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CAMP CROMORE (1 of 2) |
Once the 508th was encamped at
Cromore, they continued training for the next two months. On March 10th, the 508th returned to Belfast by rail where the unit loaded into vessels and crossed the Irish Sea to the Firth of Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Using the British rail system, the Regiment then headed southeast and arrived at Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England on March 13, 1944. |
 Portstewart Railway Station
is where the train from Belfast dropped off the 508th for their encampment at
Cromore Estates which is just down the road (off frame to rear of of grapher)
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of courtesy John McCann) |
 Cromore Estates
has a formal gated entrance that probably raised the eyebrows of many 508ers. Fancy gates or not, the men were soon put to work with exercises
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of courtesy John McCann) |
 Looking Back To Railway Station
from the
Cromore entrance, the railway station is the building on the right
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of courtesy John McCann) |
 Portstewart Promenade (as seen in December 2003). Some members of the 508th may have strolled the shore here.
(courtesy John McCann) |
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Training Chuckles
Capt Graham and Lt. Col Mendez in a lighter moment.
Man at extreme left is unidentified. |
No Names But They're Our Guys
10 508ers pose in and outside a Nissen hut in Cromore
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection) |
 "SHUE"
is the only identification that Barger put on this photo. The man was subsequently identified as "John T. Shue, a company clerk in Service Company, the same unit that Barger was in.
Francis Lamoureux, G Co, said the only place he remembers using a
Nissen Hut, the type of building shown here, was in Ireland.)
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about Nissen huts |
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 [l-r] Clarence Chrislip [Christiansen?] and Floyd
Mallison
outside a Cromore Nissen hut. Spelling of Clarence's surname is uncertain.
View back of photo to see
what you think the name is and write to
Jumpmaster.
courtesy
O.B. Hill collection) |
 Coming
At Ya!
Hq 2nd 81mm Mortar platoon members practice lobbing one in. Man in
center believed to be Bill Biagioni.
(courtesy Irv Shanley) |
In The Field
(quite literally) again the absence of weapons implies a training
exercise.
(courtesy Irv Shanley) |
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