MISCELLANEOUS 508TH PHOTOS (3 of 5) |
On Break
508ers stretch in summer sunshine while awaiting the call to mount up
in these three "deuce and a half's" (2 1/2 ton trucks). Specific location
unknown.
(photo courtesy Larry Evans) |
[l-r] Harry Evans
and unidentified friend stand in front of pyramid tents that gave Wollaton's
"Tent City" it's name. |
Hq
1st Leg Show
[l-r] Garfield Wilkinson, Art Jacoby, unknown, Mary Teahan and
unknown seem to be displaying their legs. Note one man is barefoot
but has his trench knife anyway. (courtesy
Rex Combs collection) |
All Smiles
back: [l-r] Lts William Gyami, Fred Layman, Robert
Havens;
front: Lts George Lamm, John Foley, Hank Lefebvre.
All were in Co A. Gyami and Layman both joined the company on 24
July 44 after transferring from 82nd A/B Div, Leicester, England.
(courtesy Rex Combs
collection)
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Preparing For Inspection
seems to describe the activity here as one 508er arranges items,
including a machine gun, in front of his "Pup Tent" while other men can be
seen to the left and rear.
Pup Tents were actually two shelter halves and each man carried one of the
halves. They were designed in such a way that any two halves could
be joined to fashion this small shelter that would be used in the field. |
[l-r]
T/4 Gilbert Cottrell, T/4 Elek Hartman, Pfc Jesse Womble, Pfc Robert Crouch
Crouch was KIA in Normandy on 14 June 1944 while Womble
was killed in Belgium on 11 Jan 1945.
(courtesy Carl Smith collection) |
Lacking
Dress Code
Hq Hq group couldn't agree on what to wear;
[l-r, rear] Fred Robbins, Jody Lander, Robert Ellis
[front] James Cureton, Marney Tillery, Mayo Heath, Dick Stedman,
Fernando Rodriquez, Worster Morgan
[courtesy of Jody Lander] |
T/4
Elek Hartman
(Co B) was wounded in Holland and Belgium
(courtesy Carl Smith collection) |
Pvt
James D. Rankin
(Hq Hq) was an S-2 (Intelligence) man |
Lt
Carl Smith
lives up to the "shiny boots" reputation as he poses just prior to
D-Day jump.
(courtesy Carl Smith collection) |
Power
Tower
Tom Porcella (bottom left) helps shore up a pyramid. Others
are unidentified. |
Pvt
Jafet Alfonso
(Co B) a Cuban native, was awarded the Bronze Star medal. MIA
in Holland he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing in Margraten.
(courtesy Carl Smith collection) |
[l-r]
John M. Welch and Elmer T. Bryant
both of Co B, fared diverse D-Day outcomes.
Bryant was KIA while Welsh was taken prisoner.
[courtesy Carl Smith collection) |
Company
E Guys
Pvts Jackson M. Floyd, Joseph L. Lobos and Edward C.
Jablonski outside their pyramid tent.
All three survived the war. |
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