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508th IN FRANKFURT
Top Kick Goes Top Hat perhaps readying for his wedding in the near future?
   When the regiment was stationed in Camp Mackall in 1943, 1st Sgt Kenneth M. Schroeder fell in love with a beautiful young girl named Dee Dee, who lived in nearby Pinehurst, NC.  He told his buddies that he was going to marry her after the war and he was true to his word. 
   Ken and Dee Dee were married in 1946 and they had two children.  Ken became a golf enthusiast and was the Starter at the famous Pinehurst Golf Course for many years.  He passed away in 1998.

Topping Schroeder
Joe Boone (l) and "Woody" Wodowski (both Company A) get a bit stylish themselves

Marion Whiting
(facing camera) and unknown trooper outside the Heddernheim apartments

Carl Porter (Svc Co)
stands outside his Frankfurt accommodations
(courtesy Heimer Swanson)

Bruce Howard
seems to lunge into the cameraman's shadow.
(courtesy O.B. Hill collection)


Frankfurt, July 7, 1945
was all that O.B. (2nd from right) wrote on this shot.
(L to R) Harry N. Metcalf, Gordon Johnson, William Good, O.B. Hill and  George Luperchio.
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection)

T/5 Norman Deere
in dress uniform with post-war decorations


Same Platoon?
stands information
(courtesy O.B. Hill collection)


John L. Sivetz
at Oberusel (north west of Frankfurt am Main), 28 Sept 1945 with a canine friend. Although John was an enlisted man during the war, he was commissioned, perhaps as late as 1945. Note his officer's cap with a Lieutenant's bar.
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection)

"Standing In The Window"
for a bit of horseplay is Pfc [first name not stated] Campbell while Pfc Gene Paladin stands guard below.
(courtesy O.B. Hill collection)


June 1945
guard formation. Company not identified


Bob Shields
and his platoon stand for roll call  outside the Heddernheim apartments
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection)

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