About this piece
WWII US Army Field Artillery Fire Direction Center (FDC): 11 original named snapshots, Rimburg, Netherlands and Rott, Germany, 1944-45.
Several backs carry the theatre censor stamp "PASSED FOR PERSONAL USE - NOT FOR PUBLICATION - 23 APR 1945 - ETOUSA."
HIGHLIGHTS
- Captioned "F.D.C. at Rimburg, Holland" (Siegfried Line front near Aachen) and "Rott"
- One back: "Cpl Latson was transferred to 115th Reg of 29th Div while we were at Rott"
- Named with jobs: Maj. Roesch (S-3), Capt. Sviha (S-4), Lt. Klien (H.C.O.), Lemen (Computer), Graham (telephone operator), Simons, Roberson, Robert Weese
- Rare look at the FDC team: "Computer" at desk with field equipment, headquarters farmhouse, camo netting, winter group shot
- One soldier's group, never split up
DETAILS
- 11 b&w prints, mostly Kodak paper, approx. 4 x 2.7 in.
- Weese portrait in khakis, likely stateside
- Battalion number not written, a good research project
- Names as written; some spellings uncertain
CONDITION
See photos of fronts and backs.
Ships together in rigid mailer.
Several backs carry the theatre censor stamp "PASSED FOR PERSONAL USE - NOT FOR PUBLICATION - 23 APR 1945 - ETOUSA."
HIGHLIGHTS
- Captioned "F.D.C. at Rimburg, Holland" (Siegfried Line front near Aachen) and "Rott"
- One back: "Cpl Latson was transferred to 115th Reg of 29th Div while we were at Rott"
- Named with jobs: Maj. Roesch (S-3), Capt. Sviha (S-4), Lt. Klien (H.C.O.), Lemen (Computer), Graham (telephone operator), Simons, Roberson, Robert Weese
- Rare look at the FDC team: "Computer" at desk with field equipment, headquarters farmhouse, camo netting, winter group shot
- One soldier's group, never split up
DETAILS
- 11 b&w prints, mostly Kodak paper, approx. 4 x 2.7 in.
- Weese portrait in khakis, likely stateside
- Battalion number not written, a good research project
- Names as written; some spellings uncertain
CONDITION
See photos of fronts and backs.
Ships together in rigid mailer.
