Old Man from the Repple Depple: The story of an infantry replacement soldier in Europe in World War II.

This is the story of PFC Raymond Oblinger, an American replacement soldier in the U.S. Army in WWII. Part One takes the reader through the vigorous infantry training in the US, across the Atlantic and into the well-organized replacement system and ultimately into a cold, damp foxhole in France where Ray experienced his baptism of fire in the form of incoming enemy mortar fire.

Part Two covers Ray’s next 5 months in combat with the US 26th Infantry Division in the campaigns of Lorraine in no...