This website was created to tell a story of my dad's experience in World War II.

 

My dad did not talk much about it and there are few documents of that time, so I had very little information to go on.  However, by using what little information I did have and researching online materials, I was able to trace most of his movements from the time he entered the U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps to when he was honorably discharged.

 

My most exciting discoveries were that I was able to figure out which Infantry Regiment he was assigned and where he was most likely injured.  So keep the following in mind when reading about troop movements:

• 34th Infantry Division

  • Marv was assigned to this division (based on APO address and shoulder sleeve insignia).

• 135th Infantry Regiment

  • Marv was assigned to this regiment (based on 11/28/1943 V-Mail Christmas Card sender's address).

• Mount Pantano, Italy: Wound in Action

  • Marv was likely wounded on Mount Pantano, Italy (based on troop movements of the 135th Infantry Regiment). 

  • According to General Order, Headquarters 33d General Hospital, APO 424, 17 February 1944, Marv was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, No. 411767, Date of Wound: 6 Dec 43 , Geographic Location: Italy.

  • According to Marv's disability award, he received the following injuries: nerve injury, weakness of forearm and hand secondary to gunshot wounds left elbow, and gunshot wound left thigh and right kn

  • According to his obituary, "[Marv] was awarded the Purple Heart when he was hit by shrapnel while working in the Army Signal Corps in Italy."  (Oakland Press, March 11, 1984)

 

Many of the photographs and memorabilia are from a scrapbook that his mother (my grandmother) kept during my dad's World War II military service.  The scrapbook didn't turn up until years after my dad died died.  Other parts of his military story are based on my sisters' and my memories, online military publications, and online stories of other soldiers' experiences.  

 

Comments and corrections are welcome.  Just click on my name in the footnote to send an email to me.

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Nancy

(Marv's middle daughter)