| Monthly
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| March
2002 |
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The following photos and text
were contributed by Joe Hewitt,
son of Earle J. "Joe" Hewitt, Jr.(AT-347, A-347)
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| November 1944 in Critot, France. |
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| Shown L to R: |
- PFC Hershell H. Teeples (Later transferred
to B Company)
- PFC Kenneth J. Born (Later transferred
to A Company)
- PFC John H. "Dip" Evans (Later
transferred to C Company - KIA Rhens, Germany, 28 March
1945)
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| Standing in back: |
- PFC Earle J. "Joe" Hewitt (Later
transferred to A Company, and later yet Hqtrs Co, 347th)
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An interesting shot of a group of AT gunners not long
after arrival in France. The guys are shown wearing helmet liners
with what looks like divisional and rank insignia. They are wearing
the old style leggings wool trousers and field jackets. Joe Hewitt
is shown wearing a .45 pistol on his web belt. As I remember him telling
me he traded this for an M1 rifle at his first opportunity once they
got into combat! |
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June 1945 at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France.
A mixed group of GIs in front of the famous Arch
de Triumph or Victory Arch. Joe Hewitt is in the center of the back
row. Photo shows an interesting mix of rank and unit insignia. I
think the guy in civvies on the left is the tour guide. Dad wrote
my Mom a letter describing this trip which is quite funny. I'm not
sure how he managed to get to Paris from Germany. By the end of
the war he was attached to the 347th Regimental headquarters. I
seem to remember him telling me the trip had something to do with
running an errand for Col. Tupper.
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| 28 May 1945, Oelsnitz, Germany |
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| Shown L to R: |
- S/Sgt Ferdinand W. "Turk" Zoeller
(Shown in AT Company in Ft. Benning Photo)
- PFC Nicholas LeBlanc (Service Co. 347th)
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This is from a group of photos taken outside the 'Rosengarten'
Inn in Oelsnitz, which was either used as a billet, headquaters building
or both, after VE day. |
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May 1945, Possibly outside Oelsnitz, Germany
Several acres of German PWs. The sheer number of
PWs wanting to surrender to the Western Allies (and to escape the
Russians) at the end of the war was overwhelming. This photo certainly
gives an idea of the numbers involved.
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