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TAKING A BREAK IN BEMMEL
Pack Goat
Sgt Thomas M. Dobbs (Co A) shows some ingenuity in Bemmel as he trains a goat to haul his gear.

(courtesy Rex Combs collection)
Sgt Robert L. Richards
[takes a break while standing on a British tank near Bemmel, Holland.
(courtesy of Rex Combs collection)
Comfy Home Site
SSgt George Clements, III smiles outside his tent-protected foxhole near Bemmel.  The ground in front is muddy but the canvas cover kept rain out of the hole. This is one home site where running water is not welcome!
   Note a similar site to the rear of of this one.

(courtesy Rex Combs collection)

Bemmel Break
[l-r]

Jack M. Bailey, James R Blue, Sherman VanEnwyck, Edward Czekaj, Homer Law, John L. Guaschino, Oscar Gomez and Michael Bednaz
Bemmel, Holland Oct. 1944
[NOTE: Photo inscription had only surnames, all first names added by Jumpmaster and subject to error] 
(courtesy Rex Combs collection)

Bemmel Church
though littered with fallen debris somehow has most pews intact and the huge stained glass windows over the altar seem largely unbroken.

(courtesy Rex Combs collection)

 


 

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