Thank you - I do have a number of pics of him at home that I took when we cleaned out his apartment. I also have a letter he wrote his sister when he was still stationed in the US which might have some unit info on it. I'll see what I can dig up and send it to you - or just post it on this thread. It's astounding the length of time that generation kept silent about everything it lived through...it's about time to get the stories out.
Livianne,
I and my wife, (vic3o3) are working on a similar project for my father's unit, (243rd signal operations company).
He also never talked about his time in WWII other than a couple of minor stories. I suggested to him a couple of times of recounting his experiences during WWII for Stephen Ambrose's oral history project at the Eisenhower Center. He never did and last Thanksgiving we lost him to a massive heart attack.
I am heading up to what will probably be the last reunion of his old unit this weekend. I'm hoping to get some information from the remaining survivors. What I'd love to do is be able to piece together something of a unit history. Mainly just for my sake but for anyone else who was interested also.
There are several different resources on the net if you have some basic information. My wife can post links...
Also if you can locate any surviving members of your grandfather's unit they may be able to help you piece the information togther also.
Semper Fi