Earl D. Foster - 298th Engineer Combat Battalion, WWII, WW2
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Colonel Earl D. Foster

Photographs provided by granddaughters, Paula Morrone & Jane Behrend.
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Photograph taken Camp Forrest, Tennessee


Source: Find A Grave
Col. Earl D. Foster
July 21, 1903 - May 7, 1978
Burial:Beaufort National Cemetery
Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Plot: 33, 0, 155
Military: COL US Army World War II
Memorial ID: 661698


Listed in After/After Action Reports 26 July - 1 Dec 1944:
FORMER AND PRESENT MEMBERS WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN ACTION:
Major Earl D. Foster, 0526181, was awarded the Silver Star by GO 74 Hq VII Corps dtd 12 Nov 44.


A story grandfather told me.
The men adopted a dog that they named Mabel. Allied planes would fly over all day and the dog was fine. The troops quickly learned , that if Mabel ran for a foxhole to go for cover, as it meant Axis planes were on the way!
Regards,
Jane Behrend



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