We’d have been disappointed if groups of youngsters didn’t quickly tail us and call out, Any gum, chum? We crammed our pockets with candy and gum for our visits to towns such as Newbury, Hungerford, Ramsbury, Reading, Tilehurst and Swindon. We were fascinated with the thatched roofs, fish and chips, mild and bitters. The men quickly adapted to life in England.
Our trip lasted 43 days while the other two troop ships carrying our comrades made the crossing in about ten days. About a third of us earned the American Theater Ribbon after we spent a month in Newfoundland, when the H.M.S. Upon return to Fort Bragg, we received seven day furloughs and then shipped out for Europe from Camp Shanks, New York. Still others were assigned to the message center where they became proficient at encoding and decoding messages.ĭuring July, The Division was moved to Tennessee where we took part in month-long maneuvers. While I became familiar with the operation of several kinds of radio sets, others were training to string telephone lines and run switchboards. My basic training was with the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.Īfter learning the rudiments of soldiering, I was sent to the 101st Airborne Signal Company to begin my training as a radioman. My three years in the Army of the United States were spent with the 101st. Twenty years after the cessation of World War II, I began research on the actions of the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagle Division.
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