2nd Platoon, Co. D, 508th PIR on Tennessee maneuvers Lt. J. Tutweiler Francisco Garza (KIA, D-Day) A. N.. Guzman L. L. Mays J. H. Beckam F. P.Talley C. E. Erwin Flasick, | Francis M. Jirinic (KIA, June 13, '44)
(Photo courtesy of Cathy Greathouse) |
More Company D?
This photo seems to have been taken at the same time and place as that
on the left. None of the men are identified but are likely to have
been in Garza's platoon.(Photo courtesy of Cathy
Greathouse) |
Tiny Tiger
What may have been the smallest man in Co D is flanked by two of his
comrades emphasizing his height.
Note the stack of parachutes in the right rear of the photo.
None of these men are identified.(Photo courtesy of
Cathy Greathouse) |
IN TENNESSEE
Pfc. Carl B. Shearin. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Shearin, 205 S. Church street, has
just been transferred to Nashville, Tenn. in the 508th parachute infantry. Shearin. recently home on a 10-day furlough, had been stationed at Camp MacKall. His wife accompanied him to Tennessee.
[Rocky Mount Telegram (Rocky Mount, NC, 13 Sep 1943, Mon, Page 2] |
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