[Kathy in Alaska]

Any visitors over the weekend? *HUGS*

[Torahman]

Thanks for the status of Ft. Rucker. My father was trained there in ‘1943 with the 66th Infantry Division- The Black Panthers. (The original Black Panthers!) They were sent to the Battle of the Bulge but their transport ship was torpedoed in the English Channel on Christmas Eve 1944. it was the largest at sea loss of the war: 900 dead or missing. The sinking was covered up by Army intelligence and the families just got MIA notices. The sinking of the “Leopoldville” was forgotten until the novelist Clive Cussler came upon the wreck during a treasure hunt. Some kids from Cleveland came out in the dark winter night and found my father and a few other guys still alive in the water. Baruch HaShem! Otherwise I wouldn’t be here!

[Torahman]

Thanks for the status of Ft. Rucker. My father was trained there in ‘1943 with the 66th Infantry Division- The Black Panthers. (The original Black Panthers!) They were sent to the Battle of the Bulge but their transport ship was torpedoed in the English Channel on Christmas Eve 1944. it was the largest at sea loss of the war: 900 dead or missing. The sinking was covered up by Army intelligence and the families just got MIA notices. The sinking of the “Leopoldville” was forgotten until the novelist Clive Cussler came upon the wreck during a treasure hunt. Some kids from Cleveland came out in the dark winter night and found my father and a few other guys still alive in the water. Baruch HaShem! Otherwise I wouldn’t be here!