This is how my mind works
by chuckofish
As you know, I enjoy perusing the obits in the alumni magazines I receive, most notably the old guys who went to Williams College. Case in point:
Serving in the 104th division must have been important to Jerry since it was included in his fairly short obituary. So I looked up the Timberwolf Division.
“Nothing in Hell can stop the Timberwolves” was their motto in WWII. They fought through the Battle of Hürtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge and attacked the bridgehead at Remagen. As the 104th advanced into Thuringia, the unit overran Nordhausen and the Dora-Mittlebau concentration camp on April 11, 1945.
During WWII, soldiers of the division were awarded two Medals of Honor, 14 Distinguished Service Crosses, one Distinguished Service Medal, 642 Silver Star Medals, six Legion of Merit Medals, 20 Soldier’s Medals, 2,797 Bronze Star Medals, and 40 Air Medals.
NYC Mayor Ed Koch and NY Governor Hugh Carey served in the 104th during WWII, as did screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky and NFL player Bob Shaw.
To me, this is very interesting. I have such respect for these veterans, especially the ones who came home and attempted to lead normal lives and stayed married for 67 years! So a toast to these brave men, the living and the dead.
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Good detecting! I wish more people would get curious and look things up!
Wow!
It IS interesting! And puts things in perspective.
Amen! I loved these guys back then and still do. They were the older brothers and young fathers of many of my friends…and in my case, the youngest brother of my father who is now 95 and still going strong!
And who knew Ed Koch was a Timberwolf? I recently watched “The Bridge at Remagen” (1969)–not a great movie–but those guys really went through a lot before they even got to the bridge!
My uncle Duane was at the bridge!
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I just recently watched The Bridge at Remagen! So bad!