The Wooden Clog - Revision history

Liz: clog/shoe: added shoe for clarity

2022-11-24T03:12:29Z

clog/shoe: added shoe for clarity

Mouser: Updated name/locations based on hints from the MACR document.

2011-03-27T21:07:41Z

Updated name/locations based on hints from the MACR document.

Mouser: Initial writeup based on my first-hand reading of the shoe.

2011-03-27T17:56:40Z

Initial writeup based on my first-hand reading of the shoe.

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When [[John Thomas Wilson]] returned from Europe after World War II, he had with him a wooden clog souvenir from the Netherlands on which he had engraved some of the details of his war experience. The text of the pencil engravings is as follows:

===Top===
LIBERATION
MOOSBERG
GERMANY
APRIL 24, 1945

===Left Shank===
Ray BR????
RT 3
COLUMBIA ??
H.A. MITCHELL M Thompson
CHARLOTTSVILLE, 4-1-05, 93???
VA LONG ISLAND CITY
J. WELSOW(?)
BOX ?3?
FAIRHAVEN, V?

===Right Shank===
H.G.M. STRUNK D. WINNEGA
?O??H?RVIEW BOX 352
READING, PA L' ANSE, MiC
W. ?????N JIM SUTTON
????????? BOX 275(?)
???K TR??L?? CULVER CITY, CA
?
W. Va

===Bottom===
B-17F
SWEET
17
--------
483 BOMB GP.
815 BOMB Sq.
FOGGIA, ITALY
-------------
1945
JAN. 17. C.P.H. VA
FEB. 2. ROCK OF GIB.
FEB. 5. S. MARSE, FR.
FEB. 8. ALGIERS, N. AF.
FEB. 12. NAPLES, IT.
FEB. 17 FOGGIA, IT.
-------------------------
KRIEGAFANGER
MAR. 14. LENTI, HUN
MAR. 19. BRATISLAVA
MAR. 20. VIENNA
MAR. 22, NURENBERG.
MAR. 23.
MAR. 25. NURENBERG
APR. 20 MOOSBERG, GER
-------------------------
MAY 4. LANDSAUT, GY
MAY 6. REIMS, FRANCE
MAY 17. ST. VALLERY

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	===Top===		===Top===

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 ===Left Shank===
-                            Ray BR????
+                            ROY BROOME
                             RT 3
-                            COLUMBIA ??
+                            COLUMBIA SC
   H.A. MITCHELL          M Thompson
   CHARLOTTSVILLE,        4-1-05, 93???
           VA             LONG ISLAND CITY
-                         J. WELSOW(?)
+                         J. NELSON
-                         BOX ?3?
+                         BOX 83
                          FAIRHAVEN, V?
 ===Right Shank===
   H.G.M. STRUNK          D. WINNEGA
-  ?O??H?RVIEW            BOX 352
+FAIRVIEW          BOX 352
-  READING, PA            L' ANSE, MiC
+  READING, PA            L'ANSE, MiC
-      W. ?????N             JIM SUTTON
+      W. WILSON             JIM SUTTON
-      ?????????             BOX 275(?)
+      CRAWFORD, ??          BOX 275(?)
-  ???K TR??L??              CULVER CITY, CA
+  JACK TRIPLET              CULVER CITY, CA
-−
+  -
   W. Va