Thursday, November 22, 2012

AND THERE SHALL BE WARS (Pictures 4)

A little confusion, upon first landing in North Africa. The sergeant was telling the colonel how HE thought things should be done.

Mr. Wagner was an anti-aircraft machine gunner for a few days, but didn't like the job.

Mr. Wagner became a battalion messenger agent. This was his "peep" (jeep) on his first day on the new job, a job he kept until the end of the war.
A German road-side grave, most likely booby-trapped.
German "potato masher" hand grenades, on Hill 609, North Africa, 1943


A horse killed on Hill 609

American graves in North Africa

German graves in North Africa

Graves on Hill 609, three American, and one English. The graves were probably booby-trapped. 

An aircraft junkyard, in North Africa, 1943

Mr. Wagner's "peep", all waterproofed and ready to board the LST for the Salerno Invasion. 1943



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