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H COMPANY - CAMP MACKALL, 1943 (or other location as noted)
Sgt Edward J. Czepinski demonstrates the proper prone firing position of the gun. This photo and the one following may have been taken to be used in an instruction manual. Sgt Edward J. Czepinski Co. C, 174th Inf. Division instructs unidentified Private in the use of a light machine gun.  (Taken at Fort Dix, NJ on June 20, 1941) Sgt Edward J. Czepinski
(undated photo) was probably taken ca. 1941  He volunteered for paratrooper training and earned a slot in Officer Candidate School (OCS).
2/Lt Edward J. Czepinski
member of the Chalk 18 Pathfinder stick   KIA 12 Jul 1944, awarded the Bronze Star Medal

 

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