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2004-12-24 - Mike Breen wrote: Seasons Greetings 66th Black Panthers, family and friends. <img src="http://www2.telenet.net/commercial/gylakegraphics/gersoni/assets/images/x055.jpg"> I have re-assembled the presentation of Major Henry Gersoni's color films and photos taken in France 1944-45. These images and the repatriation film at Namur are presented free of charge at the following URL address. http://www2.telenet.net/commercial/gylakegraphics/gersoni/index.html Anyone caught reproducing them for profit WILL BE skinned alive and NAILED TO THE BARN DOOR! My only request is that anyone who can help organize and identify people and places contact me. Best Regards, MJB

2004-11-25 - Ron Veillette wrote: I was looking at your website searching for information about my father Henry Veillette when low and behold my father submitted a note to your website in 2001 about 4 mos. before he passed away. Is there a way to get the official report of his injury and any additional info would be appreciated. My Dad was a wonderful man and father and I would like to just get more info on him. You just do not know what to ask when they are around. Thank you, Ron Veillette

2004-11-02 - David Holmes wrote: My father Sgt. Albert L. Holmes was in Camp Robertson Arkansas Dec.1944 with the Panther division before leaving for Europe.Is there anyone that remembers him?He was in the Quarter Masters Unit.

2004-10-18 - David Francisco Flack wrote: My father, Private Clarence C. (Pete) Francisco (deceased) was in Company C, 262nd Infantry Reg. 66th Div. On October 31, 1944, he was in a plane crash in France. He was pulled from the burning wreckage by the pilot I believe. There were only a few survivors. Any information about this event would be appreciated.

2004-10-13 - Beta Kay McCoy (Lopatkovich) wrote: Thanks to all who replied to my message. I was able to obtain my father's Discharge Papers from the County Court Recorder in my Home Town. My father was with the 106th Infantry Division Company F 424th Infantry.

2004-10-05 - Rhonda Berry wrote: I am trying to locate information on my husband's uncle, Leonard Everette Berry. He was known as Link Berry. He was from Bowman, SC and would have been about 25 at the time of his death aboard the Leopoldville. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

2004-10-03 - Berta Kay McCoy (Lopatkovich) wrote: I am searching for any information on my father Edward Frank Lopatkovich. My father served in WWII from Dec. 8, 1942 to Mar. 12, 1946. He was a Technician 4th Grade and his rank chevron. I have requested my father’s Military Records from the NPRC and have been informed that they were destroyed in the fire of 1973. They only information the NPRC provided to me was a Certification of Military Service. My father passes away in April of 1975. Part of his obituary reads: he served as a Sergeant in the European Theater, was awarded a Purple Heart when wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. I’m searching for any sources and help in trying to recreate my father’s Military Records. Thank you, Berta Kay McCoy (Lopatkovich) Next of Kin of Deceased Veteran (Daughter)

2004-09-16 - John Roger Wilkerson wrote: I am looking for information about my Father... His name was John Robert Wilkerson, he served with the 66th as a Staff Sgt. Thanks for your help!

2004-08-11 - Michael J Breen wrote: Greetings members of the 66th and families, and a special hello to Harold Shull. The gersoni site had to be taken down temporarily. Hopefully I will be able to re-upload it shortly. In the meantime I would like to ask members of the 566th Signal attached to the 66th who were present at the pocket parleys and French Prisioner repatriation at Namur to contact me. There is a quantity of movie film that the Major made of these events that has sat in a closet for the past 60 years; As well as appoximately 6 reels of color and BW footage of other 66th activity including the time at Ft blanding. Not only would I and the grandson of the Major like to make this material available to you all free of charge, I would like to if possible have a telephone interview with you regarding this material. I am currently trying to transmit this data to appropriate archives and any assistance towards that goal also greatly appreciated.

2004-08-04 - madeline fusco nee gower wrote: I am looking for anyone who served with a Robert Briggs in Northern Ireland around 1944, I believe he was in the Military police?or anyone who knew my mother Ruby Rachael Gower nee Menice or my grandmother Annie Menice from Belfast.

2004-07-16 - Ann Palmer wrote: Does anyone out there have any idea if the vandoos were stationed in Witley, Surrey (army transit camp)in Spring 1941? Does anyone know of an O'Neil family in Quebec who lost a son called Edward on 1941/2...any suggestions for help please? Searching for my father's family - have succeeded in tracing my Irish mother's family with much success. Have sent an e-mail to the Roots project. Thanks, Ann Palmer

2004-07-08 - Michael Childers wrote: This is an updated post to my previous comment posted about my grandfather, PFC Francis M. Childers. I have found that he served in the 262nd Regiment A/T Co. and have located a survivor that knew and remembers my grandfather before making the ulimate sacrifice on March 31, 1945. Thanks to this message board and its readers this was made possible. Any other members of the 66th ID, 262nd Rgt please feel free to contact me. I will post more as I find out.. Thank you Michael Childers c/o PFC Francis Marion Childers

2004-07-06 - Michael C. Childers wrote: My name is Michael Childers, grandson of PFC Francis M. Childers. My grandfather was a member of the 66th Infantry Division. Sometime between 1943 and 1945 he was transferred to the 3rd Infantry Division and was KIA on March 31, 1945 somewhere near Uttweiler Germany. I am desperately seeking information about my grandfather so that his memory and accomplishments never be forgotten and passed on through the generations of our family. He was from St. Louis Missouri and I believe attended basic training near Little Rock Arkansas at Camp Robinson. I also believe that he spent some time at Fort Rucker Alabama. Thank You Michael specster@bellsouth.net

2004-07-03 - Jackie Evans wrote: I am trying to find out on behalf of a friend any info. on the 384th Engineering Battalian. It was stationed for a while in Ivybridge. Devon. UK. We are hoping to find some information on Private First Class John T. Jackson A.S.N. 37741571 who we believe came from Alabama. Does any one have any ideas on how best we might be able to obtain his Army Records please. Look forward to hearing from anyone who might be able to help. Many thanks Jackie Evans.

2004-06-21 - Harold Shull wrote: A website with 66th Division information http://www2.telenet.net/commercial/gylakegraphics/gersoni/index.html

2004-06-14 - Phillip Brooks wrote: Trying to locate info about my grandfather, Andrew Russell of either TN or KY. My grandmother (Jeanette) never tried to contact him, he would not know about my mother. (Born Sept, 1946). I have pictures of him in uniform, with the 66th infantry Black Panthers patch on his sleeve.

2004-06-10 - Jody Harris wrote: My grandfather was Finley Votaw from Waco, TX. He was a member of A Co. 263 Inf Div, 66th Inf Div. We are desperate to find out anything about his time during the war. Or just to talk with someone who knew him. He was an amazing man but very quiet about his past. I would love to have any info about the Black Panther organizations as well. I am a History major because of my grandfather and would give anything if he was still here to talk with. Thank you.

2004-06-05 - Brian Inns wrote: I was a four year old living in Cornwall in 1944. The GI's made such a fuss of us kids, driving us around in their jeeps, bringing us sweets and presents. I have a New Testament given me by a Sergeant Wallace L Davis and dated November 1943. I would love to hear from anyone who knows anything about those guys. I don't know which Regiment they were with but they were stationed in Scraesdon Fort, Antony near Torpoint. I believe they were badly mauled on Omaha Beach.

2004-06-04 - Ron Goade wrote: I am trying to find information on my father, Richard Goade, who served in Belguim and France in 1944-45. Any information would be helpful.

2004-06-03 - Donna Burch Powell wrote: My deceased father, Robert Burch, of Nicholasville, Ky. was stationed at (Camp) now Fort Rucker, Al. prior to being sent overseas. He was in the 66th division of the Black Panthers. I also believe he was in the 125 Infantry Regiment. If anyone knows anything about daddy, please email me. He would never talk about the war. I know he fought in either Omaha Beach or Utah Beach. He was in radar, also. He was a lieutenant. Also, he was supposed to get on the U. S. S. Leopold ship, but at the last moment was changed over to another ship. If you have any info on my dad, I would so very much appreciate it. Sincerely, Donna Burch Powell powell@alaweb.com

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