: S/Sgt Philip Abrahamson attended high school for 4 years and was a graduate of North High school and was employed in Brandeis store in the men's department before he joined the National Guard in Council Bluffs, Iowa on 13 January 1941. He had been overseas with a tank destroyer unit since February 1944.
Sgt. Abrahamson was a communication chief with the 125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Headquarters & Service Group when he was Killed in Action near Isenbruch, Germany.
CWO Gordon Parks received an order to send a party into Isenbruch to look for enemy activity. S/Sgt Abrahamson ans three others were assigned the duty. The party saw no German troops or other activity but the order was given to go down an particular road. Abrahamson told Parks that they heard that the road was mined but Parks said he had orders to have somebody go down that road and see if there was any enemy activity. So those four soldiers went down the road in their armored car and hit a land mine. It exploded directly under Sgt Abrahamson and killed him.
On of the men that survived this incident, Louis Nicastro, did not know the full story until he asked Parks about it at a cavalry reunion, some 45 years later. Parks added that Abrahamson had told him, "Gordon, I don't think I'm going to be going home."
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Sgt. Abrahamson was a communication chief with the 125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Headquarters & Service Group when he was Killed in Action near Isenbruch, Germany.
CWO Gordon Parks received an order to send a party into Isenbruch to look for enemy activity. S/Sgt Abrahamson ans three others were assigned the duty. The party saw no German troops or other activity but the order was given to go down an particular road. Abrahamson told Parks that they heard that the road was mined but Parks said he had orders to have somebody go down that road and see if there was any enemy activity. So those four soldiers went down the road in their armored car and hit a land mine. It exploded directly under Sgt Abrahamson and killed him.
On of the men that survived this incident, Louis Nicastro, did not know the full story until he asked Parks about it at a cavalry reunion, some 45 years later. Parks added that Abrahamson had told him, "Gordon, I don't think I'm going to be going home."
Contributor: ET (47514618) • [email protected]
© 2021 Find a Grave®, All rights reserved.
: S/Sgt Philip Abrahamson attended high school for 4 years and was a graduate of North High school and was employed in Brandeis store in the men's department before he joined the National Guard in Council Bluffs, Iowa on 13 January 1941. He had been overseas with a tank destroyer unit since February 1944.
Sgt. Abrahamson was a communication chief with the 125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Headquarters & Service Group when he was Killed in Action near Isenbruch, Germany.
CWO Gordon Parks received an order to send a party into Isenbruch to look for enemy activity. S/Sgt Abrahamson ans three others were assigned the duty. The party saw no German troops or other activity but the order was given to go down an particular road. Abrahamson told Parks that they heard that the road was mined but Parks said he had orders to have somebody go down that road and see if there was any enemy activity. So those four soldiers went down the road in their armored car and hit a land mine. It exploded directly under Sgt Abrahamson and killed him.
On of the men that survived this incident, Louis Nicastro, did not know the full story until he asked Parks about it at a cavalry reunion, some 45 years later. Parks added that Abrahamson had told him, "Gordon, I don't think I'm going to be going home."
Contributor: ET (47514618) • [email protected]
© 2021 Find a Grave®, All rights reserved.
Sgt. Abrahamson was a communication chief with the 125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Headquarters & Service Group when he was Killed in Action near Isenbruch, Germany.
CWO Gordon Parks received an order to send a party into Isenbruch to look for enemy activity. S/Sgt Abrahamson ans three others were assigned the duty. The party saw no German troops or other activity but the order was given to go down an particular road. Abrahamson told Parks that they heard that the road was mined but Parks said he had orders to have somebody go down that road and see if there was any enemy activity. So those four soldiers went down the road in their armored car and hit a land mine. It exploded directly under Sgt Abrahamson and killed him.
On of the men that survived this incident, Louis Nicastro, did not know the full story until he asked Parks about it at a cavalry reunion, some 45 years later. Parks added that Abrahamson had told him, "Gordon, I don't think I'm going to be going home."
Contributor: ET (47514618) • [email protected]
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