| HQ COMPANY,
1st BATTALION - CAMP MACKALL, 1943 (or other location as noted) |
 Pvt
Lawrence "Larry" E. Palmer
(Biography) |
 "Standing
In The Door"
Larry Palmer in painting by Sid Eels |
 Lawrence
E. Palmer, (l) and Jesse (Bud) Evans, B Co. happily
pose in a post-war setting.
Jesse is especially happy as he had been captured twice by the Germans but escaped both times. |
 Larry
Palmer, in fatigues,
managed a winning First Battalion
baseball team. In Germany, he planned and developed the playing
field, acquired (scrounged) the equipment, recruited the players and
coached the team. |
 Pvt John Pavlich |
 Pvt
Marion Lavern
Pence
in an undated photo. Based
on shoulder patch it was probably shot in the UK in 1943.
Marion was wounded on D-Day and died eight days later in an army
hospital in Blosville
(Courtesy Pence family)( |
 Pvt
Frank J. Pesce
enlisted on Nov 30 1942 and was assigned to the Army Air Corp as
a B-24 tail gunner. He did not like that job and transferred to the
paratroops sometime in 1943.
Frank was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his actions in combat. |
 Pfc
Frank J. Pesce
Frankfurt, Germany, 1945 |
 SSgt
Christopher Petty
(center), others identified only as "Ski"
(left) and Ray, all members of 1/508, ca. 1989 |
 Pvt Oscar Fred Prasse |
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