101st airborne glider group

[mes]

Here is a recently aquired 101st airborne glider group named to Eldon Wasser.Still in research but appears to have served in artillery.I was told he was in the battle of the buldge.

 

[Baron3-6]

Nice Group! Being that his collar brass is "Coastal Artillery"....you may want to check in the Anti-Aircraft (AAA) units in the 101st, I'm thinking it was the 81st Airborne AAA Bn.....many of the AAA men wore Coast Artillery Brass.

Do you plan to have the patch and rank re-sewn to the jacket?

 

See:

http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/81/81.html

[Normandy1944]

Very nice to see an airborne grouping including a jacket from the veteran

[Rutger]

Seeing the first photo, he served as an infantryman prior to his artillery allocation?

[APO472]

MES,

 

Your man Elston C Wasser was in fact in the 81st Airborne AA Battalion of the 101st. The was in "Battery A" and joined the Battalion after Holland and just before Bastogne. Battery A was attached to the 506th and on the 20th & 21st of December were credited with destroying 5 MKIII Germans tanks. He remained with them for the duration of the war. As an "FYI"...Batteries A, B & C were with Anti-Tank Batteries and Batteries D, E & F were the Anti-Aircraft Batteries. If you pm me your email address I will make a copy of the roster from the ultra-rare 81st Unit history and send it to you.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Jake Powers

 

www.heroesinourmidst.net

[OsiusGaming]

Hello, I am the great grandson of Elston Charles Wasser. This is an amazing situation we are in, at my grandparents home, they have several wartime photos of his and even a journal he started in March of 1945. 

[OsiusGaming]

Sometime this month when my schedule frees up, I'll upload some pictures of him to help build you a bigger picture of his service time.

[OsiusGaming]

A story I do remember hearing about him though was that he joined with the gliders for the pay increase!

[OsiusGaming]

Here's just one really low quality photo I currently have of him. 

[T1gertank519]

Amazing photo! It is really cool to see him wearing the Ike jacket in the photo. I am not sure how active the original poster will be. The pictures of the uniform are from 2013. Looking forward to learning more about Mr. Wasser

[GIKyle]

Thanks so much for adding to this jacket's history - look forward to more! 

[BigJohn#3RD]

11 hours ago, OsiusGaming said:

Here's just one really low quality photo I currently have of him. 

OG

Welcome to the Forum and thank you for posting the picture of your Grandpa. Just a thought based on personal experience, try using a scanner and scan the picture on the highest setting. Scanning does an outstanding job of bringing out detail that cannot be seen.

 

If you don't have one at home check out the local library or printing shop at local college, many times scanning is free and at the college they are quite competitive price wise if you want to get a quality enlarged print. I look forward to any update you can post.

 

Best regards,

John

[manayunkman]

12 hours ago, T1gertank519 said:

Amazing photo! It is really cool to see him wearing the Ike jacket in the photo. I am not sure how active the original poster will be. The pictures of the uniform are from 2013. Looking forward to learning more about Mr. Wasser

They are still active as of 16 hours ago.

[SWasserJr]

On 1/31/2013 at 1:10 PM, APO472 said:

MES,

 

Your man Elston C Wasser was in fact in the 81st Airborne AA Battalion of the 101st. The was in "Battery A" and joined the Battalion after Holland and just before Bastogne. Battery A was attached to the 506th and on the 20th & 21st of December were credited with destroying 5 MKIII Germans tanks. He remained with them for the duration of the war. As an "FYI"...Batteries A, B & C were with Anti-Tank Batteries and Batteries D, E & F were the Anti-Aircraft Batteries. If you pm me your email address I will make a copy of the roster from the ultra-rare 81st Unit history and send it to you.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Jake Powers

 

www.heroesinourmidst.net

This is my grandfather, My dad's father. This is amazing to see and read these stories. 

[SWasserJr]

On 1/27/2013 at 1:39 PM, mes said:

Here is a recently aquired 101st airborne glider group named to Eldon Wasser.Still in research but appears to have served in artillery.I was told he was in the battle of the buldge.

 

 

[SWasserJr]

On 11/17/2021 at 9:37 PM, OsiusGaming said:

Hello, I am the great grandson of Elston Charles Wasser. This is an amazing situation we are in, at my grandparents home, they have several wartime photos of his and even a journal he started in March of 1945. 

I would love to see his journal. And I'm trying to figure out who you are . Ha ! Great share regardless. 

[SWasserJr]

On 1/31/2013 at 1:10 PM, APO472 said:

MES,

 

Your man Elston C Wasser was in fact in the 81st Airborne AA Battalion of the 101st. The was in "Battery A" and joined the Battalion after Holland and just before Bastogne. Battery A was attached to the 506th and on the 20th & 21st of December were credited with destroying 5 MKIII Germans tanks. He remained with them for the duration of the war. As an "FYI"...Batteries A, B & C were with Anti-Tank Batteries and Batteries D, E & F were the Anti-Aircraft Batteries. If you pm me your email address I will make a copy of the roster from the ultra-rare 81st Unit history and send it to you.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Jake Powers

 

www.heroesinourmidst.net

Still have the roster ?

[SWasserJr]

On 1/27/2013 at 1:39 PM, mes said:

Here is a recently aquired 101st airborne glider group named to Eldon Wasser.Still in research but appears to have served in artillery.I was told he was in the battle of the buldge.

 

These are awesome. I believe you got these from my father, Steve. Im deeply interested in any more information or anything you may have on his glider regiment of the 101st. He definitely saw a lot of action. 

[SWasserJr]

On 1/31/2013 at 1:10 PM, APO472 said:

MES,

 

Your man Elston C Wasser was in fact in the 81st Airborne AA Battalion of the 101st. The was in "Battery A" and joined the Battalion after Holland and just before Bastogne. Battery A was attached to the 506th and on the 20th & 21st of December were credited with destroying 5 MKIII Germans tanks. He remained with them for the duration of the war. As an "FYI"...Batteries A, B & C were with Anti-Tank Batteries and Batteries D, E & F were the Anti-Aircraft Batteries. If you pm me your email address I will make a copy of the roster from the ultra-rare 81st Unit history and send it to you.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Jake Powers

 

www.heroesinourmidst.net

Thank you ! I've been attempting to track my grandfather's steps throughout the war. What heros these gentlemen were/are. 

[manayunkman]

On 10/12/2024 at 9:14 PM, SWasserJr said:

Still have the roster ?

They are no longer a member…. why? I don’t know.

[SWasserJr]

On 10/12/2024 at 8:04 PM, SWasserJr said:

I would love to see his journal. And I'm trying to figure out who you are . Ha ! Great share regardless. 

Is this L.W.?

[SWasserJr]

On 11/17/2021 at 9:47 PM, OsiusGaming said:

Here's just one really low quality photo I currently have of him. 

 

[manayunkman]

30 minutes ago, SWasserJr said:

Is this L.W.?

The person you are trying to contact doesn’t log in very often.

 

Last time they logged in was in April of this year.

 

They describe themselves as a young man and military collector