Chris Boonzaier

This good looking young chappie was photographed in Frankfurt....

Hmmmm... from the photo I found of the crew, they did not seem to have cap tallies... Best Chris

Some very fine pics Terry! These guys have it on the wall... have it on the door... but as far as I can dee, dont have it on the chest! (Otherwise they may have opened the overcoats for the photo ;-)

"At 4.20pm the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, and the 2nd Battalion, 61st Infantry, had reached the bank of the river, and the engineers started work on the first bridge. At this moment a tremendous fire of machine guns and artillery burst on the exposed troops with great suddenness. The infantry sought shelter and found it, but the engineers bravely continued at their posts. Shells sank their boats as fast as they could be placed in the water and by 6.00 P. M. no boats were left. " I have just posted a writeup about a Silver Star Group I was lucky enough to aquire, Hope you enjoy it.... http://www.kaiserscross.com/152301.html Best Chris

"At 4.20pm the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, and the 2nd Battalion, 61st Infantry, had reached the bank of the river, and the engineers started work on the first bridge. At this moment a tremendous fire of machine guns and artillery burst on the exposed troops with great suddenness. The infantry sought shelter and found it, but the engineers bravely continued at their posts. Shells sank their boats as fast as they could be placed in the water and by 6.00 P. M. no boats were left. " I have just posted a writeup about a Silver Star Group I was lucky enough to aquire, Hope you enjoy it.... http://www.kaiserscross.com/257543/262901.html Best Chris

I think this is one of the guys on one of the Begleit/Tross Ships that went out with the German Battleships in 1939. The battleships went out before the outbreak of the war, each had a supply ship. My wifes grandfather was on the Nordmark.. http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/auxships/nordmark/index.html He got his EK about the same time. He had done nothing but sail along on the cruise, no specific action.

Hi, I meant, which would you like on the collecting room wall? :-)

Hi, which is better/cooler/would you like to have.. A Thompson 1928A1 or a M1A1 ? best Chris

Hmmmm, difficult call.... I am not sure if I would award it if I was chief of the navy... it is very, very borderline and would open up for a whooooole lot of claims along the lines of "when I was close to the border between Easta dn West germany a low flying mig startled me and I fell from the guard tower and twisted my knee..."

A face lift to the US section... An aide to those who need a hand with the sectors where US divisions served under British or French command etc.. http://www.kaiserscross.com/257543.html

wifes great grandfathers

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Alec, you need an epson!

Naaah... thats just a gunner who thought "hmmmm... she reminds me of my Gertrude...."

See... I am not the only one to make fun of them! Some people say "Ball Helmet" as opposed to "Spiked helmet".... I just call them the traditional name... "Knob heads"... :whistle:

Were the straps not sewn "on" as opposd to "in" ? Makes a world of difference to removing them. when you need to. How do you go on a trench raid with sewn in straps?.. sewn on are off in a minute,,, 5 minutes to put them back on...

pity.... :-(

Hi, there is a good chance that this was also a gas woundings... http://www.kaiserscross.com/41815/239601.html

Hi, will be on our route when we are on the June batlefield tour.... ;-) Best Chris

Happy to post the following.... have had it for some time, but I did some extra research and an pleased with the new write up. Te 89th Division, specifically the 354th Regiment twice lost large amounts of men to mustard gas by occupying areas under enemy fire. After the war it was pointed out they did not need to occupy it. They could have kept the enemy out by gassing it themselves.... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40312/42469.html

Happy to post the following.... have had it for some time, but I did some extra research and an pleased with the new write up. Te 89th Division, specifically the 354th Regiment twice lost large amounts of men to mustard gas by occupying areas under enemy fire. After the war it was pointed out they did not need to occupy it. They could have kept the enemy out by gassing it themselves.... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40312/42469.html

Hi, It is a huge guess on my part, but an Iron Worker pre WW1. WW1 Engineer... tattoes on his chest... and joining the navy at 50 in WW2.... I would guess he worked in a shipyard ore something....

Hi, He was B company, they are the guys who got shot up trying to put up pontoons to the north of Clery le Petit. 7-8 guys got the Silver Star. They did it until all the pontoons were shot away then had to retire as there was no point standing around without pontoons. Later another company set up a bridge a few hundred meters lower and the river (then canal) were crossed. here 7-8 men got the DSC. Same thing, but one mission succeded, one did not... so different medals.

Hi, 5th Division, 7th engineers. It was won as he and a group of engineers tried to set up an infantry bridge across the Meuse on the 4th of November 1918... have tons of documentation, will do an article for the site about it in a few days... and maybe visit the exact spot on the GMIC tour in June´....

In 1917 he was living in Dorchester Mass, worked for an iron works. in 1942 in Cumberland, Allegany, maryland. born sept 27 1892