Ernie Cole, Washington DC, 1944
Washington, DC, June 1944
Dickey
Garabedian
Prather
Antognoli
Cole
Escalera
Potter
Prather
Cole
Janitz
Denninghoff
Pope (Kneeling)
Pforzheim, Germany. 27 Minute Air Raid, February 1945. Dead - 35,000 people. City Completely Destroyed.
Pforzheim, Germany. 27 Minute Air Raid, February 1945. Dead - 35,000 people. City Completely Destroyed.
Pforzheim, Germany. 27 Minute Air Raid, February 1945. Dead - 35,000 people. City Completely Destroyed.
Ernie
Left to Right: Denninghoff, Shelton, Cole, Wylie
Shelton and Cole with Prisoners
Left to Right: Cole & Shelton
Cpl Cole eating looted cherries. Heilbronn Germany
German fox hole on the high ground overlooking the city of Heilbronn, Germany
Knocked out German tank at the Garrison at Heilbronn, Germany. 'B' Company knocked it out.
Close up of knocked out German tank at the Garrison at Heilbronn, Germany.
1st Sergeant Nallon J. Wylie on left. Pfc. Poindexter, Company 'D', on right. Trained at Camp Wheeler when I did. April 20, 1945.
1st Sergeant Garrett Company 'D' now 2nd Lieutenant, battlefield commission. Chaplain jeep in background. 20 April 1945.
1st Sergeant Nallon J. Wylie our 1st Sergeant. 20 April 1945
Pfc. Bradford driving jeep in background. He was shot later that day while driving. Two bullet holes in the stomach. He is okay today and back with us. 20 April 1945.
Corporal Cole behind the wheel. Corporal Prather on the left. Sometime around April 20, 1945. (The Rat Race)
Left to Right: Corporal Schindler, the colonels orderly and bodyguard; Sgt. Southworth, battalion transportation sergeant; Lt. Colonel Zehner our battalion commander. 20 April 1945.
Corporal Cole. 20 April 1945
German people discussing the Americans. Sometime around 20 April 1945.
Firefighter. 20 April 1945.
Fire wagons. 20 April 1945.
Firefighters somewhere in Germany. Around April 20, 1945.
Sleigh with Prisoners. Flein, Germany. 24 April 1945.
Wylie & Cole. Flein Germany. 24 April 1945.
Engineer Trailer. Flein Germany. 24 April 1945.
Somewhere in Germany 1945. Before VE Day.
Wylie, Cole, Shelton
Ernie
Langenau, Germany. May 1945.
Reichenbach
Corporal Hasswell. Goppingen, Germany.
Corporal Cole. Goppingen, Germany. 1 June 1945.
Corporal Cole on the back terrace of the mansion at Goppingen, Germany. 1 June 1945.
Corporal cole back terrace mansion at Goppingen Germany. 1 June 1945.
Corporal Cole & Sergeant Southworth. Goppingen, Germany. 1 June 1945.
Left to right: Sergeant Delfine & Sergeant Southworth
Back terrace and porch of mansion. Goppingen, Germany. 1 June 1945.
Company 'A' 399th Infantry changing guards at railroad yards Goppingen, Germany. 5 June 1945.
Gateway into mansion Goppingen, Germany. 5 June 1945.
3 Little Frauleins. Goppingen, Germany. 5 June 1945.
Goppingen, Germany. 5 June 1945.
Goppingen, Germany. 5 June 1945.
Goppingen, Germany. 5 June 1945.
Paris. Gare De Lest Station. 10 June 1945.
Paris Gare De Lest Station. 10 June 1945.
Paris 10 June 1945
Pairs June 1945
Paris Seine River. 10 June 1945.
Paris Seine Rive. 10 June 1945.
Ernie. Paris, 1945.
Pfc. Greene, Company 'B'. Paris. 10 June 1945.
Ernie Cole, Paris. June 10, 1945.
Nurtingen, Germany. 6 July 1945.
Nice, France. 1945.
Riviera Nice, France. Hotel Negressco. I live here 3 days.
One early morning right after Revielle. Opal's husband Tommy & me. Vaihingen, Germany. July 27, 1945.
Johnson. Vaihingen, Germany. 31 July 1945.
Left to Right: Johnson & Cole. Vaihingen, Germany. 31 July 1945.
Cole. Vaihingen, Germany. 31 July 1945
Cole Vaihingen, Germany. 31 July 1945.
Battalion Command Post. Vahingen, Germany. 31 July 1945.
Drew. Battalion Commanding Post Vaihingen. 31 July 1945.
Ernie Cole at his Desk
Johnson. Vaihingen, Germany. 31 July 1945.
1st Sergeant Wylie. Vaihingen, Germany. 31 July 1945.
1st Sergeant Wylie. Vaihingen, Germany. 31 July 1945.
Vaihingen, Germany. 1st August 1945.
In front of Battalion Command Post. Note Citation Streamers on Guidon. Vaihingen, Germany. 5 August, 1945.
Battalion Command Post. Vaihingen, Germany. 5 August 1945.
Blow bridge along highway in background. Vaihingen, Germany. 5 August 1945.
Vaihingen, Germany. 5 August 1945.
Vaihingen, Germany. 12 August 1945.
Ingebourg Margaret Karcher. Little Fraulein. Vaihingen, Germany. 12 August 1945.
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Vaihingen, Germany. September 1945.
Schnaaps. Vaihingen, Germany. October 1945.
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Vaihingen, Germany. October, 1945.
German 88. Vaihingen, Germany. October, 1945.
German 88. Vaihingen, Germany. October, 1945.
Red Cross Girl. Vaihingen, Germany. October 1945.
Red Cross Girl. Vaihingen, Germany. October 1945.
Original Rhein River Bridge near Karlsruhe, Germany. Destroyed during war. December 1945.
Pontoon Bridge over Rhein River near Karlsruhe, Germany. Passed bridge on road back.
Ernie Cole and his brother, home in 1946
Left to Right: Leslie, Leon, Opal, Ernie, Edith, Hasrell, & William.
September 2000: Ernie, Mary, Lois Glazer
September 2000: Mary, Mrs. London, Max London
Casazza, Harper, Garabedian, Ernie. Louisville Kentucky Bandquet. September 2000.
Mrs. Sleigh, Garabedian, Ernie, Mary. Louisville, Kentucky Banquet. September 2000.
Parr, Dottie Long, Huck Long, Casazza, Ernie. Aboard Boat. Louisville, Kentucky. September 2000.
Let to Right: Glazier, ?, Parr, Casazza. Let to Right: Sleigh, Sussman, Long, Janitz, Garabedian. Louisville, Kentucky. September 2000.