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Friday, February 29, 2008

France Tour with two of my sons




There is to much to put on this blog of what we saw and the experience itself. The highlight of this tour was finding the farms that most likely my Father fought in his time with the 167th Regiment of the 43rd Rainbow Division. The letters that my Father wrote home were researched by my oldest Son and my second Son discovered a book written after WW I about "The Alabama Boys" in the Rainbow Division. My Fathers name is mentioned twice, once were he was decorated and another as a member of a Company in the regiment. He was awarded the Silver Star from driving a mule wagon of ammunition across a battlefield. We think we found the farm this happened. It was either the Red Cross Farm or the Mueurse Farm. We visited both and the pictures above are (1st) scenes of the battlefield of the Red Cross Farm and (second) the owner of the Muerse Farm and the plaque on the wall of his garage.

1 Comments:

Blogger Fargo said...

Sounds like a great start to your year. I'm jealous.

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