GW Pickard 10'th Mtn. Div. 1945

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Comment by Robert J Wiebel on May 21, 2011 at 9:43pm

Jeffery, sorry for your loss.  Your uncle was a member of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division.  In our 2010 directory it said that he was in the 86th Infantry, Company L.   Follow this link to read about the 86th Infantry in Italy.  http://10thmtndivassoc.org/86thhistory.pdf   You should think about joining our descendents group.  You can get an application on our web site.  If it is not asking to much, if you put an obituary in the local newspaper, I would like to give a copy of it to our newpaper editor for our "Taps" section to honor all our past veterans. My email address is gamefish42@aol.com

Comment by Jeffrey Moore on May 21, 2011 at 7:45pm

Robert, Greenleaf Whittier Pickard from Tucson AZ.

Comment by Robert J Wiebel on May 21, 2011 at 5:59pm

Jeffery, was his first name Gareth or Greenleaf and he lived AZ?

Comment by Jeffrey Moore on May 20, 2011 at 3:23pm

Robert, I'm not sure what outfit but he was in the original group from WW 2 he served as a Mortar Man in the Italian Mountains. He was very modest and never bragged but I got him to tell a few war stories a couple of years ago. One night they were attacked by Germans and they fought them off at pistol range. He was the uncle of my wife Jane and just past away yesterday at 90.

Comment by Robert J Wiebel on May 20, 2011 at 3:09pm

Jeffery do you know what outfit he was in?  Is he a relative?