33 entries.
Dear Blue Danube Network Team,
My name is Elke Kozma , and I am writing from Austria.I am researching the life of my grandfather, who served with the U.S. Army in Salzburg during the American occupation of Austria in 1948–1949.
The information I have is:
• Charles (possibly Carl/Karl) William Sherwood
• Born: October 10, 1927, Atlanta, Georgia
• Later served in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
• Killed in action in Korea on February 15, 1951
• Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.
My father was born in Salzburg in January 1949, so I know my grandfather was serving with the U.S. Army in Salzburg during that period.
Unfortunately, I do not know which unit he belonged to before being sent to Korea.
I understand that your organization has preserved publications and historical material relating to the United States Forces in Austria.
I would be very grateful if you could advise whether the name Charles (or Carl/Karl) William Sherwood appears in any USFA publications, unit histories, newsletters, photographs, or other records from 1948–1949, or whether you could suggest another archive that may hold personnel or unit information for U.S. soldiers stationed in Salzburg.
Any assistance would be sincerely appreciated.Thank you very much for preserving this important part of history.
Kind regards,
Elke Kozma
My name is Elke Kozma , and I am writing from Austria.I am researching the life of my grandfather, who served with the U.S. Army in Salzburg during the American occupation of Austria in 1948–1949.
The information I have is:
• Charles (possibly Carl/Karl) William Sherwood
• Born: October 10, 1927, Atlanta, Georgia
• Later served in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
• Killed in action in Korea on February 15, 1951
• Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.
My father was born in Salzburg in January 1949, so I know my grandfather was serving with the U.S. Army in Salzburg during that period.
Unfortunately, I do not know which unit he belonged to before being sent to Korea.
I understand that your organization has preserved publications and historical material relating to the United States Forces in Austria.
I would be very grateful if you could advise whether the name Charles (or Carl/Karl) William Sherwood appears in any USFA publications, unit histories, newsletters, photographs, or other records from 1948–1949, or whether you could suggest another archive that may hold personnel or unit information for U.S. soldiers stationed in Salzburg.
Any assistance would be sincerely appreciated.Thank you very much for preserving this important part of history.
Kind regards,
Elke Kozma
Dear Friends
I was most interested in reading the complete "USFA Special Services Info" magazine for October 1947 on your website. You mention that you have an almost complete run of this magazine - do you have the issue that includes June 2, 1947? I am doing research into concerts organised by the US Military Authority around this time.
Best regards
Richard Chlupaty
The Doráti Society
I was most interested in reading the complete "USFA Special Services Info" magazine for October 1947 on your website. You mention that you have an almost complete run of this magazine - do you have the issue that includes June 2, 1947? I am doing research into concerts organised by the US Military Authority around this time.
Best regards
Richard Chlupaty
The Doráti Society
Hello. I would be very interested to hear from anyone who had more information on the WOFA station in Vienna, housed in the former house of Anthony van Hoboken and located at Schreiberweg 45/47, Vienna 19. I am researching the architecture of Heinrich Kulka, who was an employee and later partner of Adolf Loos. I believe that a house on this site dating from around 1937 was by Kulka.
Ich habe schon länger nicht auf eure Website geschaut, erst die letzte Mail vom 31.10. hat mich wieder dran erinnert. Mein Eindruck: es ist unglaublich, was ihr da in der Zwischenzeit alles an Infos zusammengetragen habt. Man merkt, wieviel Zeit und Mühe dahinter steckt, nicht zuletzt auch im neuen Layout! Danke!
From Allan MacQuoids comments on this site I learned : „At BDN Salzburg we could take meals from our own kitchen, a local gasthaus, Camp Roeder or sneaking into the “K-haus”. Is anybody out there who remembers more about life at "Kavalierhaus" (K-haus) during USFA headquarters in Klessheim? Any story and/or photo is appreciated. I was hotel-manager at K-haus in 1975 through 1986 and am working on a book of the history of Kavalierhaus. Thank you for emailing me to harald-neu@aon.at. Harald.