106th Infantry Division
Men are standing atop a German pillbox
Photo taken 03/18/1945 at Burk-Basson, Germany
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1st Row, l-r:
Charles W. Dopp, Anthony Barredo, Jr., Alan Shaver, Chimill (maybe 1st Lt Salvatore T. Chilleme), Marlin, Smith (maybe William), Dizmarski, Lauro Diaz, Haddak (maybe TSgt Thomas C. Haddock), Butter (maybe George or Leroy)
2nd Row, l-r:
E. J. Hodge, Cpl George H. Warner, Cpl Eric B. Engdahl, Cpl Roy E. Sharp, Flynn, Grndina (maybe Pfc John P. Grudzina), Pvt Kenneth E.. Austin, Pfc George B. Sestak, Balagna, Bruning
3rd Row, l-r:
J. M. Surrat, McClelry, Sutich (maybe SSgt Daniel H. McxCleery), SSgt Andrew G. Yakupchina, Pvt Harvey Williams, Nat Patterson, Burke (William E. or William J., George (?)Koffman, Kline, Pfc Carl F. Ludowitz, Meager, Pfc Benjamin A. Sobel
Every Battalion in an Infantry Regiment
had a heavy weapons Company. CO. D, 424th Regiment of the 1st.
Battalion was a Heavy Weapons Co..
This kind of information can, sometimes,
be helpful to folks doing research on a Soldier.
Example; the colored ribbon on an
overseas cap (blue means infantry) identifies the type of outfit a
Soldier served in. Shoulder patches, stripes, hash marks, ribbons,
battle stars, etc. on a uniform tell a story about a soldier's
uniform.
Veterans can be reluctant to say a word
about their service time; yet, if a researcher has knowledge about
these things it will tell them something. One look at a Veterans
uniform could tell quite a story about the person who wore it.
Contributed by Floyd Ragsdale, 106th Division. 6/2009
Contributed by Floyd Ragsdale, 106th Division. 6/2009
Page last revised
09/19/2016James D. West
www.IndianaMilitary.org
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