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Anti aircraft on LST in Port of Bagnoli 10/16/43
Port of Bagnoli from LST
Mel O'Barr, Carl Breloff, Milt O'Barr,Alfred Backaus at Naples
Charlie Minnix
Dozer operators
Dozer driver they all called Donk
Donk
Engineer with Donk
Donk on Dozer
Crane operators
Crane operator
Guy Faulk and his truck Rebel
Roy Farmer
Sgt Feldman in that Italian mud
Eannone Salvino
Mel O'Barr, ?, Russel Kent,Walter Skulski
Leo Galli
Cleveland "Banjo" Harris
Banjo and Skulski with Banjo's truck Alabama Banjo
Russell Kent,Charles Hallings, Walter Skulski
Kent, Faulk, Hallings, Harris, Donk
Faulk, Kent,?,?, Harris, Donk
Russell Kent
Kent, Skulski, Hallings
Kent, ?, Skulski and weapons carrier for tent
Company clerk Barney Fartello
Gregorio gets news from home
Mike Depetrio
Purple Heart recipient Steve Puto and the kitchen truck
Steven Godek and Sam Rappaport
Stanley Bonczyk, Al Beck, Maurice Wiles, Peter Schmidt
DiAngelo and Mitchell
Stephen Godek, Rockard Mannon, Bill Gentry, Al Beck
Sang opera to officers, "Oh shitonya, whoa pissonya"
Italian orphans adopted by the 85th
Charlie Minnix and orphan in the Liri Valley. They called the boy "Downbeat"
1st row: Allen, Jacobs, Brooks, Scott, Erwin. 2nd row: Isenberg, Perrin, MacNutt, Saunders, Graves, Hessin. 3rd row: Purdue, Porter, Nagel, Solow, Brand, Hunt, Parker, Karwales, Campbell.
Volturno bridge 10/17/43
Volturno bridge handled 2334 vehicles and 1770 troops in 24 hr period
At Venefro, Italy 11/15/43
Donk's dozer hits a double teller mine 2/11/44
The blast kills one and wounds two
Improvised dump truck rebuilding house 2/13/44
Donk repairing culverts 3/3/44
Donk surveys damaged culvert
Bailey bridge at Teano, Italy 2/28/44
Coffee break
Chow in the shade
Chow line
A place called Million Dollar Hill site of fierce battle
This German bomber won't harass the 85th any more
Downed fighter
German Bunkers out of the fight
Cycle scout
Infantry Support bridge on the Garigliano, Winter Line 4/2/44
Hunt and Brand at infantry support bridge
French Algerian soldiers were in the area and trained with the 85th
Teller mines used to clear the mouth of the Volturno 4/9/44
Company A poses with the 5th Army Plaque 4/22/44
Minnix, Donk, Brazier, and Stallings wih 5th Army plaque
85th Officers and 5th Army Plaque
For outstanding service in the face of serious obstacles
Lt. Hunt and men at the Garigliano
Training French Algerians
Donk and ponton trailer
Dozer on the Garigliano River
Bridge work begins on the Garigliano
Garigliano River bridge 4/30/44
180' long and built under the cover of darkness in 4 hrs
Gariliano valley pock marked with shell craters 5/5/44
Bunker at the Garigliano bridge, site of card games and hunkered engineers
Garigliano bridge shelled 5/5/44
Garigliano Bridge shelled again on 5/14/44
At a cost of 15 pontons and a purple heart Garigliano
"Shrapnel" Johnson below a shrapnel hole in ponton
Garigliano, ponton in foreground is riddled with shrapnel
Carwash
Patrol
Sgt Bulldog Jones at the Garigliano
Garigliano
Charlie Minnix and pillbox on the road to Cassino 5/44
Minnix on the road to Cassino
George Davis on Minnix' Harley "Lucky"
Battle damaged Cassino 5/44
Minnix at the foot of Monte Cassino and bombed Abbey 3/44
German tank out of the fight on the road to Anzio 5/29/44
Tiber River bridge 6/6/44, sight of heavy shelling, 305'
Diamond T wrecker
German prisoners
Captured German diary with 85th autographs added
Breloff, Puto, Piper, Leo Galli, Charles Hallings, at rest camp 7/14/44
Rest camp
Company B arrives in Italy
8/28/44
Woodrow Carter on LST to France 9/6/44
LST to France
Loading LST to France 9/3/44
Sgt. Bulldog Jones on LST to France 9/6/44
LST to France
Photos of the 85th in Italy
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The initial photos are a collection representing daily existence in Italy
Engineers are identified where possible
The remaining photos are locations and events in chronological order
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Anti aircraft on LST in Port of Bagnoli 10/16/43
Port of Bagnoli from LST
Mel O'Barr, Carl Breloff, Milt O'Barr,Alfred Backaus at Naples
Charlie Minnix
Dozer operators
Dozer driver they all called Donk
Donk
Engineer with Donk
Donk on Dozer
Crane operators
Crane operator
Guy Faulk and his truck Rebel
Roy Farmer
Sgt Feldman in that Italian mud
Eannone Salvino
Mel O'Barr, ?, Russel Kent,Walter Skulski
Leo Galli
Cleveland "Banjo" Harris
Banjo and Skulski with Banjo's truck Alabama Banjo
Russell Kent,Charles Hallings, Walter Skulski
Kent, Faulk, Hallings, Harris, Donk
Faulk, Kent,?,?, Harris, Donk
Russell Kent
Kent, Skulski, Hallings
Kent, ?, Skulski and weapons carrier for tent
Company clerk Barney Fartello
Gregorio gets news from home
Mike Depetrio
Purple Heart recipient Steve Puto and the kitchen truck
Steven Godek and Sam Rappaport
Stanley Bonczyk, Al Beck, Maurice Wiles, Peter Schmidt
DiAngelo and Mitchell
Stephen Godek, Rockard Mannon, Bill Gentry, Al Beck
Sang opera to officers, "Oh shitonya, whoa pissonya"
Italian orphans adopted by the 85th
Charlie Minnix and orphan in the Liri Valley. They called the boy "Downbeat"
1st row: Allen, Jacobs, Brooks, Scott, Erwin. 2nd row: Isenberg, Perrin, MacNutt, Saunders, Graves, Hessin. 3rd row: Purdue, Porter, Nagel, Solow, Brand, Hunt, Parker, Karwales, Campbell.
Volturno bridge 10/17/43
Volturno bridge handled 2334 vehicles and 1770 troops in 24 hr period
At Venefro, Italy 11/15/43
Donk's dozer hits a double teller mine 2/11/44
The blast kills one and wounds two
Improvised dump truck rebuilding house 2/13/44
Donk repairing culverts 3/3/44
Donk surveys damaged culvert
Bailey bridge at Teano, Italy 2/28/44
Coffee break
Chow in the shade
Chow line
A place called Million Dollar Hill site of fierce battle
This German bomber won't harass the 85th any more
Downed fighter
German Bunkers out of the fight
Cycle scout
Infantry Support bridge on the Garigliano, Winter Line 4/2/44
Hunt and Brand at infantry support bridge
French Algerian soldiers were in the area and trained with the 85th
Teller mines used to clear the mouth of the Volturno 4/9/44
Company A poses with the 5th Army Plaque 4/22/44
Minnix, Donk, Brazier, and Stallings wih 5th Army plaque
85th Officers and 5th Army Plaque
For outstanding service in the face of serious obstacles
Lt. Hunt and men at the Garigliano
Training French Algerians
Donk and ponton trailer
Dozer on the Garigliano River
Bridge work begins on the Garigliano
Garigliano River bridge 4/30/44
180' long and built under the cover of darkness in 4 hrs
Gariliano valley pock marked with shell craters 5/5/44
Bunker at the Garigliano bridge, site of card games and hunkered engineers
Garigliano bridge shelled 5/5/44
Garigliano Bridge shelled again on 5/14/44
At a cost of 15 pontons and a purple heart Garigliano
"Shrapnel" Johnson below a shrapnel hole in ponton
Garigliano, ponton in foreground is riddled with shrapnel
Carwash
Patrol
Sgt Bulldog Jones at the Garigliano
Garigliano
Charlie Minnix and pillbox on the road to Cassino 5/44
Minnix on the road to Cassino
George Davis on Minnix' Harley "Lucky"
Battle damaged Cassino 5/44
Minnix at the foot of Monte Cassino and bombed Abbey 3/44
German tank out of the fight on the road to Anzio 5/29/44
Tiber River bridge 6/6/44, sight of heavy shelling, 305'
Diamond T wrecker
German prisoners
Captured German diary with 85th autographs added
Breloff, Puto, Piper, Leo Galli, Charles Hallings, at rest camp 7/14/44
Rest camp
Company B arrives in Italy
8/28/44
Woodrow Carter on LST to France 9/6/44
LST to France
Loading LST to France 9/3/44
Sgt. Bulldog Jones on LST to France 9/6/44
LST to France
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