This cup was destined for the metal recycling at a thrift shop, was rescued and given to our Sisters Museum in Sisters, Oregon.
It is a diary and timeline compactly etched into the cup issued by US A Co 1943.
Etched is the following:
On the base: Co - A H D B 717th Ry. Opr. Bn
1943
- Oct. 9 Ft. Dix
- Oct. 19 Cp. Harahan
- Dec. 16 Cp. Scott
1944
- May 2 Cp. Kilmer
- May 25 ENGLAND
- Sudbury Bury Southampton
- Hereford
- Longmoor
- Sept 1 FRANCE
- Cherbourg-Chartres-Paris
- Valenciennes - Bohain
- BELGIUM
- Liege
- Sept. 23-29
1945
- Antwerp Dec. 23-Jan 13 '45
- Apr 4, 45 GERMANY
- Frankfurt Bremen Bad Nauheim
- Wesel
- HOME
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