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- 299th Combat Engineers in Europe WWII - Click on image for a larger view and use back button to return to main photo album. If you happen to know the names of any of the men in the photos...contact the webmaster. |
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Taken prior to the D-Day landings...Probably at Weymouth. Identification is by the numbers on the photo.... #1 - Joe Scalzo , #2 - May be John Legtins, #3 - Jack Van Dusen #4 - John Alexander, #5 - Ray "Dusty" Miller, #6 - Not sure #7 - Robert "Bud" Bobsein, #8 - Bart Davis, #9 - Norbert Mancowitz #10 - Jim Black Photo provided by: Mike Accordino
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Taken somewhere in Belgium - "B" Company
Front Row (squatting down): Leon Tobin Second Row: ? Third Row: ? Forth Row: ? Photo provided by: Richard Tobin
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Taken D-Day - Omaha Beach 1944- LCVP PA 26-15 landing craft from USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) carrying troops of the 1st Battalion approaches Omaha Beach. The fire resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a hand grenade. Photo: 299th Open Source |
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June 23rd 1944 - Omaha Beach 23 June 1944 and states that "These improvised landing platforms extending into Omaha Beach channel will be used to receive vast quantities of material from landing craft for transfer to the continent."
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June 23rd 1944 - Omaha Beach Signal Corps stated that the quarry in the picture was taken over by American troops and provides rock for road building. Photo: 299th Open Source |
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July 1st 1944 - Omaha Beach A crane lifting food in Omaha Beach, France. The food will be transferred to a truck and delivered to soldiers on the front line and also to French civilians through the Civil Affairs authorities. Photo: 299th Open Source
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June 10th 1944 - Omaha Beach USS LST-502 at anchor Omaha Beach
Photo: 299th Open Source |
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June ? 1944 - Omaha Beach
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