To whom it may concern,
I am a Belgian citizen and my mother was a little child during World War II. Her house was in Belgium in the village of Sainte-Marie Chevigny, near Libramont, about 20km from Bastogne. During the winter of 1944 some US Army people stayed at the house for a couple of days. One of those US military men was an officer with the surname of Roland and with the rank of Captain. I do not know what unit he was in but it could have been the 87th Infantry Division. My mother (71 years old today) always told us she was impressed and “in love” as a spoiled small child can be in front of a Captain who came into their village to save the people against the Germans The Captain Roland gave her a small picture of him.
It is late, very late but I decided to find this Captain or his family in order to exchange history and gratitude more than 65 years later after. Please contact me if you have any information about Captain Roland.
Best Regards
Bernard Dubois
Rue du Vicinal, 71
B-6700 Arlon Belgium
Telephone +32 63 235013