Letters From Deutschland

Written by Sfc. John M. Holman, U. S. Army of Occupation, Germany

1951 – 1953

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[Cpl. (later Sgt., now Sfc.) John M. Holman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall S. Holman of 263 Mill Road, Hampton, has been stationed in Gablingen, Germany from the Fall of 1951 through December 1953. During these years, he has sent pieces to Hampton Union about millitary life in Germany during his tour of duty in the Army of Occupation. He was a member of Service Company, Personnel Section, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. His wife, Constance (Purington) joined him in September of 1952.]

Table of Contents

• A Soldier Speaks

  Camp Atterbury, Indiana; October 1951

• Celebrating Christmas in Germany in 1951

  Sfc Holman recounts what Christmas was like in Germany in December 1951

• Army Service School Offers Courses To GI’s In Germany

  Hampton Union , 1952

• Just Another Mail Call?

  Hampton Union , January 3, 1952

• Hampton GI Pays Visit To EUCOM’ Winter Wonderland

  Hampton Union , January 1952

• The GI In Germany

  Hampton Union , February 1952

• Life On Maneuvers In Germany

  Hampton Union , May 1952

• A GI’s Fourth Of July

  Hampton Union , June 1952

• Holman & Buddy Buy Bikes

  Hampton Union , September 4, 1952

• Our Readers’ Write … A Letter From Germany

  By Arthur Leinwetter, Ca. 1954

• Trip Abroad, Life In Germany Described By Local G.I. Wife

  By Constance A. Holman

  Hampton Union , October 1952

• Notes On My Trip To Europe

  By Constance A. Holman, September 2, 1952

• Holman Talks To ‘Neighbors’

  Hampton Union , 1952

• Hampton G.I. Prefers Farming US Way

  Hampton Union , 1952

• Discipline or United We Stand, Divided We Fall

  By Sgt. John M. Holman, Gablingen, Germany, 1953

• Sgt. Holman Becomes Motor Messenger For Gen. John G. Van Houten

  By Sgt. John M. Holman, January 1953

• Our New Home In Germany

  Hampton Union , January 1953

• Hampton GI & Wife Are Hosts To German Youth

  Hampton Union , August 1953

• Hampton G.I. Relates Of 4 Days In “The City of Lights”

  Hampton Union , August 27, 1953

• Malvina Hoffman Remembered

  Hampton Union , September 22, 1987

• A Visit To Dachau Concentration Camp

  By Sfc. John M. Holman, U.S. Army of Occupation, Germany, 1953

• Notice Of Return

  Hampton Union , November 1953

• Former Minister Meets Local GI

  Major Nathaniel C. Warburton visits Sgt. John M. Holman

• Brief history of the 28th Infantry Division in World War II

• Courtesy of the 28th Infantry Division Association, Harrisburg, PA. — 2007

• The 28th Infantry Division Brief History of the 28th Infantry Division

  Compiled by Sfc. John M. Holman, December 1953

• History of the 109th Infantry Regiment

  Battle Honors — World War I

  The Two World Wars

  Battle Honors — World War II

  The Interims

• Looking Back to 1951

  The Holman Family and the Steiner Family looking back to 1951 from 2005, making it “A Dream Come True”.

• Visit Across The Miles ‘A Dream Come True’ — Part One

• John Holman & Josefine (“Finni” Holtzhuer) Steiner Reunited After 52 years!

  Atlantic News , June 3, 2005

• Visit Across The Miles ‘A Dream Come True’-=- Part Two

• John Holman & Josefine (“Finni” Holtzhuer) Steiner Reunited After 52 years!

  Atlantic News , June 10, 2005

• “Finni’s” Pictorial Album

• Photographs from Gersthofen, Germany, of the Steiner/Lohner families – 2005

• “Danke Schön” — Thank you!

• An open letter from Josefine “Finni” Steiner to John & Connie Holman, 2005

• Christmas 1951 In Retrospect

• Letter written by Cpl. Holman to his wife, Connie, telling of his experiences in celebrating Christmas in 1951 in Germany for 25 children from Gertshofen and ‘adopting’ one of them.