Field Postcard – Dordrecht, Traffic Bridge over the Oude Maas – 31 August 1939
“To Mr.
Jac. Landman
In Fourages
Houtigehage (Fr)
Sender: L. Visser 1st Depot Company, Pontonniers (Army Maritime Engineers) Field Post”
(Louw Visser was born on 8 July 1907 in Kollemersland. His parents were Botte Visser and Sipkje Wiersma. On 1 September 1927, Louw, as a regular conscript of the 1927 draft from Tietjerksteradeel, was assigned to the Navy as a naval militiaman. On 1 December 1935, he was transferred to the Korps Pontonniers and Torpedistsen (Army Maritime Engineers). On 29 August 1939, he returned from extended leave due to the General Mobilisation, and after May 1940 he went back on extended leave on 25 May 1940.
