Scrapbook 2
Seymour Nussenbaum: My Life in the Army 10
Scrapbook 2: December 1944 - September 1946
"On November 4, at 10:40 A.M. I received my discharge papers, and was no longer a member of the United States Army!"
– Seymour Nussenbaum: My Life in the Army scrapbook
I was attached temporarily to a Casual outfit of the 28th Division. The next day I was assigned to the 103rd Engineer Combat Bn., also of the 28th Division."
"On November 4, at 10:40 A.M. I received my discharge papers, and was no longer a member of the United States Army!"
"When I was finally discharged I waited about an hour for Harold Risberg, a fellow who had been in the 603 and with whom I was to travel home. We headed for Hattiesburg after buying Greyhound bus tickets at the Separation Center."
Nussenbaum's route home from Hattiesburg, Mississippi to New York City. "After a little less than two days of riding, I finally got home. I arrived home, for good, on November 6, 1945, at 4:55 P.M."
In 1946, Harold Dahl sent a letter to the former members of the 603rd Engineers, promoting the idea of having a reunion dinner on June 18 in New York City.
Another reunion dinner was held September 27, 1946 in New York City.