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Well i'm not a tag collector but it seems inevitabel that you end up with them so I have been tossing them in a bag and finally started to pull them out and look at them. Here is what I found.

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Rakkasan187

You have some great tags..

 

The Hebrew marked tag is very interesting. A lot of the Jewish GI's did not want to reveal their religious preference knowing that they were going to Europe and face Hitler so they either converted to Catholicism or another religious preference so as not to bring too much attention to themselves if captured.

 

Here is some brief information about your Hebrew marked tag:

 

Herbert Gerstman was born in Vienna, Austria in 1903, moved to America in January 1938 and joined the US Army in September 1944. He only served a short time overseas from January 1945 to September 1945. He was discharged in January 1946. He was an officer assigned to the 862nd Field Artillery Battalion. There is an application for WW2 service compensation from the State of Iowa that he applied for. Mr. Gerstman passed in November 1984

 

The 862nd FA Bn (105mm howitzer) was part of the 63rd Infantry Division.

 

Leigh

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You have some great tags..

 

The Hebrew marked tag is very interesting. A lot of the Jewish GI's did not want to reveal their religious preference knowing that they were going to Europe and face Hitler so they either converted to Catholicism or another religious preference so as not to bring too much attention to themselves if captured.

 

Here is some brief information about your Hebrew marked tag:

 

Herbert Gerstman was born in Vienna, Austria in 1903, moved to America in January 1938 and joined the US Army in September 1944. He only served a short time overseas from January 1945 to September 1945. He was discharged in January 1946. He was an officer assigned to the 862nd Field Artillery Battalion. There is an application for WW2 service compensation from the State of Iowa that he applied for. Mr. Gerstman passed in November 1984

 

The 862nd FA Bn (105mm howitzer) was part of the 63rd Infantry Division.

 

Leigh

Thank you Brother, it always amazes me how freely information flows from the this forum and your efforts are greatly appreciated.

 

Dwight

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