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Gallery #5 = WW II GI's All Aboard !!!! Starting the long Journey back to the USA. June 1945

WWII GALLERY #5 OF 5..........Photos of the welcome journey back to the USA from Pilsen, Czechoslovakia to Bamberg, Germany by truck transport, then a two week trip across Europe to the Port of LeHavre, France by rail 40X8 box car. Back across the English channel again to port of Southampton, England. On June 28, 1945, Boarded US Troopship, SS Argentina [the very same ship that brought a few of us across the North Atlantic to Scotland THREE long years ago, in 1942. Landed in Newport News, Virginia on July 2, 1945. Discharged from Fort Dix, NJ on July 4, 1945. Happy Reunion with wife and three year old daughter !!!!! Had not seen them for three looooooong Years...
The GOING HOME Official Orders !!!!
The GOING HOME Official Orders !!!!		 The last card from the ETO!!
The last card from the ETO!!		 Final WWII V-Mail from Europe !!
Final WWII V-Mail from Europe !!		 40 X8 Boxcars - Bamberg, Germany to LeHavre, France
40 X8 Boxcars - Bamberg, Germany to LeHavre, France
40 X 8 Boxcar, Germany to LeHavre, France
40 X 8 Boxcar, Germany to LeHavre, France		 40 X 8 Boxcar, Germany to LeHavre, France
40 X 8 Boxcar, Germany to LeHavre, France		 Bomb Damage - Germany
Bomb Damage - Germany		 Bomb Damage Germany
Bomb Damage Germany
Bomb Damage Germany
Bomb Damage Germany		 Bomb Damage Germany
Bomb Damage Germany		 Bomb Damage Germany
Bomb Damage Germany		 Bomb Damage Germany
Bomb Damage Germany
Displaced Persons Camp
Displaced Persons Camp		 LeHavre, France
LeHavre, France		 Port of Southampton, England
Port of Southampton, England		 US Troopship SS Argentina
US Troopship SS Argentina
SS Argentina
SS Argentina		 SS Argentina
SS Argentina		 SS Argentina
SS Argentina		 HEADING HOME SS Argentina At Sea
HEADING HOME SS Argentina At Sea
SS Argentina At Sea
SS Argentina At Sea		 Back Home again !!!
Back Home again !!!		 Arrival Telegram
Arrival Telegram		 GOODBYE to my Comrades of the 56th Signal Battalion HOME AT LAST
GOODBYE to my Comrades of the 56th Signal Battalion "HOME AT LAST"
THEN & NOW
THEN & NOW		 Alfano [NJ]
Alfano [NJ]		 Schreibstein
Schreibstein		 Hauck [NJ]
Hauck [NJ]
Weimer
Weimer		 Searl [NJ]
Searl [NJ]		 Tyrer [MA]
Tyrer [MA]		 Unknown
Unknown
Cordell [NJ]
Cordell [NJ]		 Fischetti [NY]
Fischetti [NY]		 Mongell [NY]
Mongell [NY]		 Chase
Chase
Leddy [NY]
Leddy [NY]		 Work
Work		 Magyar
Magyar		 Fabel [NY]
Fabel [NY]
Vasti [NY]
Vasti [NY]		 Gahres [PA]
Gahres [PA]		 Lunt [NY]
Lunt [NY]		 Schum [NY]
Schum [NY]
StLaurent [MA]
StLaurent [MA]		 McShane [NY]
McShane [NY]		 Dyckes [NY]
Dyckes [NY]		 Catanzano [NY]
Catanzano [NY]
DuFault [MA]
DuFault [MA]		 Horne [MA]
Horne [MA]		 Hilliard [IL]
Hilliard [IL]		 Palermo [NJ[
Palermo [NJ[
Florio [NY]
Florio [NY]		 Porter [GA]
Porter [GA]		 Townsend [NJ]
Townsend [NJ]		 Osterhout [ ?]
Osterhout [ ?]
White [NY]
White [NY]		 Boggus [GA]
Boggus [GA]		 Kartsounes [IL]
Kartsounes [IL]		 Krueger [MN]
Krueger [MN]
Berg [NY]
Berg [NY]		 Unknown03
Unknown03		 H.Tetu [FL]
H.Tetu [FL]

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Guest 05-Jul-2008 12:48
Grazie per questo bellissimo book fotografico. Le foto raccontano un pezzo di storia che tutti dovrebbero conoscere. grazie per tutto!
Tito Righi
Ken Andrews 24-Apr-2005 19:04
Dear Mr. Searl,
Thank you for your service and for the brilliant historical collection of photos. My Uncle Fred Vogt traveled a similiar path. He talked about St. Vith and at Buchanwald, he was part of a detailed assigned to controliing and guarding the town's mayor, who asked to go back to his office on the second day and while the G.I.s were in the adjacent room, he located a previously hidden gun and killed himself. My Uncle, like you took photos, because he feared that people would not believe the inhumanity. He also brought pieces of human skin from Ilse's horrific collection. When he passed away a few years ago, he had his "collection" delivered to the Holacaust Museum in D.C. My son (a Social Studies teacher) and I (a retired high school teacher) will be going to Normandy for the 3rd time this July and will be following the Band of Brother's footsteps to the Ardennes. Once again thanks for the sacrifice that you and your buddies made for the rest of us and rest assured we will never let it be forgotten.
Scott 09-Apr-2005 09:59
Incredible collection! I have always wanted to see something like this!
Thanks!
Joseph Chickadel 29-Jan-2005 03:12
Dear Mr Searl
Thankyou for this wonderful archive.My late Dad (Sept'85)T/Sgt Carmine J. Chickadel 56th Signal Bn, would have truly appreciated this site.He is standing next to you in the first 40 by 80 "boxcar" photo.Would you please contact me at: chickadel@dciarchitects.com as I would love to share your memories of him. Sincerely, Joseph Chickadel
Janet 15-Aug-2004 23:29
Wonderful tribute you put together. Thank you for reminding us the cost freedom and we should thank you and every soldier/sailor for making the supreme sacrifice to keep us safe and free. My Dad also served WWII in the Navy...
Joe Baldwin 29-Nov-2003 23:57
Thanks for sharing your pictures and experience...and most importantly thanks for your service to our country. My father served in the South Pacific in WWII. You, like him, are truly the finest generation this country has ever produced.

Your generation gave so much and ask so little in return. My father was wounded in WWII, yet he never complained, just came home and did the best he could to make a good life for his family.

Wish we had more like your generation, now.

All my best to your and your family.

Joe
Laura 20-Oct-2002 22:37
I wasn't born for another 39 years after WWII ended but I still get a big kick out of seeing these pieces of history. I remember when I was little and my grandfather used to show me pictures of him as a WWII soldier, and he told me all these fascinating stories. Thank you so much for this presentation.
Veronica Fresh 07-Jun-2002 23:40
Your photos were, are, truly wonderful. The faces...stunning. I was born in June of 1945, so I enjoy looking at the world and what it was like back then. Thanks for putting them up, you do a service to the military and you've done it with artistic flair.

Veronica Freschi
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