There is a little story of the first attack I took part in last November after getting back to the outfit from the Hospital...We took Kirchberg and were the first U.S. troops to reach the Roer River - That was your birthday present. You didn't know you got a present did you?"
#WWII #29thDivision
80 years ago #OTD:
"Tonight the 29th boxing team boxed the Canadian Army Champs at the stadium so I went to see it. We won four out of six bouts, and they were all good fights, so it was an evening well spent."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #29thDivision #1940s #History #CanWeGetAnEditOption
Amongst many letters written from my Grandpa to my Grandma during #WWII, there was one with a list of other members my Grandpa was living with in Germany. I'll include the whole letter, and a picture from his Scrapbook labeled "The Happy Family."
#LettersFromGrandpa #29thDivision #History #1940s
An art collector from #Türkiye tells the story of commenorative plates made and sold by soldiers of the British #29thDivision using copper from the dome of the #CapeHelles #Lighthouse, destroyed during the 1915 invasion of #Gallipoli in #WorldWarOne.
#trenchart
#ephemera
#Çanakkale
#WWI
#SeddElBahr
