I am very happy to have identifed a soldier in a picture on this web site titled "a Half Track Named Patricia". The young man is sitting on the ground, very far left, leaning against the wheel of the vehicle...is my father, Pete Valdez of Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was wounded in battle on January 14, 1945. He received the Purple Heart and he passed away in September of 2001 at the age of 79.His second daughter was born in 1946 and he named her Patricia!

Thank you for allowing me to share this with you!

Sincerely,
Gerrie Peterson