Another history from a watch engraving

[Jack_W]

Since Robert posted the nice note about the British Sapper, here is the write-up on a watch I bought. Past owner was a WWII US Army Combat Engineer.

But you can read the full story here: The Watch of Lt. Col. WA Marshall

 

[Robert Stokes]

Jack --

Congratulations on your superb research and story about W. Adin Marshall! I did do a quick search on Newspapers.com, which has become a significant source of information for me -- but there is basically nothing about Lt. Col Marshall. I did find two sources Googling that your probably already know about:

• Find a Grave: Walter Adin “Doc” Marshall (1910-1951) - Find A...
• 106th Infantry 1952 Cub Magazine PDF - http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/CUBs/AllCubsSearchable/CUB-1951-Dec-1952-Jan-s.pdf

I hope you enjoyed reviewing my TimeCapsule website ( Military Watches | Time Capsule Watches ) -- what was once a hobby is now an obsession! Please check out the story of Col. Frank Whitehead's Hamilton watch, which I just returned to his family.

I only have one WW2 Gruen Watch -- a presentation watch given to W. A. "Waddy" Young for playing with the Army All-Star football team against the NFL in 1942. Waddy was Oklahoma's 1st All-American, and played for the NFL's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939-40 before joining the Air Corps. He was killed in 1945 while leading a squadron of B-29s over Japan. Click on the <Athletes> menu at the top of TimeCapsule to read his story
(Young-1a Biography | Wristwatches ).

Please keep in touch!

Bob Stokes