� War is a part of our lives whether it is something we learned in history class, have lived through ourselves or have lived with it because our father, brothers or relations,� lived during a war and took an active part in it as a soldier.

� War is not about special battles or certain dates, it is about people - the people who lived with it every day whether in an occupied country, or as a soldier in the midst of battle - for it changed that person forever because of what they saw and were forced to do to simply survive. Those survivors live through the war every single day of their lives whether it is in a way hidden to the outside world - such as in their dreams at night, an event that triggers a memory, photographs from that time, watching a movie on television - or blatantly obvious in physical wounds and scars. War scars a person forever.

� To truly learn about war and history we need not to memorize dates and battles but to learn about the people who lived through it for it is only then can we see and understand war for what it truly is --- a horrible life changing experience -- and that is what this site is about.

��� For me it was and is a very important part of my life. My Father, Brother's and Friends have served in in the wars from WWll to The Gulf War. As you follow the links you will learn about what it was like to be part of the war, to experience it as� my Father and Brothers their selves� experienced it - as soldiers who lived the war.

�Thank you Father, David and Robert, Daryl Woodrum and David Brockman,� for what you did. I'm proud of you.

�� � From Benning to Berlin, Korea, Vietnam and from Texas to Iraq the U.S. Army 2nd Armored "Hell On Wheels" Division helped to protect and defend our great country in times of war and peace. This web site is dedicated to all who served under the division colors from when they were uncased at Ft. Benning on 15 July 1940 until they were cased at Ft. Hood on 15 December 1996. Co. "A" 82nd Reconnaissance Battalion, from the "Benning to Berlin" era helped to create, assisted in gathering information, and placed photographic materials on this and Howard Swonger's site.

��� Please view The Official "Hell On Wheel's" site at: http://www.2ndarmorehellonwheels.com

NEW! Please view my site dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Challenger Disaster, Peacetime Hero's

Note! Many more important links have been added to the Links Page, info for Veterens and other sites, from WWll - The Gulf War. Also other page links not shown in the main page button links are shown here.