This may be a
picture of the army camp from a distance, or this may be a picture of
the European countryside.
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Parts one,
two,
and three
of this short series have already been posted. In this series, I have
been posting my great-uncle Lowell’s small collection of
photographs from his time in the U.S. Army. He had enlisted on 10 Nov
1943, started service on 1 Dec 1943, and was released from service on
18 Apr 1946. For at least part of that time, he served with the
Military Police.
This time, I will
post pictures that appear to have been taken in that vague “somewhere
in Europe” during the war. None of them are marked with names or
locations, and, although I can recognize Lowell himself when he
appears, I have no knowledge of the other people who might show up.
Because of other (marked) photos in the collection, I can make a
guess on a couple of them, though.
In this photo,
Lowell is on the left. The cannon they are posing by appears to be
similar or the same as the one that shows up in the first post
with Lowell and Melvin Chrisman. In fact, I believe that I should
have placed this photo with those other two, despite this cannon
being set up and the other one still on the truck. The man on the
right certainly resembles the man identified as Melvin Chrisman in
the other picture, and the pictures could easily have been taken the
same day.
Once again, Lowell
is on the left in this photograph. I am inclined to think that this
picture was also taken the same day and that the man on the right is
again Melvin Chrisman.
Lowell is again on
the left, but this time I am not convinced that the man on the right
is Melvin Chrisman or that this photo was taken the same day as the
other two. It appears to have been taken somewhere in a city, whereas
the other pictures look more rural, and the men are wearing different
uniforms. The man on the right is armed and also seems to be carrying
a canteen and some other unidentified objects.
This picture has me
completely at a loss. It appears to have been taken in a city
somewhere, and the two men in the picture are unidentified. I could
find no one in the marked pictures who in my opinion resembled either
of these men. I notice that they are standing under a “one way”
sign, which is made out of cardboard and apparently tacked on to the
brickwork.
Sources:
National
Archives and Records Administration, "U.S. World War II Army
Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, Ancestry
(www.ancestry.com
: accessed 24 Aug 2015), entry for Lowell A Brosius; citing
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival
Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records;
Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record
Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland,
U.S.A.
National
Cemetery Administration, "U.S. Veterans Gravesites,
ca.1775-2006," database, Ancestry
(www.ancestry.com
: accessed 25 Aug 2015), entry for Lowell Brosius, Willamette
National Cemetery; citing National Cemetery Administration.
Nationwide
Gravesite Locator.
U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, "U.S., Department of Veterans
Affairs BIRLS [Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem]
Death File, 1850-2010," database, Ancestry
(www.ancestry.com
: accessed 25 Aug 2015), entry for Lowell Brosius; citing
Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death
File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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