I am not sure if I am posting in the right forum. But I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this means. Francisco G Gonzalez 36 885 354 Private Company L 99th Battalion 474th Infantry Regiment This is my husbands father. I am doing a family tree and would like any information about this. If anyone is familiar with this please share your information. My husband tells me that his dad never, never talked about the war. But he did know his dad was in it. So any information at all about this battalion, pictures, stories about experiences would be appreciated. Also can you tell by this information what his duties would have been. I thank you very much, WendyE tonetone@provide.net
It should all mean the following:- Name: Francisco G Gonzalez Number: 36 885 354 Rank: Private Unit:- L Company 99th Battalion 474th Infantry Regiment I hope that helps.
Originally posted by plant-pilot@Aug 22 2005, 04:27 PM It should all mean the following:- Name: Francisco G Gonzalez Number: 36 885 354 Rank: Private Unit:- L Company 99th Battalion 474th Infantry Regiment I hope that helps. [post=37978]Quoted post[/post] The only thing that baffles me about this is that he's in "L Company," which is a high letter, and the "99th Battalion." The 99th Battalion was a Norwegian-American independent unit assigned originally for operations in Norway. Instead it fought in Western Europe. The 474th -- and I have to check this -- was made up of disbanded AA units in Italy, to stiffen the 92nd Infantry Division, which suffered a lot of trouble. I have a book on that division, so I will have to check that.