by Cecil G. Davis | 04 Aug 2002 | Commentary
As the war ended in Europe (May 8,1945), and after 134 days in combat, we received a message from General Culin, our 87th Division Commander, on our way back stating that after arriving in the states we may be going to the Pacific in support of the invasion of Japan....
by Cecil G. Davis | 30 Jun 2002 | Personal Accounts
This event occurred about a week before we were sent to intercede in the “Battle of the Bulge” but I would like to relate it in support of the brave men who died there where by fate it could have been me. At the time of this event I was a member of the...
by Cecil G. Davis | 04 Jun 2002 | Personal Accounts
During the military action in Europe some officers and a few noncoms were given passes to nearby cities such as Paris or London. While we were in Camp Oklahoma City at the end of the war, a few of us privates decided it was now our turn to visit Paris. This small...
by Cecil G. Davis | 30 Nov 2001 | Personal Accounts
Near the end of the active fighting around Olznitz, Germany I was temporarily attached to 3rd Battalion HQ’s. Of the 347th infantry regiment as a radio operator. We ended up the war stationed in Tannensbergsthal, near the border with Czechoslovakia. I recall...
by Cecil G. Davis | 30 Nov 2001 | Personal Accounts
The events to be described in this note start with the first day of conflict, for the 3rd platoon of the 347th Regiment antitank (AT) company 87th Infantry Division, on December 13, 1944 in the Saar valley of France. Up until now the only important thing we had done...
