Kevin Williams wrote:
> The Underpants Gnomes tell me that
> Kevin Williams <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Inside the buttplate I found a plastic tag with the former
>> user's name and address (in Basel) written on it.
>
> I found a page devoted to these things. My citizen-soldier served in
> Company II of the 127th Fusilier (infantry) Battalion, presumably
> near his home in Basel. I can't find anything about his unit, though.
> He was born in 1916.
Contact the WWII museums in or around Basel and ask -- or heck, even the
ones here in the States! What've you got to lose? You /know/ someone
somewhere had a grandpa in that unit and just happens to have more info.
Sometimes genealogy websites will carry historical info on names.
You're going to have to do some snooping. Good luck.
--
Threnody
