Men On 508th's Final Jump
MSgt. James B. Smylie (front, left) wrote on the back of his copy of
this photo,
"Me and a few of my boys after our last jump July, 1945 in
Frankfurt. Behind us is part of the large crowd who came from many places to
watch
the show. Most of us landed within 20 or 30 yards of where the
picture was snapped."
(courtesy Liz Farrell and Janet Smylie Hart)
 "Head and Davis Inside The Plane"
first names are not known
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection) |
 Lucky
G.I.
unidentified Private makes a presentation to Miss Henie |
Sonja Henie
poses with unidentified troopers |
 "My Section
under the wing of a C-47 prior to the Sonja Henie exhibition jump." None of the men are identified.
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection) |
 Previous To Filing into The 'Firetraps'
was the inscription on this photo. None of the men are identified.
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection) |
"Rolling Bundles Before The Tragedy Jump"
was written on this photo of riggers at work. Source unknown
Ill-fated Jump
in Reims on July 13,1945
killed a number of parachutists
(courtesy Liz Farrell) |
Saddling Up
Worster "Pappy" Morgan and Jody Landers strap on chutes for the jump in
Reims, France
(courtesy Ellen
Peters) |
Stedman's Stick
[Standing l-r]: Sgt Worster M. Morgan, Thomas H. Plemon, Robert W.
"Pete" Peterson, James Rankin, (either Mark Bradley or Mayo Heath), Fred Robbins, Alfred J. Vaughn,
James E. Kulmer,
[Kneeling, l-r] Werner T. "Tom" Angress, John G. McCall
[Sitting, l-r] Clifford J. Campbell, Joel R. "Jody" Lander, Richard E. Stedman,
Howard A. Greenawalt
All except Vaughn survived the jump.
Jody Lander recalled that "Angress and
another man were interpreters attached to us for the Normandy and
Holland jumps ... One of them [possibly Angress] was captured on
the Normandy jump. We got him back when Cherbourg was liberated."
(Photos courtesy Zig Boroughs, The Devils Tale, Pg 293. Note that some
spelling errors have been corrected) |
