Commemorating the posterity of Philippe Cardon & Marthe Marie Tourn
Ervin H. Goodman War Experience
13 Jun 1923 – 4 Apr 2010
3rd Great-grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn 2nd Great-grandson of Louis Philip Cardon and Susette Stalé Great-grandson of Joseph Samuel Cardon and Selenia Mesenile Walker Grandson of Joseph Elmer Cardon and Lucinda Hurst Son of Ella Cardon and Howard Arthur Goodman
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Part I
Pre-War History
News of Pearl Harbor
Pre-Enlistment Construction Jobs
Enlistment
Train to Fort Knox
Basic Training
School after Basic Training
Army Specialized Training
Part II
France Landing
Belgium
Holland (Netherlands)
Germany – Forests to River Crossing
Germany in December, Battle of the Bulge, Front Line Patrols
Wartime Food/Cooking – Rations, Pancakes, Post Roast, Coffee
British Army, Push, Radio Communications/Codes Liaison Duty Line Repair
Forest Selters, Phones, Rockets, Phone L
Night Patrol, Jeep Patrol, Machine Gun Companies
Team Members
Rhine River Crossing
Part III
Casualties – Replacements – Accidents
Friendly Fire
Alcohol Fueled Rockets
Liberating Electric Generators, Firearms, Prisoners, etc.
Assimilating Russian Prisoners
Marching On, Taking Prisoners, Ambush/Separation
Captured Liquor – Outpost Guard Duty – Noisy POWs on the loose
Clearing Houses – Sergeant Pratchner
Leipzig – Back to France – 40 x 8s – Matson Ship Liner – Soot – Luxury Food – New Jersey