TALES FROM THE OLD_TIMER
In remembrance of David Allen Thibodeau.
May 24, 1925 - † Nov 18, 2015
David Thibodeau
Battery "B", 42nd FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 4th Infantry Division
David Thibodeau had a column in the Peshtigo Times titled: "Tales from the Old-Timer".
In some of his columns he wrote about what he had experienced as a soldier in World War II.
Below are links to some of his recollections:
Army Days 1943
Learning to be a soldier
D-Day - 40
D-Day, June 6, 1944
June 12, 1944 - D-Day + 6
Hedgerow days - June-July 1944
Forgotten Wars
Up Forward
Back to the Front - Mortain
Liverlip gets the Silver Star
Mortain - August 7, 1944
On to Germany
Hurtgen Forest - Nov. 1944
Bad train ride to 1944 - POW Christmas
Prison Life
VE-Day on the road
Learning to be a soldier
D-Day - 40
D-Day, June 6, 1944
June 12, 1944 - D-Day + 6
Hedgerow days - June-July 1944
Forgotten Wars
Up Forward
Back to the Front - Mortain
Liverlip gets the Silver Star
Mortain - August 7, 1944
On to Germany
Hurtgen Forest - Nov. 1944
Bad train ride to 1944 - POW Christmas
Prison Life
VE-Day on the road