Days in Combat |
“Ammunition Wagon Pulled by Prime Mover, Laverne Braaten against wheel.” |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. 155m gun in traveling position. 3rd Gun Section, Battery B. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, near the Main River. Spring, 1945. Pete Miller, Bob Abrahams, Lee Posey. "Some liberated chicken and champagne." Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. Caption on original picture: "Whitley ,Posey, Pete. More liberated chicken. Germany." William Whitley, Leland Posey, Ernest (Pete) Miller. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. Only identification is "T.S.". Perhaps it is Theodora Smith. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. Gould Rockwell giving Loren Van Kirk a haircut. "In combat everyone turns barber, but we did care how we looked." Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. "Mouse cutting Miller's hair." Antonio Gonzales & Ernest (Pete) Miller. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. "Somewhere in Germany, Spring 1945." Bob Abrahams. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
Caption on original picture: "They tricked me (Bob Abrahams) with my own camera, they dothings like this to me. You can see a little too much. That's (Lee) Posey behind." Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. Maynard Hartzog taking a bath in combat. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. Caption on back of original picture: "(Gould) Rockwell taking a bath in Germany. ______ are trying to take his towel away. I thought it was cute until they took mine." Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. 3rd Gun Section and how they traveled from Le Harve, France to Schwabmunchen, Germany over a period of three months. In Front: Loren VAn Kirk & Wesley Hasenbalg. On top of "cat": Theodora Smith, Cleo Moody, Slim____, Gloud Rockwell. Getting into "cat": Ernest (Pete) Miller. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring, 1945. Setting up the camouflage and building a parapet in gun position in Germany. Gould Rockwell & Thomas Hanlan. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring 1945. Standing by caterpillar - Eldon Ryals. Theodora Smith & Gould Rockwell on top. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring 1945. Eldon Ryals Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring 1945. Caption on original picture: "Resting before road march. Billy Allen, Maynard Hartzog, Lee Poseywith glasses on." Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring 1945. Caption in original picture: "____ before we started on a road march. I sure do look dirty, don't I. Germany." Melvin Wainwright and Bob Abrahams. On top - Theodora Smith. Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring 1945. Johnny Gray and Bob Abrahams. Caption on back of original picture: "Johnny and I & his ______. He came to me one day so I took his picture. We were kidding him about taking such a chance getting up so close to the front. We were firing on Nuremberg from here." Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
515th FA Bn. Germany, Spring 1945. Toby_____, Cecil Graham, Fredrick Conroy. Slim_____ on top of "cat". Courtesy of Bob Abrahams, Battery B, 515th FA Bn. |
“Guys from Number 1 Gun – Battery B” |
“Number 1 Gun – Battery B” |
“Number 1 Gun, Battery B – Preston McCauley Firing” |
“Mess Truck – Battery A, Walter Zawalski on Right” |