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Thirteen Troopers Comprise Old Guard In D Company
D COMPANY —Thirteen
men comprise the old guard of D Company . . . These alone remain
of the original personnel which made up the unit upon activation at
Camp Blanding 20 October 1942 . . . Ready to make the last round even
tougher than the curtain raiser at Normandy are Lieutenant Leyle O.
McReynolds, Lieutenant Harry C. Bailey, Sergeant Thomas McBlane, Tech
5 Frederick Carden, Private Will Johnson, Staff Sergeant Carroll Calvert,
Staff Sergeant Charles Bray, Corporal Lloyd Isaacs, Private First Class
Henry Atkinson, Private First Class Dick, Santos, Tech-4 Clun Keys,
Sergeant Ed Roseberry, and Private First Class Gene Evans
(excerpt from Devils Digest) |
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 Schumann
Theatre opposite the train station in Frankfurt am Main as it was
known to the G.I.'s is actually the "Albert Schumann Theatre".
Built in art nouveau style, it has a monumental front built from white
sandstone decorated by two towers flanked with numerous statues
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Gordon Johnson and O.B. Hill
proudly show off their Honor Guard attire.
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection)
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Harold R Blair and Harry J. Street
both of Co C, were on Honor Guard duty too
 Red
Devil Boxing Team
Kneeling, left to right: Pfc Frank Laquinto, E. Company;
Pvt. Frank Bottoroff, Hq. Co., 1st Bn.; Coach Lt. David Tracey, Hq.
Co., 2nd Bn.; Pvt. Ralph Albano, Regt. Hq. Co. Standing, left to right:
Pfc Jacob West, E Company; Tech 5 Kenneth Darling. Regt. Hq. Co.; Pfc
Lee Romero, E Company; Pfc Fred Nitschke, Regt. Hq. Co.; Pfc John Dunn,
E Company; Cpl. Anthony Wareing, Hq. Co., 2nd Bn.; Pfc Vernon Tharaldson,
Hq. Co., 1st Bn.; Pvt. Antonio Pacheco, E Company and Cpl. Carl Steerup,
Service Co. (508 Regt. photo)
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Harold R Blair and Harry J. Street 508ers are decked out
for the guard detail
 NCO
Club Renamed as Brogan Hall
Lt. Col. Shields Warren, C.O. Hq 1st watches Lt. Col. Louis Mendez,
C.O. Hq 3rd, present a plaque to MSgt Bill Mann commemorating SSgt Harold
J. Brogan. Brogan, a member of B Company, was KIA on 4 Jul 1944
in Normandy. The ceremony is believed to have taken place in Heddernheim
during the observance of the Regiment's Third Anniversary. Identity
of the other men in this photo is unknown.
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 The
Cliquesman
was apparently an insider newsletter published by the Riggers
and, one presumes, you had to be a member of "The Clique" to get a copy.
This one was in the collection of John Gieb, whose name was misspelled s
"Geib" on his photo. |
