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 Serious
Chat
unidentified 508ers talk with a local man |
 Fun
Chat
a 508er interacts with two school children |
Recon Patrol
a squad moves through a village |
 July
3, 1944: Men of the 1st Battalion, 508th PIR investigate the
hamlet of Auvrairie located in the town of Varenguebec (near Le
Haye du Puits)
[courtesy of Ingrid Goossens] |
|
 "Where The Hell Is My Helmet?"
Lt. Rex Combs wrote on the back of this photo taken in
Focarville, France, He lost his helmet with Lt's bar the
first day in Focarville and appears here without it.
Second man is unidentified as are the two bodies they are
inspecting. |
 "Yes,
There Was Plenty of Mud"
wrote Bill Blithe. Also, "[l-r] Me, Welch, Velanss, Notoli
The Velanss name is unknown to us but William M. Welch and Richard
R. Natoli [note spelling difference] as well as William L Blithe
were all in Hq Hq |
