Veteran's Day

On Veteran's Day, it is appropriate to honor my Dad who fought in WWII. When Dad turned 18, he was drafted out of his senior year of high school. He was trained in the deserts of the Southwest to be sent to North Africa. He was then sent to Europe instead. He was a member of the 95th division. They landed on Normandy in September after D-Day. They traveled through France, Netherlands, and into Germany. They captured the city of Metz November 22, which had not fallen for centuries. It was protected by a number of castles and walls. My Dad told about helping relieve the troops in the Bulge during the Battle of the Bulge but I didn't see it in the histories. I wonder if his section was transferred at that time.

Dad was a medic under fire. He worked in a field hospital as well as on the front lines. He told of seeing a soldier fall under gunfire and an officer telling him "Go help him."

Thank you Dad for serving your country and keeping us free.






P.S. Here are a couple of websites I found that weren't around when I was looking a couple of years ago.

http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr
http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/95thinfantry/index.html