2nd Platoon, B Company, 399th Infantry, 100th Infantry Division
Sam Cahoon (MD/398)
William Cahoon, about 1925-26.
Ft. Dix, 1942
Ft. Dix. Induction Days. June 1942. Harry.
Jule. Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Lynch. Ft. Meade, Maryland. 1942.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland. July 1942
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Mail Call. 385th Infantry Regiment. 76th Infantry Division. Bivouac. Ft. Meade, Maryland. August 1942.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Cahoon. 13 week training. Ft. Meade, Maryland. 1942.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Front of Dispensary. Cadre, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. November 1942.
Cadre. Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Cadre. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. November 1942.
Cadre. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. November 1942.
Cadre. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. November 1942
Cahoon. Cadre. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. November 1942.
Williams. Cadre. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. November 1942.
S/Sgt. Jack Seiberler. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1942.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
First recruits. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
First Recruits. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Sweeney. 100th Infantry Division.
February 1943.
Alexander. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. February 28, 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Armstrong. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Southern Boy Goings. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Armstrong. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. October 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. October 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. October 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. October 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. October 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. October 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Davis. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Davis. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
S/Sgt. Leo K. Williams. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
On Pass, South Carolina. 1943.
On Pass, South Carolina. 1943.
On Pass, South Carolina. 1943.
On Pass, South Carolina. 1943.
On Pass, South Carolina. 1943.
On Pass, South Carolina. 1943.
On Pass, South Carolina. 1943.
Kaplan. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Smyth & Davis. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Left to Right, Back Row: Lange, Hunger, Fluger, Pironti, Herland, Cahoon. Front Row: Davis, Kaplan, Horrigan, Cap. Echols, Emond.
Pironti, Hunger, Davis, Emond, Herland, Fluger, Horrigan, Kaplan. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Packed for maneuvers in Tennesse. Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. 1943.
Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Pironti & Emond. Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Left to Right: Kutzman, Barb, Dawson, ?, Pironti, Kelley, Emond. Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Tennessee Maneuvers. November 1943-January 1944.
Van Drusek & Mullins. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Headquarters Detachment, Medical Detachment, 398th Infantry Regiment. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
1st Battalion, Medical Detachment, 398th Infantry Regiment. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
2nd Battalion, Medical Detachment, 398th Infantry Regiment. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
3rd Battalion, Medical Detachment, 398th Infantry Regiment. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
2nd Battalion Section, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
2nd Battalion Medics. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Pironti & Herland. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Pironti & Smyth. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Willie "Tex" Mullins. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Willie "Texas" Mullins. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Cahoon, Campo, Pironti, and unknown. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Left to Right: Smyth, Hart, Pironti, Fleming, and Ranieri. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Packs, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Packs. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Left to Right: Ranieri, Cahoon, and Emond. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Left to Right: Emond, Smyth, Pironti. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Cahoon & Hart. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Left to Right: Emond, Smyth, Fleming, Hart, Ranieri, Pironti. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Left to right: Emond, Smyth, Fleming, Hart, Ranieri, & Pironti. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 1944.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Getting ready for P.O.E. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. September 1944.
Getting equipment ready for going overseas. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. September 1944.
Last day before we left for P.O.E. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. September 1944.
October 1944, France outside of Marseille. Wine, Van Drasek, Smyth, and Pironti.
Smyth. Marseille, France. October 1944.
Cahoon. Marseille, France. October, 1944.
Standing: Bard, Winston, Van Drasek, Annicharico, Kelley, Bruno, and Hunter.
Seated: Tausz, Fontaine, Fisscher, Friedman, Flemming
Marseille Bivouac. October 1944.
Front Row Left to Row: Tausz, Fleming, Kelley, Cahoon, Fontaine
Back Row Left to Row: Bruno, Annicharico, Friedman, Van Drasek, Barb, Hunter
North of Marseille, France. October 1944.
"40 and 80" Douglas S. Smyth. Southern France, 1944.
Enroute, North Front. Cahoon. Southern France, 1944.
North of Marseille, France. October 1944.
"Litter Haul" Rear Left: Fontaine; Front Left: Friedman; Rear Right: Winston; Front Right: Tausz
North of Marseille, France. October 1944.
Left to right: Hunter, Barb, Bruno, Fleming. Annicharico on the stretcher. Marseille, France. October 1944.
Fontaine. Marseille, France. November 1944.
Kelley, Cahoon, Claffach
"Convoy to Battle, Marseille to Rayon Le'Tape"." Lt. Oakman, Smyth, Kelley, Claffach. October 1944.
Convoy from Marseille to Baccarat, France. Cahoon. November 1944.
Convoy, France.
Trois Fontaine, France.
Hart, Annicharico, Sarreburg. France. November 1944.
"R and R"
Fleming, ?, ?, Annicharico. Alsace-Lorraine. 1944.
Cahoon & Captain Rich. Sarrebourg, France. December 2, 1944.
Cahoon (Center), Hunter (Right Center). Tres Fontaine, Alsace Lorraine, 1944.
Sergeant Gundar, 'H' Company, 398th Infantry. Sought, France. December 8-10, 1944.
Sergeant Gundar, 'H' Company, 398th Infantry. Sought, France. December 8-10, 1944.
Sgt. Store. Sarre-Union on leave.
Sarre-Union on Leave
Sarre-Union on Leave. Sgt. Store.
At the latrine. Sarre-Union, France.
Reyersweiler, Alsace, France. December, 16, 1944. The first attack in Bitche.
Reyersweiler, Alsace, France. December, 16, 1944. The first attack in Bitche.
Pvt. Pironti, Reyersviller, Alsace. 1944.
Reyersvieller, France. December 1944.
T/3 Pironti reposing. Reyersweiler, Alsace, France. December 16, 1944.
Reyersweiler, France. December 16, 1944.
Halbach, France. December 1944. Left to right: ?, Corporal Tarbett, Smyth, Cahoon
Captain Rich. Halbach, France. December 1944.
Cahoon and Captain Rich. Halbach, France. December 1944.
Fox. Halbach, France. December 1944
Rear: ?, Harry, Fontaine. Front: ?, ?, Fox, Broker, Hunter, Kaplan. Halbach, France. 4 miles from the border. December 1944.
Flying over. Halbach, France. December 1944.
Halbach, France. December 1944.
T/3 Pironti blowing it. Halbach, France. December 24, 1944.
Prior to Christmas. Holbach, Alsace, France.
"Tex" Mullins. Holbach, Alsace. December 1944.
"Tex" Mullins. Holbach, Alsace. December 1944.
Troops marching into St. Louis, France. January 1945.
Back row, left to right: Kaplan, Smyth, Winston (white coat), Pironti, ?, Fontaine. Front row, left to right: ?, Rich, Urresti, Chubbuck. The gange at Alsace-Loraine, France. January 1945.
Urresti, Chubbuck. Alsace-Lorraine.
Lemberg
Convoy. January 1945. Alsace-Lorraine.
German Prisoners. 'F' Company, 398th Infantry. Lambach, Alsace. January 9, 1945.
German Prisoners. 'F' Company, 398th Infantry. Lambach, Alsace. January 9, 1945.
German Prisoners. 'F' Company, 398th Infantry. Lambach, Alsace. January 9, 1945.
German Prisoners. 'F' Company, 398th Infantry. Lambach, Alsace. January 9, 1945.
Cahoon. Near Wingen.
February, 1945. A driver for the weasels weisels. Miesenthal, France.
Meisenthal, France. March 1945.
Lucas Hotel (our aid station for several months) Miesenthal. Taken at the 1998 'F' Company, revisit. The whole area is now paved.
Miesenthal, France.
Miesenthal.
Weisel's Weasels. Miesenthal.
Weisel's Weasels. Miesenthal.
Miesenthal.
Same bike, but the previous owner.
Smyth
Götzenbrück, postcard
Götzenbrück
Sarrebourg. Division R&R
Me in Sarrebourg.
The gang at Bitche, Maginot Fort. Fleming, ?, ?, Urresti. March 15, 1945.
2nd Attack on Bitche, France. March 15, 1945.
2nd Attack on Bitche, France. March 15, 1945.
Looking into Bitche, France. March, 1945.
1st Jeep ('E' Company, 398th Infantry) Entering Bitche. March 1945.
1st Entry into Bitche. 3 Months to take this town. March 15th, 1945.
Who is the SS?
Captain Rich, Chubbuck, Smyth. Bitche. March 1945.
Sgt. Willie Mullins and myself after entering Bitche. March 16, 1945.
Colonel Weisel and Lt. Scarpita. Bitche. March 1945.
Bitche, view from the Citadel. March 16, 1945.
German prisoners being marched past pillbox Bitche, France. March 16, 1945.
German prisoners being marched past pillbox Bitche, France. March 16, 1945.
Camp De Bitche
Driving out of Bitche to the Siegfried Line. March 1945.
Following the tanks through Siegfried Line. March 1945.
Dragon's teeth
Dellfield. First taken after cross west wall.
Doug Smith. "End around sweep after the taking of Bitche" Germany.
Trying out burp gun. Hengelsheim. March 22, 1945.
Race for the Rhine. March 1945.
Rhine Approach.
The boys ride a tank! Full speed ahead for the Rhine. March 1945.
Cahoon & Lt. Scarpitia. Germany Convoy, March 23, 1945.
German war material abandoned. Race to the Rhine. March 1945.
Approach to Ludwigshafen.
From Ludwigshafen approach to Rhine.
Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen
Bridge over Rhine
Before the Rhine crossing. Stayed here a week. Dannstadt.
Our captured German car. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to keep it for more than 5 days. Dannstadt, Germany.
Pat Pironti before Rhine Crossing. Germany, 1945.
Germany 1945
Waiting to cross the Rhine River on newly constructed pontoon bridge.
Rhine crossing at Ludwigshafen. April 1945.
Mannheim Germany
Village we went through after crossing Rhine. Near Jagsfeld. April, 1945.
Duttenberg
Prior to Jagst River crossing. Duttenberg, Germany. April 1945.
Captain Thomas H. Garahan, Queens New York, Company Commander of 'E' Company, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division with part of his company waiting to cross the Neckar River at Jagtfeld Germany. Others in the picture are Joseph L. Wheeler, Kansas, Missouri; Lt. Warren E. Haught, Rochester, Pennsylvania; Sgt. Arthur W. Wolfe, New York City; and Pfc. Roscoe R. Basinger, Salisbury, North Carolina. April 6, 1945. Photographed by Doug Smyth, 2nd Battalion Medical Detachment, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division. A Kodak 127 Vest Pocket Folding Camera was used to take the Combat Pictures. The camera was carried on the pistol belt in the first aid pouch. The negatives were developed with captured German photo chemicals.
T/3 Pironti. Duttenberg, Germany. April 7, 1945.
Photographed by Doug Smyth of Bridgewater, Connecticut
Jagdfeld. April 1945.
Edmond, Cahoon, Pironti. Waldau Germany. April 12, 1945. Left here for commission in rear echelon. Roosevelt dies.
Back for commission. Waldau Germany.
Edmond, Kelley, and Horrigan. Waldau Germany.
Willie Mullins. Met him at rear for my commission. He was on leave. Waldau Germany.
Smyth, Myself, and Fontaine. Mainhardt, Germany. May 1945.
Schondorf.
Schondorf. May 1945.
Schondorf.
Schondorf.
Pat Pironti. Schondorf. May 1945.
Fred Hart & Smtih. Lapple House. Schondorf. May 1945.
Captain Rich & Urresti. Schondorf. May 1945.
Schondorf near Stuttgart Germany. June 1945.
Bad Cannstatt Railyards. Suburbs of Stuttgart.
Bad Cannstatt, Germany.
Bad Cannstatt, Germany.
Bad Cannstatt, Germany. May 1945.
German Prisoners near Stuttgart.
A photograph I captured in Bad Cannstatt, Germany.
The house we are staying in now. Steinheim, Germany.
Steinheim, Germany
Edmond, Cahoon, Horrigan. Steinheim, Germany Commission Party, May 1945.
Steinheim, Germany. May 1945, Commission Party.
Myself & Rich. Steinheim, Germany. Commission Party. May 1945.
Rear Row: Doug Smyth, ?, ?, Pironti; Front Row: Keith Winston, Sam Cahoon, Harold Horrigon. Commssion Celebration. Steinheim, Germany. May 1945.
Mullins & Edmond. Steinheim, Germany
Robert Edmonds & Willy Mullins. Commission Celebration. Steinheim, Germany.
Steinheim, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany.
Cahoon, Stuttgart, Germany.
Captain Rich & Smyth. Stuttgart, Germany. 1945.
Doug Smyth, Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany. 1945
Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Opera House, Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Pironti, Stuttgart, Germany.
Pre-War Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany. 1945. Clean-Up.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Rathaus, Stuttgart, Germany.
French Algerian Troops. Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Sightseeing, Stuttgart, Germany.
Haas, Pironti, Turner. Stuttgart, Germany.
Cahoon & Max Haas. Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Kaplan & Edmond. Germany Occupation.
Occupation Germany.
Little home before we occupied Waiblingen.
Waiblingen, Germany.
Waiblingen, Germany.
City Gate. Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
City Gate. Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
City Gate. Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
City Gate. Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
City Gate. Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Town near Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Town near Waiblingen, Germany. June 1945.
Willie "Tex" Mullins visiting Sarrebourg.
Waiblingen, Germany.
Jon Stanlaw, 94th Infantry Division, visited us in Stuttgart Area. He came from West Germany sector on a tour so to speak.
Jon Stanlaw, 94th Infantry Division, visited us in Stuttgart Area. He came from West Germany sector on a tour so to speak.
Jon Stanlaw, 94th Infantry Division, visited us in Stuttgart Area. He came from West Germany sector on a tour so to speak.
Jon Stanlaw, 94th Infantry Division, visited us in Stuttgart Area. He came from West Germany sector on a tour so to speak.
Jon Stanlaw, 94th Infantry Division, visited us in Stuttgart Area. He came from West Germany sector on a tour so to speak.
Jon Stanlaw, 94th Infantry Division, visited us in Stuttgart Area. He came from West Germany sector on a tour so to speak.
Bedroom. Oppenlander House. Waiblingen, Germany.
View from bedroom window. Oppenlander House. Waiblingen, Germany.