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    Special request (11/14/09): The 8th Armored participated in the capture of Blankenburg on Apr 20-21, 1945 and also liberated the forced laborers in the Klosterwerk Concentration Camp in Blankenburg am Harz. During the fighting a small girl (14 yrs old) and her parents were liberated but her mother was killed during the fight. As the small girl sat on a curb with her mother's head in her lap, an 8th Armored man took their picture. Don Saporito later married the girl and has been trying to find a copy of the picture if possible. If anyone has information, Don can be contacted at E-Mail: avpdls@comcast.net.


Name and E-mail Address Unit Looking For Unit
Thieme Bosman, 11 yrs old - E-Mail thieme.bosman@hetnet.nl has adopted the grave of Edward Herrera, 49-B. 49-B Thieme would like to hear from anyone who remembers Edward or who can provide any information about him. 49-B
DeWayne Butler - E-Mail de@likealightbulb.com
son of Bill C. Butler.
7-med Dewayne would like to hear from anyone who remembers his father and how he received his Purple Heart Award. 7-med
Jeff Mawhinney - E-Mail jeffreymawhinney_9@msn.com
son of Sgt George Mawhinney
398-unk Jeff would like to hear from anyone who remembers his father. 398-ink
Charles Turner - E-Mail charleseturner@sbcglobal.net
g/nephew of S/Sgt Charles Weller, kia 27 Feb 45
58-B Charles would like to hear from anyone who remembers his great-uncle. 58-B
Kevin Killiany - E-Mail kdkwriter@gmail.com
son of T/5 Don 'Buzz" Killiany.
80-B Kevin would like to hear from anyone who remembers his father and the passes to Prague, Czech in the summer of 1945. 80-B
Mike Curtis - E-Mail mdcurtis@gmail.com
nephew of S/Sgt. William E. Curtis (kia, 25 Jan 45).
7-Unk Mike would like to hear from anyone who knew his uncle or has any information about him. 7-Unk
Kathy Barnett, dau of Kermit Barnett
E-Mail kathyb53@suddenlink.net.
18-D Kathy would like to hear from anyone who knew her father in WWII or has any pictures of him. 18-D
Andy Dutil, g/son of Donald A. Peltier
E-Mail andy.dutil@yahoo.com.
399-C Andy would like to hear from anyone who knew his grandfather in WWII or has any pictures of him. 399-C
Karen Schnebeck, dau of Ferdinand H. Schnebeck
E-Mail Cactuskey@aol.com
49-B Karen would like to hear from anyone who knew her father in WWII. 49-B
Geert Wolters, Montfort, The Netherlands,
E-Mail geert.wolters@home.nl
53-C Geert adopted the gravesite of Ray J. McCormick, who was kia 28 Mar 45. He would like to hear from any family member or anyone who knew Ray. 53-C
Jenna Briggs, g/dau of George G. Briggs,
E-Mail jennabbriggs@gmail.com
58-A Jenna would like to hear from anyone who knew her g/father in WWII 58-A
Thieme Bosman, Netherlands,
E-Mail thieme.bosman@hetnet.nl has adopted the grave of Pfc Edward Herrera, 49-B
Edward was killed at Rheinberg, Ger. on 5 Mar 45. Thieme would like to hear from anyone who knew or remembers Edward. 49-B
Jayne Kress Alyea, dau and Tom Alyea,
son-in-law, E-Mail lalyea@comcast.net
53-A Tom and Jayne would like to hear from anyone who knew George Kress in WWII 53-A
Jim Christensen, son of Staff Sgt. Art Christensen
(Chris), E-Mail jmc@peak.org
Div Hq Jim would like to hear from anyone who knew his father in WWII. His father was Mess Sgt. of HQ CO. Div Hq
Hugh L., Jr., E-Mail ae4n@earthlink.net
and Charles, E-Mail brunson326@bellsouth.net,
sons of Hugh L. Brunson
49-B Hugh and Charles would like to hear from anyone who knew their father in WWII 49-B
Judy Gibson Warden, dau of James M. Gibson,
E-Mail fjwarden@lipan.net
80th Tk Judy would like to hear from anyone who knew her father in WWII 80th Tk
Lemeul Muniz, son of Henry Muniz,
E-Mail lemeul@comvestltd.com
80-D Lemuel would like to find any pictures of his father and/or contact anyone who knew him in WWII 80-D
Susie Breidenbach, dau of Paul A. Breidenbach,
E-Mail sbreiden01@yahoo.com
58-Svc Susie would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with her father in WWII 58-Svc
Cheryl Lloyd, dau of Elmer Lloyd, E-Mail
richard.fiorella@att.net
80-D Cheryl would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with her father in WWII 80-D
Richard Fiorella, son of Joseph W. Fiorella, E-Mail
richard.fiorella@att.net or richard.fiorella@gdsatcom.com
49-C Richard would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with his father in WWII 49-C
Cindy Russo, dau of Thomas Mullin,
E-Mail Firerescuejoe@aol.com
58-Svc Cindy would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with her father in WWII 58-Svc
Dana Bate, son of Raymond N. Bate,
E-Mail dbate2@amica.com
130-A Dana would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with his father in WWII 130-A
Lowell Eugene Pfeffer,
E-Mail daughter jsturd@tds.net
58-HqC She would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with him in WWII 58-HqC
David A. Sharp, son of Reeves P. Sharp,
E-Mail: davidsharp@wdiokc.com
18-A Would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with Reeves P. Sharp 18-A
Lee French, son of Robert D. French,
E-mail - leefrench1@earthlink.net
7-C Lee would like to hear from Alex Graham, Richard H. Martin, or anyone who remembers his father 7-C
Kevin Knutson, son of Herman Knutson,
E-mail - kknutson@Kraft.com
7-B Kevin would like to hear from anyone who remembers his father 7-B
Nancy Ziese, dau of John J. Rogers,
E-mail - nziese@charter.net
18-Hq Nancy would like to hear from anyone who remembers her father 18-Hq
Jim Cox, son-in-law of Stanley Madej,
E-mail - jamesrdcox@comcast.net
399-C Stanley would like to hear from anyone from 399-C who remembers him 399-C
Cathy Eberstein, dau of William Klucharich,
E-mail - ceberstein@mcasearch.com
58-B Cathy would like to hear from anyone who knew her father 58-B
Charles Weldele, son of Harry Weldele,
E-mail - charles_weldele@merck.com
36-D Charles would like to hear from anyone who knew his father 36-D
David J. Clare, son of Paul W. Clare,
E-mail - claredjcinc@aol.com
58-C David would like to hear from anyone who knew his father 58-C
Suzanne Chapman Lawson,dau of Capt J. Harold Chapman, E-mail - suzannel@ntin.net 18-C
88-A
Suzanne would like to hear from anyone who knew her father 18-C
88-A
Jean-Pierre Schoenmakers, The Netherlands,
E-mail - sjoppie@msn.com
  Jean-Pierre has adopted the grave of Pfc Gerhardt Schoengrund, and would like to hear from anyone who knew him 7-C
Forest Pitts, E-mail - fjpitts@sbcglobal.net 405-B Forest is looking for old friends or anyone who served with him from Camp Polk to Czechoslovakia in WWII. 405-B
Jonah Garry, g/son of Samuel Garry, E-mail - Yankeesjdg2@aol.com 7-C Jonah's g/father would like to hear from anyone who served in 7-C including friends Pvt. Mitchell W. Miller and Pfc. Joseph S. Miszewski, both 7-C 7-C
Anthony (Andy) Waskie, Jr. son of Capt. Anthony (Andy) Waskie, Sr., Medical Corps, attached to 130th Ord Maint Bn - E-mail - andy.waskie@temple.edu 130-Med Andy would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with his father in WWII in the 8th Armored Division 130-Med
Loren D. Knight, son of Virgil D. Knight,
E-mail - ldknight49@cox.net
49-C Loren would like to hear from, anyone who remembers his father. 49-C
Franny, dau of Joseph T. Competiello,
- E-mail - Franny715L@aol.com
 
49-A Franny would like to hear from, William Sweeny, Peter Bertolas, and Joe Woods (Medic) 49-A
Amber Bonazza, E-mail - aymiee_chan122@yahoo.com
 
58-B Amber would like to get in touch with anyone who remembers her g/father, Julius Bonazza 58-B
Judy Star - Email - Judy-Star@juno.com 58-C Judy would like to get in touch with anyone who remembers her father, Bill (Tony) Barouski 58-C
James Hager - Email - mcb6@netzero.com 36-A James would like to get in touch with anyone who remembers his father, James Grey Hager 36-A
Jack Pohlman - Email - nanaflossy@msn.com 88-B Jack is trying to find friends: Felix Gore, Sam Hershfield & Sam Fry John Mascara and Phil Sciortino
and Joe Bagliei
 
88-B
88-Hq
88-Svc
g/daughter of James Landanno -
Email - muzicgirl@gmail.com
78-C g/daughter of James Landanno is interested in hearing from anyone who remembers her grandfather 1st Sgt James Landanno 78-C
Bill Richardson - Email - bill_richardson@standardlife.com 49-Svc Bill is interested in hearing from anyone who remembers his father S/Sgt Walter C. Richardson . 49-Svc
Brenda Karr - Email - karr4@charter.net 7-A Brenda is interested in hearing from anyone who remembers her father Mervin L. (Chris) Christensen from Nebraska. 7-A
Bruce Buffington - Email - bruce@buffington.ws 36-Hq Bruce is interested in hearing from anyone who remembers his father Jerald D Buffington. 36-Hq
Patric McPoland - Email - pmcpoland@hotmail.com 130-B Patric is interested in hearing from anyone who remembers his father Francis McPoland. Francis also attended ASTP at the Univ. of Illinois. 130-B
Charity Steevens - Email - thesillygoose@gmail.com 80-A Charity is interested in hearing from anyone who knew her grandfather Melvin Allen. 80-A
Meri Culp - Email - merilynn@earthlink.net 49-HqC Meri is interested in hearing from anyone who knew her father Robert W. Culp. 49-HqC
Joseph Paparo - Email - jpappy41@yahoo.com 7-B Joseph would like to hear from anyone who knew his father Michael Paparo. 7-B
Cheshire Bate - Email - shmee77777@yahoo.com 130-A Cheshire would like to hear from anyone who knew his g/father Raymond N. Bate. 130-A
Gabe Everson - Email - gabe589@gmail.com 18-Hq Gabe would like to hear from anyone who knew his g/father S/Sgt Alfred S. Wallace. 18-Hq
Roy Pfennings - Email - fenne13@yahoo.com. Roy lives in the Netherlands.   Roy has adopted the grave of Pfc Kenneth R. Miller and would like to contact anyone who knew him. 53-Eng
Danny J. Murphy - Email - djmweatherman@netins.net. 7-A Danny would like to hear from anyone who has pictures, information, or stories regarding T/Sgt William E. Crocker. 7-A
Linda DeFine - Email - definel@summa-health.org. She is the daughter of Vinnie Define, Div Band. Div-Band Linda would like to hear from anyone who has pictures, movies, or stories or remembers her father. Div-Band
Paul Puza- Email - brzzy@ptd.net. Paul is the son of Paul J. Puza, 78-B. 78-B He would like to hear from anyone who knew or remembers his father. 78-B
Bud Smith - Email - CESmith@smithorg.com. Bud is the son of Cap't Clarence E. Smith, 49-B. 49-B He would like to hear from anyone who knew or remembers his father. 49-B
Rik Willemse - Email rikwillemse@yahoo.com. Rik is researching anyone who posted their name in caves near Maastricht and Valkenburg, Netherlands in 1945.   Vincel Heldenbrand, 49-C, (deceased 1996), and Norman F. Kallaus, Div Arty, are two names he has found. 49-C
Div Arty
Bill Burbach - Email - wburbach@flash.net CCR Bill and his family are looking for anyone who remembers his great uncle Maj. Erwin Burbach CCR
Ron Hermans - Email - adsl683676@tiscali.nl
has adopted the grave of Wyman J. French, 58-C, in the Margraten Netherlands Cemetery
58-C Ron is seeking contact with any family member or anyone who knew Wyman. He was from Oregon. 58-C
Marshall H Berkson -
Email - mhberkson@aol.com
58-C Looking for: Paul F. Ahern; Fred W. Hamel, Harvey A. Kaplan, Warren H. Samet,
Clifford P. Tierney. Stanley J. Bender
58-C
Son of Thomas J. Augustine -
Email - ranchero062@netzero.net
130-Hq Looking for friends who knew his father. 130-Hq
Daughter of James Rice, III -
Email - jennie1880@yahoo.com
399-C Looking for friends who knew her father. 399-C
Wife of Neal E. Leighty -
Email - vleighty@comcast.net
58-B
58-A
Looking for friends of Neal Leighty, assigned to B-58 and later to the A-58 medical detachment. 58-B
58-A
Niece of John P. Mannino - email Joan 36-C Would like to hear from anyone who knew her uncle. He was kia on 9 Apr 45. 36-C
Son of Cap't Percy J. Smeltzer - email Ron 7-Hq Would like to hear from anyone who knew his father 7-Hq
Son of Monroe Arkovitz - email Marc 36-B Would like to hear from anyone who knew his father 36-B
Dau of Millard Selph - email Virginia 80-C Would like to hear from family of Walter Radke. She has a picture that has 'son of Radke' written on the back 7-B
Grandson of Capt Cecil W. Robinson - email Wesley enderson 7-Svc Friends of his grandfather 7-Svc
Grandson of Eugene R. Simard - email Sgt Todd Cardone 78-B Friends of his grandfather 78-B
Joseph W. Edwards, Jr., son of Joseph Edwards - email joe.edwards@attws.com 53-A Joe would like to hear from anyone who knew his father. 53-A
Bert Caris, email berodi@planet.nl, has adopted the gravesite of 1st Lt. Kenneth Robinson, who was killed at Rheinberg, Ger. on 5 Mar 45 and is buried at Margraten, NL cemetery. 36-D Bert and his family would like to hear from anyone who remembers Lt Robinson and can give them some information about him. 36-D
Matt Kime, Capt, US Army, email LT2MK@rocketmail.com   Matt was stationed in Ger. and Czech for 6 years and is writing a book about the occupation in 1945-6. He would like to hear from anyone who has stories, incidents, etc. from that period.  
Kelly Peoples, g/dau of Dan Peoples, email tudor_roses@yahoo.com 7-A Kelly would like to hear from anyone who knew her grandfather. 7-A
Sarah Fine, niece of Robert F. Fortener, email sarah.fine@conagrafoods.com 7-A Sarah would like to hear from anyone who knew her uncle. 7-A
Douglas Johnson, g/son of Robert C. Johnson, email dmoracze@med.umich.edu 36-B Douglas would like to hear from anyone who knew his g/father. 36-B
Ken Catello, son of Patsy A. Catello, - email Delta918@aol.com 53-Eng Ken would like to hear from anyone who knew his father. 53-Eng
James R. Marshall: contact dau at swells@kyoba.org 405-A He and his wife attended the Baton Rouge reunion. He would like to get in touch with friends. 405-A
Emmet Segrue (deceased) - Email - dau gmsegrue@hotmail.com 7-C Looking for friends who knew her father - Some were, Hogg, Adamcheck, Wade, Spins, Risinger, St. Cameron, Hawk, & Rafa. 7-C
Roger Wells (deceased) - Email - son Jwells0171@aol.com 399-C Looking for friends who knew his father 399-C
Sgt Eugene C. Bingman - Email - son Jim jbingman@verizon.net 53-C Jim is looking for friends who knew his father 53-C
Edward J. Downey (deceased) - Email - Pslionspaw@aol.com son Jack 49-A Jack is looking for friends who knew his father 49-A
Warren Vanden Brink - Email - wvanden@webtv.net 130-B Warren and Bill Harb are looking for friends from their old outfit - they were on a wrecker crew attached to 36th Tk. 130-B
William D. Hamm (deceased) - email: dau Janet 405-A Janet is looking for any friends of her father 405-A
Maurice A. Chauvet - email: moe1521@juno.com 7-B Maurice is looking for friends who were in the Anti-tank Platoon 7-B
Robert E. Ganister - email: rganister@comcast.net 36-HqC Robert is looking for friends who remember his father John H. Ganister. 36-HqC
Joseph S. Peret - email: aperet@aol.com (daughter Anita) 7-B Anita is looking for friends who remember her father. 7-B
Ralph Alvin Webb - email: jim_jenkinson@keybank.com (g/son Jim Jenkinson) 36-B Jim is looking for friends of his grandfather who is ill. 36-B
Andrew Larson - email: plmain@msn.com (dau Pam Larson) 88-E Andy is looking for Emile Croisetiere 88-E
Henry Szaro - email: szaro3@aol.com(nep Scott) 53-Eng Looking for Jack Schneider 53-Eng
Jennifer Friar - g/daughter of Arnold H Brockman - Email: friarje@compuserve.com 7-Hq Looking for friends of her grandfather 7-Hq
Gerry Molella - nep of Walter Kowalski - Email: nonna46@bellsouth.net 399-C Looking for friends of his uncle 399-C
Alison Aaron - dau of Daniel Aaron - Email: alison.aaron@lps.state.nj.us 58-Hq Looking for friends of her father - he was an interpreter for the 58th AIB 58-Hq
Albert Salerno, Jr. - son of Albert J. Salerno - Email: asalerno@pacbell.net 88-E Looking for friends of his father and would like a patch if anyone has one. 88-E
Terry Tyson - son of Donald B. Tyson - Email: tysont@asme.org 88-D Looking for friends of his father 88-D
John Markert - Email dau Marcia at cmvause121269@msn.com 7-C Looking for friends from the anti-tank platoon - John Kuklis, George Malekovic, Teton Powell, & Joe Russo 7-C
Susan Walker Stafford (dau) - email: bollweevel@aol.com 36-Svc Seeking friends of her father Richard Walker: Thomas Attwood, John Coughlin, George Knecht, Thomas Lynch, Edward J. Rawlinson, Edward Watts, & William Schneider. 36-Svc
Ron Roberts - email: rroberts12@kc.rr.com 405-A He is seeking info about his father Hubert Roberts or anyone who knew him. 405-A
Chris Russell - email: chrisr@onebox.com 78-A He is seeking info about his grandfather Leo J. Duffy or anyone who knew him. 78-A
Fern Van Milligan - email: ferncvm@hotmail.com 398-unk She is seeking info about Kenneth Weaver or anyone who knew him or her father Francis Van Milligan. 398-unk
David Rebhuhn - email: southpapa@yahoo.com 398-Med Information about his father Sgt Paul Rebhuhn or anyone who knew him. 398-Med
Sam Hershfield - email: sam.hershfield@gww.com.sg 88-B He is seeking info about T/4 Jack O. Pohlman's father from anyone who knew Jack. 88-B
Scott Wimmer - email: scwimmer@plymartool.com 18-Svc Grandson is seeking info about Cpl. Howard F. McGinn from anyone who knew him. 18-Svc
Jayme Elliott - email: jce49@getgoin.net 88-C Son is seeking info about Pfc. Cecil Clark from anyone who knew him. 88-C
M. Scott - email: claymore@ticon.net 7-AIB Nephew is seeking info about Pfc. Gerhardt Schoengrund (kia 3 Mar 45) from anyone who knew him. 7-AIB
R. Jay Jenkins - email: roger.jay.jenkins@pfizer.com 58-A Cousin is seeking info about Pfc. Jay R. Carncross from anyone who knew him. 58-A
Francis Opolko - email: francis.opolko@sympatico.ca 58-B Francis is a Canadian seeking info about Nicholas Opolko and other American relatives. 58-B
Email Rose. She is a case officer for the DAV in Luddington, MI 36-D Seeks info about Jack W. Mills for a compensation claim. Jack was wounded at Rheinberg on 5 Apr 45. 36-D
Email Don at: Chester County, PA 80-Tk
or 18-Tk
Seeks info about John R. Bartash for the Chester County Wall of Heroes web site. 80-Tk or
18-Tk
Thomas Gregg - Email: thomas.a.gregg@pharmacia.com 7-C He is a writer for 'Lithuanian Heritage' magazine and is looking for info about Pfc. Frank P. Laurinaitis, 7-C. 7-C
Justin Glenn, Ph. D., professor at Florida State University. Email: jglenn@mailer.fsu.edu 49-B Info about Pfc Pierre Jean Landry, 49-B, a descendent of Col. John Washington, who was a great-grandfather of Pres. George Washington. 49-B
Daughter of Edward J. Perry Carolyn Jacks.
 
80-C Friends of her father 80-C
Kai Sauer, Email kai.sauer@gmx.de Any Unit Lives near Braunschweig, Germany and is looking for info or pictures taken there or in Timmerlah, Denstorf, or Broitzem in April, 1945 when we were there. Any Unit
Angelo Despotopulos- Email: Susan Despotopulos (Niece) 88-A Friends from his old outfit 88-A
Ed Weiner ednmilw@aol.com
 
7-Hq Art Kuhn and David Klein 7-Hq
Tom Manning (son)doctormanning@msn.com   Friends of Billie Tom Manning (d - May 89) 88-F
John H. Moseman (great nephew) JHMoseman@aol.com   Looking for info about death of James H. Reyerson (kia - 5 Mar 45) 49-AIB
Gloria Layne (dau) laynes@peoplepc.com   Looking for friends of her father S/Sgt. Rocco M. Zuccarella (kia - 8 Apr 45) A-49
Viktor Bedrnicek of the Czech Republic (see Posted Email)   Anyone who stayed at the 8th Armored rest center in Babylon, Czech., Jun-Sep, 1945 398 FA & 36-Tk
John J. Kojcsich (son) kojcsich@rbnet.com   Looking for friends of his father Sgt. John Kojcsich (deceased - 1996) 36-C
Bruce J Sobol - submitted by Peter G. Sobol (son)sobol@vilas.uwex.edu 49-B Looking for Leonard Waigenfield. (Bruce is unable to remember what unit they were in.) 49-AIB
Jim Christensen (son) jbcalpine@mindspring.com Phone: (541) 424-3220   Mess Sgt. Art Christensen, Joined the div in early '42, wounded in the head in the spring of '45 Hq & & HqCo
M Sgt Glenn Husted (Ret) glat4@megagate.com Curator of Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby, MS   Anyone with info about Co. F, 80th Tank Reg't before it became the 80th Tank Bn. (see story) 80th-Tank
Gloria (Dau) glayne@carroll.com   Friends of Rocco M. Zuccarella (Killed in Action) 49-A
Bruce Brodowski (son) ellenandbruce@earthlink.net   Friends of Edward Brodowski (kia 3/31/45) 80-A
Robert Pepi pepis@media.net
 
49-HQ Friends from 49-HQ 49-HQ
Eric Gongola egon2b@netscape.net   Friends of Henry Gongola (deceased) and George F. Gallup 58-C
Harriet Lovejoy (daughter) hblovejoy@aol.com   Friends of Harry Tobin   58-C  
Matty Russo vicnan@juno.com
 
53-Eng Jesse B. Cook   53?  
Larry D. Hall (son) larry.hall@utsalt.ang.af.mil   Friends of Donald E. Hall (deceased) 58-B
John Haithcock haithcockjl2@erols.com
 
49-A Friends from Co. A, 49th AIB 49-A
Okey Taylor oet58c@8th-armored.org
 
58-C Thomas Coffield, Detroit, MI 58-C
      24 Jan 12