| Planting the Seed 1 -- A History of the 978th 5 -- A Response 19 -- What's Worth Remembering 23 -- Max Voron 27 -- George Patrias 35 -- Daily Life in a Maintenance Company 43 -- All in a Day's Work 51 -- Merlin Clark 55 -- Different Perspectives 61 -- Farran Helmick and Different Truths 67 -- Interviewing Veterans 75 -- A Tidbit about Ski 81 -- Spekholzerheide 85 -- Still Searching for Ski 91 -- Mariagrube 99 -- A Rifle and a Tunnel 107 -- Marvin Mangham 113 -- Anatomy of a River Crossing 123 -- Expanding Responsibilities in the Collapsing Reich 133 -- "My Nicest Experience During the War" 139 -- Favorite Quotes & Anecdotes 143 -- Ski's Friends in Spekholzerheide 155 -- "I Will Be Dressed in All Black" 160 -- A Kindred Spirit? 165 -- Spek 173 -- WWII Archeology 179 -- A Visit to the Cemetery 183 -- Thomas Orton 187 -- "I Prefer Live Ammunition" 195 -- Getting It Out of Your System 199 -- Mariadorf Revisited 203 -- Julich 215 -- Leo Packer 219 -- "The Nicest Time I Had in My Life" 229 -- "Magnificence Men!!" 233 -- Words of Encouragement 241 -- Theron Snell 245 -- Francis Muldering 251 -- "But I'm Grateful I'm Alive" 257 -- Leo Kavanaugh and His Generation 263 -- Some Comments on Methods 277 -- Finding Your Own Family Member's War Story on the Internet 279 -- Are You Sure You Want to Do This? 283 -- Dad's War 286 -- Military Records and Reports of Separation 289 -- If He Died in the War 290 -- Unit Histories and Other Documents 294 -- Searching the Internet 294 -- Reunion Listings 300 -- Message Boards 300 -- Phone Book 302 -- Is He Deceased? 304 -- To Phone or to Write 305 -- Contact Letter 307 -- Finding People Overseas 307 -- Medals 308 -- Success Stories 311. |
