ARMY OF OCCUPATION
FRANKFURT A.M., GERMANY
NOVEMBER 22 1945

ROYAL R. TAYLOR
Major, Parachute Infantry
Commanding

ROAST TURKEY
COLD BOILED HAM AND CHEESE
GIBLET GRAVY
CRANBERRY SAUCE
SAGE DRESSING
MASHED SWEET POTATOES
ASPARAGUS TIPS
STUFFED CELERY STICKS
CARROT STRIPS
WHITE CAKE
PUMPKIN PIE
PINEAPPLE ICE CREAM
HOT ROLLS AND BUTTER
JAM OR JELLY
MIXED NUTS
HARD CANDY
FRESH FRUIT
ASSORTED DRIED FRUITS
COFFEE

[menu courtesy of Bill Knapp]

   I wish to express my thanks that we may all be here on this Thanksgiving Day and my appreciation to all the men of this Battalion for the fine work that you are now doing.

ROYAL R. TAYLOR
Major, Infantry
Command, 2nd Bn.

   Normally Thanksgiving Day is a rare occasion by virtue of the fact that it comes only once in a year.  But this year it comes at a special and opportune time in the aftermath of a miserable war, a vicious war that taught us that it is only a previlege [sic] and not a right to be here today to give thanks for he little things that count so much.  God bless you and yours.

LOUIS G. MENDEZ, JR.
Lt. Colonel, Infantry
commanding, 508th Prcht. Inf.

SECOND BATTALION 508th PARACHUTE INFANTRY
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY
Army of Occupation
November 22, 1945