Garand Picture of the day - Germany March 1945

[Bill Hollinger]

I had an uncle who crossed the Rhine on the first day. He said it was the last really heavy resistance they faced and the Germans were throwing everything they had across the river to stop them.

What outfit was your uncle in? My uncle was there also. 84 th ID 333 Reg Headquarters Second Battalion, E. B. Hollinger 1st LT S-2. I have that units rouster that lists everyone there.

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[Ozark Gary]

My Dad was also there with the 17th. He went in on a glider. He was with the 139th Airborne Engineers. Dad was both a weapons specialist and demolitions specialist. I gather that his main function was destruction of impediments (such as roadblocks) and locating and destroying "booby traps". I remember him saying that handling the explosives - particularly dynamite gave him hellish headaches.

[Art]

What outfit was your uncle in? My uncle was there also. 84 th ID 333 Reg Headquarters Second Battalion, E. B. Hollinger 1st LT S-2. I have that units rouster that lists everyone there.

You know I used to have that information but have forgotten it. I think I might be able to get it from his son. He was the gunner on an M16 Motor Gun Carriage. I do know he was in the 3rd Army.