Always think of my dad on D-Day. Found this board and joined today when a Google search showed a thread on here on his outfit, the 980th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Long Toms). A couple of days before D-Day he was an ambulance driver and clerk when they handed him a first aid booklet and said “Snyder, you’re now a combat medic”. He never did think he was really qualified but none of these guys really got any training. He did get a Bronze Star for Valor for evacuating guys under fire so I know he did his job. The combat training came in handy years later when he pulled into an Iowa farmyard (he delivered D-X fuel) just after a guy had gotten seriously mangled in a corn auger. The ambulance crew that got there later said my dad probably saved the guys life. I have bunch of photos to scan and share on the 980[SUP]th[/SUP] and also a batch of “liberated” German photos. Not sure where they came from, probably somewhere in France, Belgium or Germany. I posted a couple of things in a 980[SUP]th[/SUP] thread in the research forum and am wondering if that is the best place for 980[SUP]th[/SUP] related pictures. Also where would one post the German photos when I get them scanned? Thanks Picture below is Cpl. Marvin L. Snyder, father of ISUnorth. View attachment 16691
Welcome to the forum. I think a new thread with your pictures would be best. The original thread seems to be dominated by letters and diary entries from the same person. Your own thread would open new possibilites for research. The German photos (if they relate to the 980th) can go in the same place. If not, start a thread for those photos. I, among others, would be interested in anything you have to share.
Thanks, I probably have enough to start a new thread on the 980th. Have pictures of the COL and LTC and desert training in California in 1943. I have a BIG picture of the entire battalion that I will have to take somewhere to get scanned. It's 16x20. Photo was taken from a top a platform with the officers in front and the enlisted guys in the formation of a bear (the cooks in white where the eyes). It's really cool, rough point and shoot copy is below. I am pretty enthused about sharing some of this stuff. View attachment 16692
