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Military Monday: January 1943 – to taste the sunshine and the wine
This post is part of a series of “Military Monday” posts where I follow PaPa monthly from induction (13 January 1943) to separation (17 February 1946). A complete list of all posts in this series can be found here. Mission Accomplished: A History of the 547th AAA AW BN Mbl: January 10th, 1943, to September 2nd, … Continue reading
Military Monday: week of 13 January 1943, Texas
Reporting on military action in North Africa and Russia, Sunday’s San Antonio Express front page reported almost exclusively on the war. By Wednesday, January 13, 1943, sixty miles from that newspaper report and 100 times that to Russia, my grandfather enlisted in the army. He was 19 years old. Also on Wednesday, Anne Frank was … Continue reading
Military Monday: recap of Hugo Morris WEBB WWII service
Links for the “Military Monday” series where I follow PaPa monthly from induction (13 January 1943) to separation (17 February 1946) are below. We’ll wind this series down on 22 February 2016. Military Monday: week of 13 January 1943, Texas Military Monday: January 1943 – to taste the sunshine and the wine Military Monday: February … Continue reading
Hello PaPa, thinking of you on this Veterans Day
In honor of Veterans Day, I pulled out what I had as service records for both of my grandfathers. My paternal grandfather, Hugo Morris WEBB, Sr., was a member of Battery B of the 547th antiaircraft artillery battalion. The campaigns listed on his Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge are Rhineland and Central … Continue reading
Texas Tip Tuesday: Civil War in Texas
This year is the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the Civil War. To find out more about Texas in the Civil War check out the Texas State Libraries and Archives Commission’s (TSLAC) electronic exhibit “Under the Rebel Flag: Life in Texas During the Civil War.” The Handbook of Texas Online has multiple entries as a search on “civil war” … Continue reading