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508th BAND MEMBERS - CAMP MACKALL, 1943 (or other location as may be noted) |
 Pvt
Anthony A. Dellaposta
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 Pvt
Alfred A. Davis
post basic training
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 Pvt
Alfred A. Davis
perhaps at Camp Mackall, NC |
 T/4
Anthony A. Dellaposta
at the wishing well, Heddernheim, Germany |
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 Wilbert
M. Downer
As a senior in L'Indien HS yearbook, Indiana, PA, 1934 |
James J. Farney
with his father ca.1930 |
 Pfc
James J. Farney
(undated photo) was a band member from 1943-1945 |
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Edward Janson
Sky Infantryman
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Janson, Smock [PA], a member of the
Parachute Infantry, in combat training at Camp Mackall, NC.
Technician Janson has been in service since February 1942.
The 508th Parachute Regiment, made up of trained jumpers, recently
returned to camp from airborne maneuvers in the field. The
commanding general, impressed by its "excellent showing"
commended "the spirit and discipline shown at all times by the men,
in spite of inclement weather, fatigue, loss of sleep and hunger."
The 508th is commanded by Colonel Roy E. Lindquist, 38, West Point
Class of '30 and a pioneer parachutist.
[The Morning Herald (Uniontown,
Pennsylvania) · Tue, Aug 3, 1943 · Page 5] |
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 Willie
L. Reiners
holding his trombone
[undated photo] |
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