Lt. John Ripandelli and wife Eleanor (before receiving his commission)
Medic Joe Ellison and others
T/4 Quincy L. Allison 16 AUG 1945 Gignac
Winslow, Allison, Cofone and Cline on a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Nuremberg, Germany MAY 1945
Allison, Cofone and Hatcher at Les Invalides
Cofone, Allison, Cline, Franz, Marcus, Reed and Hayes 19 MAR 1945 Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Derge S-4, McGrath S-3, Arvin S-2 and Hipp S-1 Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Milberg, Murphy, Derge, Whiddon and Allen (Fred)
Front Row: White, Harris, O'Neil, Hipp, Derge, Barry and Wohl Back Row: Rusche, Whiter, McGrath, Arvin, Fleshman, Quimby, MacNeil and Ripandelli Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Puskar, Murphy, Pollara, Fabick, Watt, Dale, Anderson, Brennan, Gross, Martin, Nolan, Yost, Kovach, Beaber, Cobb, Milberg, Whiddon, Derge, Allen, Rorabaugh
Rogers (front), Derge, Yost, Fabick, Kovach, Leffort and Watt at a Water Supply Point
Zammarchi and Rogers at a Water Supply Point
Bridge Training in Holton Sands England - December 1944
Captain Derge in Landshut after an artillery barrage
Battalion Command Post in Ahrweiler / Walporzheim March 15th 1945
Ahrweiler vineyards - This is the well known viewpoint 'Bunte Kuh' behind Walporzheim.
Ahrweiler vineyards - This is the wellknown viewpoint 'Bunte Kuh' behind Walporzheim.
Ahrweiler - Vineyards behind S-4 - This is the wellknown viewpoint 'Bunte Kuh' behind Walporzheim.
Captain Derge and Eleanolli
Nolan, Campbell, Leffort, Martin, Whiddon, Allen, Puskar
A Street Outside of Metz 2 JAN 1945
Allen, Whiddon, Pollara and Dale
Bronze Star Ceremony in Bad Fredeburg 12 April 1945 - Three officers and six enlisted men received medals: Captain Heubach, LT Poulos, LT Hochberger, S/SGT Pou, SGT Polich, T/4 Mnger, Corporal Kramer, T/5 Apolinario, PFC Slater
Bronze Star Ceremony in Bad Fredeburg 12 April 1945 - LT Quimby, T/SGT Murphy and others in formation
Bronze Star Ceremony in Bad Fredeburg 12 April 1945
Cpt. Whiter and H&S Company in formation at the Bronze Star Ceremony in Bad Fredeburg 12 April 1945
Bronze Star Ceremony in Bad Fredeburg 12 April 1945
Bronze Star Ceremony in Bad Fredeburg 12 April 1945
The Battalion area at Gignac as seen from a mountain in Marseille
Corporal Charles E. Joeckel
Allen, Derge and Kovach at a Water Supply Point
Derge, Allen and Whiddon in Neustad
CPT Derge in a bunker in Neustad
CPT Derge in Bombed Landshut
PFC John W. Adams at Camp Breckinridge
The blackmarket area in Marseille
Entrance to Calas staging area
Packing and crating area St. Victor
Rips Jeep II, Lt. Wohl and Lt. Ripandelli
View from the entrance of Calas
Supply Room and the few guys who were left that built it. Captain Derge, S/SGT Dale and others
Marseille - Canebière looking toward the sea
Marseille - Canebière looking toward the East
Marseille - Fort which fell in 11 minutes to liberate
Captain Derge, Murphy, Whiddon, Curlott, and squad
Chief Medic S/SGT Andrejdes
Medical Aidman T/5 Barton
T/5 Robert Mercier in Bremerhaven, Germany
T/4 Carl L. Rager at Camp Breckinridge
Delamere Park Camp England Dec 1944: Bowles, Campbell, Hollern, Symonds and Rager and their Christmas Tree
Maddox, Barnes, Rager, Moore, Straus and others
T/4 Carl L. Rager at Camp Breckinridge
Rager and others in Gignac, France
284th Bailey Bridge - Roer River Crossing between Winden and Kreuzau. The longest FIxed Bailey Bridge in the ETO at 254 ft.
284th Bailey Bridge - Roer River Crossing between Winden and Kreuzau. The longest FIxed Bailey Bridge in the ETO at 254 ft.
284th Bailey Bridge - Roer River Crossing between Winden and Kreuzau. The longest FIxed Bailey Bridge in the ETO at 254 ft.
284th Bailey Bridge - Roer River Crossing between Winden and Kreuzau. The longest FIxed Bailey Bridge in the ETO at 254 ft.
T/5 Robert Mercier and PFC Arthur Bevan at the Red Cross
284th Bailey Bridge - Roer River Crossing between Winden and Kreuzau. The longest FIxed Bailey Bridge in the ETO at 254 ft.
284th Bailey Bridge - Roer River Crossing between Winden and Kreuzau. The longest FIxed Bailey Bridge in the ETO at 254 ft.
284th Bailey Bridge - Roer River Crossing between Winden and Kreuzau. The longest FIxed Bailey Bridge in the ETO at 254 ft.
German Cemetery in the German Soldiers were buried, taken in Nurember May 1945
Destroyed B Company Command Post that was hit by a V-2 in Remagen on 17 MAR 1945
Collapsed Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen
Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen
Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen
148th Engr. C. Bn. Floating Bailey Bridge being built across the Rhine in Remagen
Collapsed Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen
Mercier and Murray Bremerhaven, Germany
Treadway Bridge across the Rhine in Remagen
Treadway Bridge across the Rhine in Remagen
Maddox at the H&S Command Post
Alf Jansson, Bastress and Shade
Autobahn near Esselberg / Greding - Removing obstructions with considerable amounts of demolitions on 27 March 1945
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Medical Detachment: CPL Maus, S/SGT Andrejdes, Warren, Heath, Barker, Preactor and Lt. Barry
Bridge Training in Holton Sands England - December 1944
Part of the fallen Ludendorff bridge in Remagen
Whiter, Quimby, White and MacNeil Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Road built by C Company Road west of the Rhine in Bad Neunhar heading to Remagen living in Walporzheim
S-2 Section: Flynn, Straus, Campana and others Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Cierakowski, Rorabaugh, Immich, Miller, Captain Quimby and others
Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. O'Neil Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Medical Detachment: CPL Maus, S/SGT Andrejdes, Warren, Heath, Barker, Preactor and Lt. Barry Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Motorpool Diaz, Ober, Symonds, Hayden, Shaw, Wendt and others Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Lowell, Althoff and Zammarchi
Rip's Jeep, Corporal Hatcher and Corporal Joeckel drove Lt. Ripandelli
Maddox, Barnes, Rager, Moore, Straus and others
S-1 Section: Back Row: Comer, Cosby, Roy Smith, O'Dea, Zemanick and Stempora. Front Row: Landauer, Weideman, Bowles, Tressler and Gulick Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Motorpool Diaz, Ober, Symonds, Hayden, Shaw, Wendt and others Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Back Row: Doub, Goldsticker, Tarantino, Sporish, Quinn, Shuss and Uhrin<br />Front Row: Coffee, Gorczyca, Street, Miller, Mercier, Hall and Hryzan Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Lowell, Zammarchi and Althoff
Captain Derge and Ober (The Jeep says 'Where the hell is Ober')
1st SGT Street behind the Nuremberg Billets
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Comer, Rager and Housden at Gignac
Captain Whiter and Captain Arvin
Rager getting ready to ship out for home
Rager shipping out with the 758th Field Artillery Battalion, B Battery
Andrejdes And Miller (A Company)
Nielson (Nails), Hatcher and Weideman at Gignac, France
284th Bailey Bridge - Roer River Crossing between Winden and Kreuzau. The longest FIxed Bailey Bridge in the ETO at 254 ft.
Marseille Engineers Officers Club February 1945
Sur le pont d'Avignon January 1945
Andrejdes, Campana and Miller (A Co) Nice, France
Sur le pont d'Avignon January 1945
Collapsed Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Rove Canal Bridge construction
Destroyed B Company Command Post that was hit by a V-2 in Remagen on 17 MAR 1945
T/5 Hayes and Corporal Joeckel
Dentist Miller and Doc Barry at the billets in Nuremberg
Doub, Goldsticker, Tarantino, Sporish, Quinn, Shuss, Uhrin,<br />Coffee, Unknown, Street, Miller, Mercier, Hall and Hryzan Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Uhrin and unknowns in NYC while at Camp Shanks
T/5 Andrew Uhrin in Nice, France
Front Row: White, Harris, O'Neil, Hipp, Derge, Barry and Wohl Back Row: Rusche, Whiter, McGrath, Arvin, Fleshman, Quimby, MacNeil and Ripandelli at Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Delamere Park Camp England Dec 1944: Medics Andrejdes And McAlister
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Landshut - A day of bombing
Landshut - after an artillery barrage
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Carl Rager and others Gignac, France
Century Recreation Center Huy Belgium
Colonel and Lt in charge of the Century Recreation Center
A group of officers at the Century Recreation Center
Captain Derge in Landshut
Andrejdes at Nuremberg Stadium
Whiter, McGrath, Allen and unknowns
A dried up moat in Nuremberg - May 1945
Hayes, Wayrynen, DiBartolomeo, Goodbarn, Hickey, McGlone and unknowns at Nice, France
Wayrynen, Goodbarn and Hayes at Nice, France
Arthur D. Watt at Camp Breckinridge
Donald Brett, Alfred Hryzan and unknown
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Unknown in front of the 355 Engineer Regiment Headquarters
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Puskar, Murphy, Pollara, Fabick, Watt, Dale, Anderson, Brennan, Gross, Martin, Nolan, Yost, Kovach, Beaber, Cobb, Milberg, Whiddon, Derge, Allen, Rorabaugh
Dugan, Fabick, Shuss, Landauer and Locey
Milberg, Murphy and Whiddon at Gignac, France
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Allison, Cofone, Cline and Winslow on ME109 near Nuremberg, Germany MAY 1945
Allison and Fink 27 SEPT 1945 in Marseilles, France
Nielson Oct 1945 Gignac, France
Diaz, Martin, Brennan and German PWs NOV 1945
Brennan and Martin Nov 1945
Allison, Hatcher, Cofone and Cline - Palace of Versailles 16 OCT 1945
Hatcher, Hayes, Ira Reed and unknowns
Draft Photo: Rager, Hollern, Sleigh, Kim, Busija, Libengood, Jones Popp and others
Landauer and Cosby after a swim in Lake Berre in Marseilles, France July 1945
Battalion HQ at Gignac, France
A Company Mess Hall burning down in Gignac, France - August 1945
A Company Mess Hall burning down in Gignac, France - August 1945
A Company Mess Hall burning down in Gignac, France - August 1945
A Company Mess Hall burning down in Gignac, France - August 1945
A Company Mess Hall burning down in Gignac, France - August 1945
LR - Hochberger, Ed MacNeil Rome, Italy at Mussolini's headquarters
Mess hall in Nuremberg - Nazi items were removed
Landauer (H&S), Neilson (H&S), Henry (B Company CO) and Kingston (B Company)
Road from Gignac to the Port of Marseilles
Writing Room - Red Cross Club in Nice, France
Writing Room - Red Cross Club in Nice, France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Christmas for the French children at Delta Base Section, Marseilles France
Battalion CP in Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Battalion CP in Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Master Sgt Campana in Nuremberg
Close up of funeral pieces, French type - all beaded, taken in St. Paul, France DEC 1945
Orange Trees in St. Paul, France DEC 1945
Bob Landauer - The first oranges that I've seen in Nice, France DEC 1945
Steve Dalk, Bob Hubbard and Bob Landauer 13 DEC 1945 Nice, France
Simone, Howard Sloan, Kathleen Levy-Barnett, Roland Sacho and 2 Red Cross Girls at opening night at the bar in DBS Education Center Marseilles, France 12 DEC 1945
Theater No.2 at Camp Breckinridge
Jim O'Dea at Camp Breckinridge May 1944 Barracks No. 3059
PFC Gilbert Zentgraf at Camp Breckinridge May 1944 Barracks No. 3059
Major Charles Schilling the first Battalion Commander of the 284th
Vaughn A. Shipe at Camp Breckinridge May 1944 Barracks No. 3059
Charles Althoff at Camp Breckinridge May 1944 Barracks No. 3059
Einar Gustafson Camp Breckinridge, KY
Regis T. Hollern at Camp Breckinridge, KY Barracks No. 3056
SGT Jeano Campana Camp Breckinridge, KY May 1944 1st Platoon SGT during Basic Training
T/4 Carl Rager at Camp Breckinridge, KY
Jim O'Dea at Camp Breckinridge May 1944 Barracks No. 3059
Jim O'Dea at Camp Breckinridge May 1944 Barracks No. 3059
T/4 Carl Rager at Camp Breckinridge, KY
Colonel O'Neil Battalion Commander
T/4 Carl Rager at Camp Breckinridge, KY
Camp Breckinridge, KY 'Breckinridge Bus'
Camp Breckinridge 284th Motor Pool area
Camp Breckinridge 284th Camp Proper
Camp Breckinridge 284th Motor Pool area
Camp Breckinridge - Opposite end of camp proper showing Mess Hall and PX
Camp Breckinridge Post HQ
Camp Breckinridge H&S Convoy, SGT Campana and Mercier can be identified
Camp Breckinridge - unknown location, most likely bivouac
Camp Breckinridge - The 284th being issued gear
Camp Breckinridge - The boys all dressed up!
Camp Breckinridge - possibly the Post Commander's House
T/4 Carl Rager at Camp Breckinridge, KY along the Ohio River
Unsure who this is at Camp Breckinridge, KY along the Ohio River
Camp Breckinridge, KY along the Ohio River
T/5 Medic Clyde Hill at Gignac, France
Bridge Training in Holton Sands England - December 1944
1st Sgt. Maddox and unknown soldier
Captain Derge We just gave these children our rations. Taken at Rue des Vieux Fours, Marignane, France
Captain Derge taken at Rue des Vieux Fours, Marignane, France
Captain Derge taken at Castle Square Behind Town Hall in Marignane, France
Captain Derge and other officers taken at Grand Hotel Cours Mirabeau Aix-en-Province, France
Ruins of an old church with the steeple on the right in Nuremberg - May 1945
An old lookout tower inside the old walled city of Nuremberg - May 1945
Shot showing the rocky terrain heading from Marseilles to the 284th's area in Gignac August 1945
Part of the road leading along the port and docks in Marseilles August 1945
Fishing boats in the harbor at Marseilles August 1945
General view of the harbor at Marseilles August 1945
Part of the shoreline on the coast road just outside of Marseilles heading to the 284th's area in Giganc August 1945
36th Infantry Division Monument in Saint-Raphael
36th Infantry Division Monument in Saint-Raphael
Lt. John Ripandelli and wife Eleanor
Joeckel, White and Rusche
Signal Corps photo of Remagen
Signal Corps photo of Remagen
Signal Corps photo of Remagen
Puskar, Althoff, O'Dea and unknown soldiers on pass to Nice, France
Captain Derge and Battalion Mascot Eleanolli as a puppy
Ponton in the vicinity of Chef-du-Pont
Small bridge in the vicinity of St. Jores
HQ soldiers at Camp Breckinridge, KY Campana, Rager, Gustafson, Hollern, Pushkar and others
T/5 Charles O. Althoff on pass to Nice, France
USS Marine Raven and Colonel Roth
USS Marine Raven and Colonel Roth
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Alfred Hryzan and unknown at Camp Breckinridge
T/5 Charles O. Althoff at Camp Breckinridge
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. O'Neil
and his wife Mary
Charles Cline and his wife Maxine
John Adams and his wife Coronetta
Derge S-4, McGrath S-3, Arvin S-2 and Hipp S-1 Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler
Battalion formation at Camp Breckinridge, KY
Battalion formation at Camp Breckinridge, KY
Althoff and unknown soldiers
Black Market in Marseilles
Some of the officers of the 248th Engr. C. Bn. at Camp Breckinridge, KY. Bob Coppage, George Struck, "Red" and Captain Derge
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Delta Base Section Education Center
T/5 Charles O. Althoff at Camp Breckinridge
Delta Base Section Education Center CWO Wolff, school director, at
Delta Base Section Education Center
Delta Base Section Education Center
Delta Base Section Education Center Testi and Landauer at their desks
Delta Base Section Education Center
Delta Base Section Education Center Jack Rosen
Delta Base Section Education Center view of the Library
Delta Base Section Education Center
Nuremberg Dried up moat of a castle May 1945
Nuremberg Ruins of an old church with the steeple on the left May 1945
Bowles and Althoff at Camp Breckinridge
Nuremberg Old lookout tower in the old walled city
Marseille Palais Longchamps - Museum of Natural History
Marseille Palais Longchamps - Museum of Natural History
Marseille Palais Longchamps - Museum of Natural History
Marseille Palais Longchamps - Museum of Natural History
Delta Base Section Education Center Martin Skolnik, General Lee, General Ratay and CWO Wolff
Delta Base Section Education Center General Lee inspecting the Mechanical Drawing Room
Delta Base Section Education Center CWO Wolff, General Ratay and General Lee
Marseille Landauer and Howard Sloan taken on the steps leading up to the Cathedral Nore Dame
Delta Base Section Education Center Chuck Hoffman and Landauer
Barnes, Mercier, Cline, Reed, Cole, Walters and Thorpe in NYC while at Camp Shanks
Delta Base Section Margie, a WAC that works in the I&E Office downtown Marseille
Delta Base Section Jean Wegener WAC girl friend of Dave Stone taken on furlough in Switzerland DEC 1945
Nice General view of one of the mountain towns seen on a tour of Nice
Cemetery of ST Paul France
Eze France Roman monument to Caesar Augustus outside Eze
Eze France Roman monument to Caesar Augustus outside Eze
Cemetery of ST Paul Back city gate
Cemetery of ST Paul France
Cemetery of ST Paul France
Captain Miller (Battalion Dentist)
Captain Miller and his wife Shirley
Captain Miller with his wife Shirley and daughter Margery
Guard Mount at Delamere Park Camp
S/SGT Verlin F. Barnes
and others
1st SGT Street at Delamere Park Camp
SGT Eldridge V. Hatcher
Delamere Park Camp
SGT Eldridge V. Hatcher and T/5 Reginald F. Hayes in Delamere Park Camp
Delamere Park Camp
T/4 Ira L. Reed Jr.
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Delamere Park Camp S/SGT Verlin F. Barnes, S/SGT John S. Gorczyca,
SGT Eldridge V. Hatcher,
T/4 Ira L. Reed Jr.
and others
Delamere Park Camp
S/SGT Verlin F. Barnes
PFC Walter Wayrynen and others on pass in Nice, France
PFC Walter Wayrynen and others on pass in Nice, France
France near Camp Twenty Grand
Hayes, Maddox, Reed and others at Camp Twenty Grand in France
Barnes and others at Camp Twenty Grand in France
Eleanolli found in France
Kacsan, unknown and Andrejdes at Gignac
Unknown and S/SGT Barnes in Oberforstbach Germany
Reed, unknown and Hatcher in Oberforstbach Germany
Hayes, Wayrynen, DiBartolomeo, Goodbarn, Hickey, McGlone and unknowns at Nice, France
Hayes, Wayrynen, DiBartolomeo, Goodbarn, Hickey, McGlone and unknowns at Nice, France
Hayes, Wayrynen, DiBartolomeo, Goodbarn, Hickey, McGlone and unknowns at Nice, France
T/4 John A. Fink Jr at Gignac
T/5 Joseph G. Franz at Gignac
M/SGT Campana and unknown soldiers in Nuremberg
Lt. Wohl - Fire Marshal for Delta Base Section - 1203rd Engineer Firefighter Platoon in Marseilles, FR
Delta Base Section - 1203rd Engineer Firefighter Platoon in Marseilles, FR
Delta Base Section - 1203rd Engineer Firefighter Platoon in Marseilles, FR
LT Hipp and LT Pou on pass to Cannes
LT Hipp and LT Pou on pass to Cannes
T/5 Robert C. Shuss in front of the Orderly Room in Gignac, France
T/5 Robert C. Shuss and others in front of the Orderly Room in Gignac, France
Gignac, France - notice the blimp in the distance!
T/5 Robert C. Shuss at Camp Breckinridge
Charles Joeckel , Alfred Hryzan and Donald Brett
Santana, Ellison, unknown and Barton
Barton at the end of the cot
Dwight Barton and his brother Allen
LoPorto, unknown and Barton (far right) in Nuremberg
Barton (far left) and unknowns
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Dwight Barton, Unknown and Domenick Larcenese in NYC while at Camp Shanks
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
H&S Company 284th Combat Engineers
Corporal Maus, George Curlott and Bill Kaehn (A Company)
George Curlott in his one and only boxing exhibition, he won by decision!
Medic Joe Ellison behind an M3 37mm anti-tank gun at Gignac.
Medic Joe Ellison and others
Medic Joe Ellison and others