toitoine66 Posted September 1, 2019 #1 Posted September 1, 2019 Hello everybody As mentioned in the title I 'm come from France. I m interssed by a lot of subject like WW1, WW2, 1st Vietnam war, the US vietnam war and also the french Algerian war.... I started the military collection at 10 yo, now I m 28 yo and I still collect the uniforms Also my great father was an american Soldier who came during the WW2: John Peter Sileikis he enlisted in 1942 at Chicago. I 'm also here to find more information about him. Hope to meet you again in this sweet forum and sorry by advance for my poor english A.S.
MAW Posted September 1, 2019 #2 Posted September 1, 2019 Your English is fine! Don't worry about that at all. Welcome to the forum!
TexRdnec Posted September 1, 2019 #3 Posted September 1, 2019 howdy, welcome aboard And don't worry, your English is perfectly understandable and a hell of a lot better than my French!
aznation Posted September 1, 2019 #4 Posted September 1, 2019 Hello, and welcome to the forum. Glad to have you. Found a couple of things on John Peter Sileikis. Source: Fold3
aznation Posted September 1, 2019 #6 Posted September 1, 2019 toitoine66 sent me some pictures of John P. Sileikis and his dog tag via PM and said he didn't mind me posting them for him, so here they are. Thank you so much for your relatives service!
mikie Posted September 2, 2019 #8 Posted September 2, 2019 howdy, welcome aboard And don't worry, your English is perfectly understandable and a hell of a lot better than my French! And a lot better than more than a few America born folks. Welcome!
toitoine66 Posted September 2, 2019 Author #9 Posted September 2, 2019 Thanks you guys for your welcoming it's very apreciated. And thanks to Aznation for his work about my great father that was really sweet A.S.
The Rooster Posted September 3, 2019 #10 Posted September 3, 2019 Welcome Frenchie... Here is where your Grandpa lived back in the day. Cannot say what floor. 417 E 62nd street, Chicago, Illinois.
The Rooster Posted September 3, 2019 #11 Posted September 3, 2019 And here is where he worked. Now the Hilton Hotel. 725 South Wabash, Chicago Welcome aboard.
toitoine66 Posted September 3, 2019 Author #12 Posted September 3, 2019 Holy cow... I never notice the Stevens Hotel was the bigest Hotel in the world in the 30's... wow thanks a lot for thoses informations... I will start a post about the war story of my grand ma and my grand pa in WWII France
aznation Posted August 16, 2025 #13 Posted August 16, 2025 You may or may not already have this, but just in case. Report of Death - John Peter Sileikis.pdf
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