"Beddo"
is the only inscription on this photo.  The proper name may be Charles Beddow. (Hq 1st)

"Pvt Wormy, Sir"
was the unexplained nickname given to Henry Luhrman of Worcester, MA

[l-r] Bob Shields, HQ 1st and brother George Shields, HQ 2nd, 501st PIR, 101st ABN Div., 1943 (courtesy of O.B, Hill collection)

James J. McMahon
of Bronx, NY "takes five" outside the barracks
(courtesy of O.B, Hill collection)

[front] McCain, Stanley Cleaver, John Downes, Henning Olson, Thomas McClafferty
[rear] Henry Gavazza] and 3 unidentified men take a break in Camp Mackall.
(courtesy of Tom Porcella)

Misguided Infantry Men
seem to think they are in a cavalry unit. Labeled by John McCall as "[l-r] Smith and John", Smith may be Pfc Richard W. Smith, also of E Co.
(courtesy of Mary Ann McCall)

Charles W. Berryhill
is suited up for a practice jump. According to the inscription he was known s "The Rebel"
(courtesy of O.B. Hill collection)

Taking A Break
from some arduous tactical training during World War II are members of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. This photo was probably taken at Camp Mackall, North Carolina sometime in 1943. In the front row from the left are W. Parrish (Virginia), Dominick G. Yanchunas (Pennsylvania), Robert F. Kiley (Massachusetts), and Edsel Malone (Arkansas), in the back row from the left are Clarence V. Lewis (Ohio), Eugene C. (Andy) Bartlett (Illinois), and John B. Vogel (Michigan). All seven paratroopers jumped into Normandy, France June 6, 1944 (D-Day) with the 82nd Airborne Division. Private Malone was killed in action June 7, 1944. Corporal Kiley was captured in Normandy June 6, 1944 after a furious battle with the Germans in which he was wounded and lost an eye. Corporal Kiley was repatriated after 11 months imprisonment and died June 12, 1946. He is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Corporal Yanchunas was captured June 6, 1944 and repatriated in July 1945.  He died in 1982.
(photo and details courtesy Irving Shanley, HQ 2)

Dwayne T. Burns
prior to a training jump.  The pose is reminiscent of one of his pencil drawings and the photo may have served as a model

Pvt Curtis L. Johnson
with a placid, or perhaps praying, pre-jump pose

Looking Fierce
Pvt Hugh Drake (Co E) wields a knife for the camera.

[l-r] Pvts Robert W. Speers and Stanley A. Nordwall
smile for the camera while at Camp Mackall, 1943
(courtesy Irv Shanley)

While still encamped at Camp Mackall, the regiment acknowledged it's first year of operations with the publication of it's "Organization Day" booklet

All Smiles
[l-r] Robert Brand, Aldo Bettelli and Robert Morris, all of HQ 2nd.  Brand was KIA in Normandy on D Plus One.
(courtesy of Irv Shanley)

Chow Call
date and location unknown but the uniform and equipment look too neat for the photo to have been taken in combat.
  The man is unidentified.
(courtesy of Rex Combs collection)