103rd Cactus Division

Joseph C. Johnson

 
According to T/SGT Jack Kirkman (in 1995), the driver of the truck in the background, T/SGT Jordon Ridgley won the Silver Star for rescuing troops in clearing a minefield when they came under attack by a German ME 262 jet fighter.  Kirkman says that Ridgley drove his truck into the field and got the troops out.