Also found my dad's list of location by date. Not as detailed as those posted above but have some notations like Free French hanging a mayor. Not...
Ran across this image of the 980th landing at Utah Beach on June 12th. Only had the thumbnail before and this is full size.[ATTACH]
Reminder: I have the 980th unit history and the shorter summary both in pdf I can email anyone who wants one. Just shoot me a pm here.
I researched what I could on this in 2018 when I visited the museum ship LST 325. Great luck that very ship landed portions of the 980th FAB. So...
Here's a picture of Col. Cole during desert training in California 1943. Think I've posted this before in a 980th FAB thread but seems to fit...
Been lagging on my scanning to this board but it's Veteran's Day so sharing this one I scanned for Facebook today. It's my dad at Nordhausen,...
Civilian gal. Caption on back of photo says "Barbara Loescher" (last name is hard to make out) with location as "Raeren, Germany". Raeren is in...
Some civilians mingling with GI's at bivouac area. Location unknown. Assumed 480th. [ATTACH] Liberated street scene. Either France of...
More GI's and kids. Pretty sure this is also 980th. Location unknown, not sure if France, Belgium or Germany. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Small civilian child with my dad. Not sure where but I think it is after the war in Germany. No one left to ask but i think the story was she...
Another Misc bivouacked image. [ATTACH] Not sure where this is or what is going on here but it looks like this calf is going to be supper. [ATTACH]
Washed out photo of bombed rail yard. American ambulance in the background. [ATTACH]
Vehicles at what looks like a checkpoint, see road crossing arms at right. Not sure what is in front of the American half-track on the left....
Bombed out town and mud: Probably same area as muddy intersection photos. [ATTACH]
Couple of misc photos of weapons carrier in muddy intersection with bombed out city in background. Location unknown.
Photos I have left to scan and post: 1. V-2 rockets and images from the rocket factory at Nordhausen. Cool stuff with the guys posing in front...
Scott, 1. Not sure where all of my dad's photos came from. I expect some of these were shared and maybe some were taken with German camera's my...
Another scan from my mothers old album. Soldier from the 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division. Likely from Strawberry Point, Iowa or norheast...
Same fellow, I think. [ATTACH]
Scanned this from an old photo album of my mothers. B-29 crew member. Probably from Strawberry Point, Iowa where my mother is from or at least...
