From:   tkrobbins1 [tomRobbins@comcast.net]
Sent:   Saturday, October 29, 2005 9:00 PM

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Sara is going to post a photograph of my father Albert M. Robbins that
was taken during World War II.  She asked me to provide a brief history of
his service.

My dad's military career is very interesting and the subject of another
project I'm working on.  He started his career in the 102nd Calvary in
Newark, New Jersey riding horses as a weekend warrior.

When the war started, he was assigned to the invasion of North Africa
providing headquarters security for the general command.  He worked for
General Mark Clark in Italy, and was literally the first one in Rome. He
participated in the invasion of Southern France, and was at the Battle
of the Bulge.  He finished the war in Austria chasing the last of the SS.
He received a battlefield promotion to 2nd Lt, and received the Bronze Star.

Once the war ended, his jeep hit a land mine and blew up underneath him.
He broke his back and came home in a hospital ship. (He couldn't ride horses
after that.)

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