By the way, Joyce, we have a Facebook Group for the 45th: Thunderbirds, the 45th Infantry Division Dave.
According to General Orders 6, HQ, 179th Infantry Regiment, dated 16 May 1944, PVT James N. Wright, ASN 20825559, was awarded the Combat...
Joyce, I ran your dad's serial number in the Army Enlistment Records database: NARA - AAD - Fielded Search - Electronic Army Serial Number...
Here is the 3 January 1944 roster for those who participated in the Italian Campaign from 10 Sept. 1943 thru 3 January 1944. PVT Wright, Service...
Joyce, According to the 29 June 1945 roster of the 45th Infantry Division, Jame N. Wright, ASN 20825559, belonged to Service Company of the...
I was lucky to win two of the Scharnhorst photos that sold on eBay on 22 October 2018. These are from the estate of veteran Günther Klauss. I...
Well done, Otto! Dave
A curious photo. Apparently Germany. Water trials of the tanks, perhaps? Scanned at 1200 dpi and resized to 1200 width to post here. [ATTACH]...
Thanks for the insight, guys. Dave
Here is a photo I won on eBay. Airborne troops at Werl Airfield, May 1940. Resized to 1000 dpi to post here. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Dave
I won this photo on eBay. The seller said it is Panzerjägers w/ PAK 36 3.7cm Gun on the Atlantic Coast of France. It is clearly a staged shot....
Possibly north coast of Sicily, from negative. From eBay. Taken by the same German soldat as the Messina bombardment image. Resized to 1200 dpi...
A rare photo of the bombardment of Messina, July or August 1943, from negative. Photo taken by a German soldat. From eBay. Credit Google for...
I thought this was a pretty cool photo, so I resized it to post here: 1935 AMC SOMUA S 35 It belonged to "to the 18th Dragoon Regiment, 4th...
The second photo is Cannitello in Calabria, which I found tonight in Google Maps.. The building on the right is the church of Maria di Porto...
Shocked to see the Medical Diary of a German doctor who treated Erwin Rommel offered for sale yesterday, 17 September, I then discovered Rommel...
Thanks to Forum-marinearchiv.de, I believe the two boats are Pionierlandungsboot Type 40, PiLb 40. Dave
After a couple hours' search, I was able to identify the location of the first photo: Bagnara Calabra, Calabria, mainland, Italy. Google Maps...
I confess I am baffled that you infer the two Americans are Rangers and not ordinary infantrymen of Seventh Army (Sicily) or Fifth Army (Salerno...
You are mistaken. The 29th Panzer Grenadiers were not in North Africa. This photo is either Sicily or mainland Italy. Dave
