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How did we get this far?

Without the help of Jerry Nauss we could not have accomplished this.
We owe Jerry a lot.

Rob,

Yes, call me Jerry. The "green" star on the picture denotes

killed in action. Actually, it is a gold star that appears as a

green one.

I am happy to have been a help to you in this endeavor. I

am the Secretary of our company; The First Signal Company

Society 1939-45, and have the picture albums that have been

kept over the years by persons in charge of the organization.

We are disbanding after last week's annual reunion (Arlington,

VA) as there were only 10 veterans in attendance. I resigned

my position as of Oct. 15, 2003. That was a sad time for

me.

Anyway, I looked over all the albums that had pictures up to

and including the invasion at Normandy. Can you imagine my

surprise and glee when I saw the picture? The picture was

placed there by Chuck Beery who was instrumental in keeping

a pictorial record of the company personnel prior to and during

war time. He has since deceased but has a daughter that is

very interested in keeping our organization going.

These albums are huge and I will place them in the library of

the 1st Infantry Division Museum that is located in Wheaton,

IL (a suburb of Chicago). It is a remarkable museum. Should

you ever come near Chicago, don't miss seeing it. You will, at

one point, be "seated in a LCI (Landing Craft Infantry just as

Clinton was) and when the gate drops down you will be facing

Omaha Beach with the shells dropping in the water and ours

exploding on and above the beach.

Now, for some information about you. Clinton came from New

York state. How is it that you people are in the Netherlands?

Was it Clinton's father that came to the USA? All of you seem

well grounded in the English language, was it a 2nd language

that you learned in school?

This has been enjoyable for me. I am in contact with a person

in Belgium and hope to see him and his wife if I am able to

travel to Europe next June for the 60th D-Day reunion with the

1st Infantry Division Society's tour. It would be great to see

you people as well. We will be in Mons, Aachen, Hurtgen

Forest, and the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge area) as well as

Paris.

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