[Owen]

I'm amazed at how much stuff is on the net about your Division.
99th Recon
99th Recon.

Nor was it odd that when their Liberty ship pulled into Liverpool, England, and they had debarked someone noticed once again riding high to her stern, that name “Excelsior” - “Ever Forward”, the Motto of the troop.
Camp Walditch, England, produced quonset huts, Bridport, a troop dance, a beer party for the exclusive second platoon given by Lt Von Burg and Cpl Hawkins, in-law troubles for some, perambulator pneumatic problems for others, “red head” and gate crashing difficulties for others even higher up, and a contest of cider versus Lil Abner (Pfc Lloyd Abner) in an alien land. During those three brief weeks many of the boys had the pleasure of spending two days in London as well.
Then LTC’s, across the Channel, Le Havre, a robot bomb, that famous “yoo hoo, boo hoo” ride toward the front to Ste Jean Mart, then there: rain, hogs, mud, snow, the famous Siegfried Line, and you have it - COMBAT.