few pages of the notebook, for its main purpose, because history class was sooo booring that year. So, at the end of the year you have almost blank notebook, with a "History" addressed on the cover. So, you rip out that few pages with a history notes, and use the rest of the notebook for your verses, jokes, thoughts etc.
But, on the front cover is still written "History", because you forgot to rename it. So, shame on you! ... Or shame on me? hmmm... |
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| Edited by filipo - 02/27/2011 4:18 pm |
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Thanks for clearing that up for me filipo. But history boring?  I love history, if you would have said math or something like that, the example would make so much more sense.  |
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Well, I am steering back to WWII cover. I know these are not spectacular D-Day or North Africa covers, but life went on at home too. This is a war time cover. I think the town is Shushan, NY.  |
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| Edited by jhlovell - 02/27/2011 4:26 pm |
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Hi! This is not a letter, but I will be glad if someone who is familiar with US Army history, could tell me is it possible to determine in which regiment was the author of this diary. It seems that he was a US Army soldier, in 1st World War, on the battlefields here in Europe. I would like to identify him, if it will be possible...  |
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Looks like 2nd US Division, 5th Regiment, 51st Company of Marines. Here's a rather graphic story of their encounters which seems to reasonably match the locations mentioned in the first couple of days of this diary: http://www.jcs-group.com/military/w...chateau.htmlThis history is taken from Wiki: Quote:
2nd Battalion 5th Marines was formed on July 1, 1914 and immediately sailed to the Caribbean to quell political turmoil in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In June 1917, as part of the United States' entry into World War I, the battalion sailed for France with the rest of the 5th Marine Regiment and the American Expeditionary Force . At the time the battalion was composed of four companies; the 18th, 43rd, 51st and 55th[1]. They fought during the Battle of Belleau Wood, Soissons, and the Meuse-Argonne campaign and were twice awarded the French Croix de guerre with Palm. To this day, members of the Battalion wear the French Fourragère representing this award. Following the armistice of 1918, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines was assigned to occupation duties in Germany until their return to Quantico, Virginia in August 1919. |
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| Edited by wt1 - 12/26/2011 4:03 pm |
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thank you very much, wt1! seriously, I had some feeling that you will be the one who will find out the right informations for me!  it seems that this diary is written on the 1st line of the battlefield, and could be more interesting that I thought previously |
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another couple of pages... these are days just before than on the previous one scan... i can upload more, if someone is interested...  |
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Cover from my step-grandfather, Emery Nagy to his brother postmarked April 30, 1945. Emery was with the 271st Inf. Reg, 69th Infantry Division. He would have been near the Mulde and Elbe Rivers meeting the Russians. A patrol from the 273rd were the first to make contact on April 25th. April 30, 1945 was the day Hitler committed suicide. I have six covers, all from April 1945 with the FREE franking and passed by the same Army Examiner. I don't have any of the letters to figure out how long it took from being written to receiving a postmark. Three have the ends torn off.  |
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Posted 02/27/2011 4:16 pm
