103rd Cactus Division

Heavy Weapons Company Photos

From left to right are 

Doug Merrill, Wyman Smith and Howard Bohmer.

Jack Niklas, Tony Moranto , Louie Miles

Innsbruck, Austria in 1945

 (L to R)"Red" (Joe McCrory), "Tony" (???), "Jack" (Niklas), "Ray" (???), "Cip" (Charles Cipolloni) and "Jules" (Gable). 

Innsbruck, 1945.

(L to R) Back Row: Allan Kraft, 

"Lt. Hutton", "Lt. Rees", "Max" (Irwin), 

"Gibson" (Andrew)
Front Row:  "Hart" (George), "Durrance" (Jack), "Brosseau" (Maunsell).

Innsbruck  June 1945.
Les Klie,

Polly (our Red Cross Girl)

and Ray Pallack

 

Camp Claiborne, LA

Maranto, Niklas , 

(Miles) Michalski

(L to R) – Leo Goldfarb (Acting Cpl), Arlie Gray (Acting Sgt), Lloyd Lindblade (Acting Sgt)

[Notice that stripes are armbands]

Elvin Beemer, Stafford Patterson & Louis K. Smith

Celebrating their promotion to S/Sgt on April 22, 1944 – Camp Howze

 

Smith was KIA on December 21, 1944 at the Siegfried Line.

He is eternally remembered at Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France.

 

(left) 2 Lt Keith Rees - 2^nd Platoon Leader 

(right) T/Sgt Max Irwin - 2^nd Platoon Sgt. 

Austria - 1945

Innsbruck, Austria   May, 1945 

 Road to Brenner Pass

1st Battalion playing ball

Hall, Austria May 1945

Allan Kraft and 1st Sgt Bill Williams

(L to R)  George Storer, Willie B. Wright

Elmer Breuer, jeep driver? & David Green.

Back Row:  Thomas Duff, Prewert, Howard Jones, George Storer, Albert Carll, Van Dyke?, Mitchell