Ken Burns' PBS series "The War" had two avid viewers in the scrapblog editor and senior historical researcher Uncle Elmer Sprick. We thought often of the uncles who fought in the war, especially Staff Sgt. Uncle Edward Henry Sprick (Oct. 28, 1910-Jan. 20, 1985), who slogged across bloody Europe with the 329th Infantry. Ever wonder why Ed never wore shorts? If you ever talked him into showing you his leg, you know why -- it was battered with the scars of bullet and shrapnel wounds he suffered on Omaha Beach. We dug up some info about Ed's role in the war and posted it on the scrapblog's historical archives link. Check it out, cousins.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Ed in 1944-45: Hell on the beach, hell in the forest
Ken Burns' PBS series "The War" had two avid viewers in the scrapblog editor and senior historical researcher Uncle Elmer Sprick. We thought often of the uncles who fought in the war, especially Staff Sgt. Uncle Edward Henry Sprick (Oct. 28, 1910-Jan. 20, 1985), who slogged across bloody Europe with the 329th Infantry. Ever wonder why Ed never wore shorts? If you ever talked him into showing you his leg, you know why -- it was battered with the scars of bullet and shrapnel wounds he suffered on Omaha Beach. We dug up some info about Ed's role in the war and posted it on the scrapblog's historical archives link. Check it out, cousins.
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