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The following pictures are of the 33rd Signal in action from the Battalions Official History, from the webmasters collection, also from Mr. Chet Shoop, Mr. Frank Marks, Mr. Eldon Olin, Mr. Edward Rea, Mr. Clifford Hoffman, The Family of Andrew Aiello, Mr. Gene Herron, and Mr. Jim Delarmi.
THE E.T.O.
The British
Ship Andes. The Ship that carried
the 33rd to the UK.
(Webmasters
Collection)
"Able"
Company in England
(Webmasters
Collection)
"Baker"
Company in England
(Eldon
Olin's Collection)
Crossing
the English Channel
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Normandy
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Coming
ashore in Normandy
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Sgt.
Carl T. Liedtka and Andrew Aiello of 2nd Platoon Co. A.
(Webmasters
Collection)
Work
crew at rest.
(Webmasters
Collection)
Unknown
Soldier hamming it up on the bluffs at Normandy.
(Webmasters
Collection)
Carl Bernsten, Sal
Cresci and Pvt. John White on a blown out engine in Conflans.
(John White
Collection)
The
Siegfried Line
(Leroy
Cox Collection)
A
Co. Vehicles somewhere in France.
(Les
Hoffman Collection)
Cpl. Sal Cresci and
Pvt. Coen.
(John White
Collection)
Clifford
Hoffman's Crew with a local boy
(Les
Hoffman Collection)
Red
Cross Truck
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Conducting
work in the winter of 1944 in Belgium
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
German
Artillery
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Soldiers
of Company B showing off some of there war booty
L-R
Elmer A. Bokamper, Joseph LaBarbera, Charlie Seelenger,
Charlie Stewart, Ray Martin
(Eldon
Olin's Collection)
"Able"
Company's jeeps and drivers.
(Chester
Shoop's Collection)
"Apple
Cider" one of A Co.'s CCKW's.
(Webmasters
Collection)
Bridge
Blown by the Germans.
(Webmasters
Collection)
Carl Bernsten, Ed Carpenter and Pvt. John White somewhere near Luxembourg.
(John White Collection)
Members
of the 2nd Platoon Co. A 33rd SCB posing for the camera.
(Chester
Shoop's Collection)
One
of Co. A's jeeps, named "AD FINITUM", armed with an M2 HMG.
(Chester
Shoop's Collection)
Company
A in formation in southern France,1945.
(Chester
Shoop's Collection)
Men
of Company B in Rodt, Luxembourg (notice the climbing spikes on the
soldier on the right)
(Frank
Marks Collection)
Two
B Co. Soldiers standing in front of a CCKW nicknamed
"Betty"
(Frank
Marks Collection)
Sal Cresci of Co. B in France.
(John White Collection)
Breaking
for Chow (L to R Eldon Olin, Sgt. Slacker, Charles Stewart)
(Frank
Marks Collection)
Wash
Time
(Frank
Marks Collection)
Member
of the Battalion patching a line in on a junction box.
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Getting
ready for German planes.
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Sherman
Tank moving through to the front (Notice the K-43 Pole Truck on the
left).
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Making
a Call
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
One
of the M29 Weasels attached to the 33rd SCB
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Linemen
testing a line along a railroad spur in France (Notice the climbing
belt)
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Pulling
Wire
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Putting
Poles in the ground.
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Rehabilitating
French wire
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Rehabilitating
French wire
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Lance
pole construction.
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Running
wire.
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Tying
wire to insulators
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Stuck
Truck
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Tying
guy lines to a lance pole.
(Official
Signal Corps Photograph)
Les
Hoffman with a Kettengrad captured by Co. A, 33rd Signal
(Les
Hoffman Collection)
Les Hoffman
of 2nd Platoon Co. A working hard.
(Les
Hoffman Collection)
A line truck of the 33rd Signal with
captured Germans on the roof in Provins, France.
(Webmasters Collection)
Members of Co. B on
a German 88, near Laval, France.
(John White
Collection)
Sgt. Carl Berntsen
of Company B, taken in Conflans, France.
(John White
Collection)
Members of Company B in
La Haye de Puit,
France 1944
(John White
Collection)
Sgt. Carl Berntsen
and Pvt. John White behind him. Conflans, France
(John White
Collection)
Co. B encampment at
Brest, France. 1944
(John White
Collection)
Doing
laundry in France
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Andrew Aiello (left) with a driver in
front of a CCKW in France.
(Andrew Aiello Collection)
A crew recovering Spiral Four Cable
(Andrew Aiello Collection)
Drivers in front of their truck.
(Andrew Aiello Collection)
An Able Co. Cable Crew posing in front
of their truck in France.
(Andrew Aiello Collection)
Andrew Aiello (R) and friend somewhere
in France.
(Andrew Aiello Collection)
Andrew Aiello and a friend wearing
captured German Coats.
(Andrew Aiello Collection)
The
grave of a German Soldier buried by men of Co. B
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Normandy
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
At
a crossroads.
(Eldon
Olin Collection)
Speed and Pvt. John
White repairing the line near Pont-A-Mousson.
(John White
Collection)
The gates of the
cemetery at St. Mihiel.
(John White
Collection)
B Co. men working on a lead.
(John White Collection)
Sal Falzone of Co. B
in Ingolstadt, Germany 1945.
(John White
Collection)
Chet Shoop in his Jeep.
(Chester Shoop Collection)
Jim Dellarmi and Chet Shoop holding the
Meritorious Service Unit Plaque
(Chester Shoop Collection)
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