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Split the
Difference
On a FB post
a person discovered that his Grandfather was
in the 502nd Parachute Regiment
(101st Airborne Division). He
found the information on the website
Paratrooper Research Team (PRT).
On the
Paratrooper
Research Team website they had George F.
Cruz in Company I in the 502nd.
Went to find the Morning Report and send it
ahead to the family.
It turns out
the
Paratrooper Research Team made a mistake.
PRT had George F. Cruz in Company I. That
isn’t correct as George F. Cruz was in
Headquarters Company 3rd
Battalion 502nd.
George F. Cruz ASN 38070915 was wounded
on 6 June and never came back to the 502nd
due to the severity of his wounds.
George Cruz NMI (No Middle Initial) ASN
38203877 was in Company I 502nd
and was wounded 10 June 1944. This Cruz
came back at the end of August 1944 and was
wounded again 9 January 1945. He came back
to Company I March of 1945.
I can see
where a mistake like this can happen. You
have two George Cruz’s both from Texas and
both in the third battalion of the 502nd
Parachute Regiment. The difference is one
has a middle name and one didn’t.
They have him
nicknamed “Big Cruz”. I can see why, the
only mistake is they have him in Company I
not Headquarters Company 3rd
Battalion. You can also look at the size
difference for the two soldiers as well;
ASN
Name Height
Weight
38203877
CRUZ GEORGE 67 131
38070915
CRUZ GEORGE F 69 145
As always
there is documentation to show the
differences between the two soldiers who
both were wounded in Normandy, France.
Brian Siddall
June 8, 2025
(The
title of this article name was because
George F. was wounded on the 6th
and George NMI was wounded on the 10th
and today is the 8th
after all)
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