Sparks, Richard 423rd

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Sparks, Richard D. T/5 423 HQ I & R Platoon

CRIBA POST of excerpt from his A Walk through the Woods: www.criba.be/fr/stories/detail/a-walk-through-the-woods-35-1

INDIANA MILITARY SITE: A Walk Through the Woods full revised 2003 account of 423rd I & R Platoon with photos: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Diaries/None-POW/Richard%20D%20Sparks/Richard%20Sparks.htm

other iteration of this account with clear listing of members of the group: www.ryansdom.com/theryans/sparks/adobe/walk2.pdf

OVER AND OUT- 2001 pdf of illustrated predecessor document to A Walk... 30 pages: www.ryansdom.com/theryans/sparks/adobe/Over.pdf

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Veterans History Project: lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/10339

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Roster of 423rd I & R PLATOON in illustrated A Walk Through the Woods document includes these names:

Platoon Headquarters
Ivan H. Long-Platoon Leader “Ike”
Robert D. Casenhiser Platoon Sergeant “Casey”
Sam Bordelon Lead Scout “Sam”
John C. Johnson Chief Radio Operator “Chris”


First Squad
William D. Morris * “Mo” - Squad Leader
Theodore Slaby “Ted” - Assistant Squad Leader
Richard D. Sparks “Sparky”- Radio Operator
John W. Califf “Rat”
James J. Mowery “Gnome”
Seymour Fox “Sy”
Marion D. Prater “Doug”
Alfred W. Shoffit “AW”
Robert I. Brendlinger “Aunt Minnie”
Robert G. Hirst “Dad”

Second Squad
Robert K. Jones “Huck” - Squad Leader
Robert A. Waddail ”Waddle” - Assistant Squad Leader
Kjeld H. Iversen “Hank”- Radio Operator
Oswald J. Spier “Ozzie”
John P. Sheehan “Irish”
William J. Bulman “Bull”
Edward P. Shannon “Hogan”
Edwin J. Dentz “Terror”
Milenko J. Zorovich “Mike”
Felix L. Hendrickson “Slick”


*MORRIS-tribute noted William D. Morris III Sgt. KIA Ferrieres, Belgium Dec 23, 1944; link to American Battle Monuments post on William Morris: www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWII_15378#.VNiw34Y8KK0

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2-9-15 link to ABM site on grave of Wm Morris added above

[connie]

replaced my sketchy interpretation of spellings of names on labeled photo with the full platoon list that appears in "A Walk Through the Woods".