Another really cool shot of Edmund. Sitting on the side of a plane, the photo taken from below. This photo was likely taken by his partner-in-crime Teddy Wiesenthal, pictured in the next photo posing with a huge pipe hanging out of his mouth.
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As Armand writes; "These pictures were taken shortly after the invasion of Africa 11-8-42". On 8 November 1942 the U.S. Navy put U.S. Army forces ashore near Casablanca, while the British Navy put other United States forces and contingents of British troops ashore near Oran and Algiers. The total invasion force comprised more than 400 ships, 1,000 planes, and some 107,000 men. Click here if you'd like to read more about the North African Campaign Armand was a part of. His "Arab Pal" (whose name was Habib) sitting next to him in the picture sent him a beautifully written letter after the war that I will post next week. Stay tuned! Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! This man looks like he is a Santomasso, but there is no information on the back and the photographs are just blurry enough that I can't seem to identify him. He seems to have a similar facial structure to Hugo, but I can't say for sure who it might be. Can someone help?
Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! Nice to know these guys had some time for a bit of fun!
Looks like Jail in El Centro is pretty sweet, wine bottle and gin & tonic included. This might have been that day off Edmund mentioned in his letter home, perhaps the reason why he never made it to get on the "program" in L.A. that Olga liked so much. Seems like it was time well spent, I think Jackie would agree... Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! Armand is a little harder to identify in this photo, he's standing off to the right side and his face is mostly hidden by his helmet. Today, Mourne Country Park in Northern Ireland is a peaceful retreat for nature lovers. Here's a chronology of the Army in Northern Ireland, if you are interested. It was here that Armand trained for invasion of North Africa.
Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! This is a single photo of Hugo, perhaps one he sent to Armand while they were both away training, or fighting. He's holding an M1 Garrand rifle .30 caliber - it was standard issue at the time (thanks Bob!) I bet Hugo dug his own foxhole with that shovel (see an example of a WW2 foxhole diagram below).
Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! Some wonderful shots of Edmund, his close friend Ted Wiesenthal, and his other buddy Sumner Levy. It's nice to see them having a good time on what was likely a day off while they were stationed at Boca Chica, FL. The caption below was written by Edmund. Check out Edmund's awesome aviators in the last photo!
Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! Some photos of Armand at the US Army post in Fort Knox. Please click the button below to read more about it!
Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! Hugo with his army buddies in front of what seems to be a church in the area of Seine-et-Oise, just outside of Paris. Seine-et-Oise was a former "départment of France" encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris (wikipedia). There were 81 communes, and it's hard to tell which one of them he is in.
Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! I have quite a few photos of Edmund with his buddy, Teddy Wiesenthal. In the letter posted today, from January 2, 1944 he mentions him. Today I've posted a few photos of these good friends so that you might picture them while reading the letter. Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories!
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