Inside an LST on the way to France 9/44
Convoy of ships headed for France 9/44
French shore in the distance 9/9/44
Gulf of St. Tropez, Southern France 9/9/44
Liberty ship in the convoy to France 9/44
Landings in Southern France 9/9/44
Commander of the 7th Army Alexander Patch
Commander of the Engineers in Southern France Garrison Davidson
German commander in Southern France Friedrich Wiese
A city of tents
Cpl. Mel O'Barr
Tommy Ammons at the Medical tent
Russell Kent
Banjo Harris
Tommy Ammons and his truck "Texan"
Mel O'Barr at the CP
Milt O'Barr, Tommy Ammons, Mel O'Barr
Kavanagh, Hopkins and friends
Harry "Pete" Peterson, Bill "Little Man" Gentry, Sam "Hoppy" Hopkins, Woodrow Carter, and Waldo Scott in France 8 miles from Lyon, at Camp Val De Bonne. Sharing a little veno.
Tommy Ammons on Kent's motorcycle
Bridge train
Bathing in the field
Double pontons loaded
Generator
John J. O'Rourke from Brooklyn
Blair and O'Barr hard at work
Milt and Tommy at Dole, France
Milt and Tommy at the camp barber
Muddy living conditions
Bill Gentry with a muzzle loader found in a French farm house.
A "flying ferry" at the Rhone
Gar Davidson order
Storm boat operated by Bill Gentry
Sam Hopkins and Woodrow Carter near the Swiss border
Mel O'Barr at rest camp Lyon, France
Twins Milt and Mel O'Barr at Lyon, France
Tommy Ammons at Lyon
Mel wearing his steel pot at Lyon
Rhone bridge work
Bridging the Rhone River
Infantry Support raft on the Rhone
36th, 40th, and 540th Engineers trained on bridge construction 9/29,30/1944
Approach to the Rhone bridge 9/30/44
Training French Soldiers 10/9/44
25 ton Heavy Ponton bridge over the Rhone 10/9/44
25 ton ponton raft 9/44
Outboard motors power the rafts
More Crossing School training
69th and 78th Chemical Smoke Generator Companies train
Swift currents of the Rhone would claim 2 lives from the 85th
Officers of the 85th at Luneville 11/14/44
Arriving at Luneville at the Lorraine Dietrich plant
Joseph Catalano and Tommy Ammons at Luneville
Bridge depot at Luneville
Inside the Lorraine Dietrich plant at Luneville
Soldiers Medal ceremony 12/6/44
Recipients of the Soldiers Medal
Luneville
Henry Gregorio in Luneville
French girl and Gregorio in Luneville
Mel O'Barr at Luniville
Mel O'Barr at Luneville in rubber boots and M65 jacket
William Troglin, youngest member of the 85th at Luneville
Mel O'Barr at a French lumber mill
Milt O'Barr's license issued while at Luneville
Hauling lumber
Officers Hunt and Brand at the Meurthe River bridge 3/12/45
German officer from the captured photo album
German action photo from the captured album
German album photo
German soldiers in the captured album