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CUSIG - ROONEY - BRETSCHINDER POST 1940
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

MEETS EVERY SECOND THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH
AT VETERANS’ CLUB

970 HOUGH DRIVE PITTSBURGH 36, PA.
OLYMPIA 5- 9918

Commander - VINCENT E. KOZEL, JR.
Quartermaster - ROBERT WELSCH
Adjutant - PAUL P. GUZA

June 24, 1958

Miss Frances Ward
230 Park Ave. New York, New York

Dear Miss Ward:

We would like to call your attention to a member of Post 1940, who
participated in the D-Day landing in Normandy on June 6, 1944. His name
and information concerning his activities on that day are as follows:

Corporal Woodrow Welsch, 13058328, served in Company A, 1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division. He landed on H-hour,
June 6, 1944 in Boat Section No.7. The Company Commander at the time,
Taylor W. Fellers, was lost on the beach. The part of the beach where
they landed was called Easy Red. The company was overstrength---ex-
pecting heavy casualties, which it did. Out of the 226, who started out on
the morning of that day, 42 were only left at nightfall. All of the
officers and most of the non-commissioned officers were lost in the
initial engagement.

If you are interested in the present address of Corp. Welsch, it is liste
below.

Mr. Woodrow Welsch
918 Lebanon Ave.
Pittsburgh 34, Penna.

*Very important this
is part of the Bedford
story. I've
written
him.

We hope that Mr. Welsch can help you in your endeavors and if for any
reason you may need our assistance in this matter, please feel free to
write or call.

Yours sincerely,
Paul P. Guza
Adjutant
Vincent E. Kozel Jr.
Commander

*Thank you
to them-
"Dear Messrs, Guza and Kozel,

"Where Good Fellows Meet"