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157th Infantry Regiment HQ Munich; 14 May 1945
Courtesy Time-Life
157th Infantry Regiment HQ Munich; 14 May 1945
Courtesy Time-Life
Douglas Studebaker, Intelegence and Recon platoon
Sgt. Ralph Rosa, 3rd Bn. Medical detachment May 1945
Courtesy of Donna Klein on behalf of the Buechner Estate.
Sgt. Ralph Rosa, 3rd Bn. Med. Det. 13 May 1945; Ammer See, Germany
Jack Hallowell, made it stateside to Germany, poses with a letter from Ern
Peter J. Gallery, Medic 157th IR.
Dr Peter Carl Graffagnino, surgeon 2nd Battalion
Joseph Rey 2nd Bn HQ
Harold 'Hal' Gray, 3rd Bn. HQ; October 1943- July 1944
Harold Gray, Mackzinus, Furland
Carrol M. Carlson, Sicily through Germany
1LT Howard Buechner, 3rd Bn Surgeon, Munich Germany May 1945
1LT Robert Kimsey, 3rd Bn Surgeon
1LT Jack Bushyhead, 1LT William E. Rogers, and 1LT Howard Buechner; 27 May 1945 Berchtesgaden, Germany
LTC Felix Sparks, 3rd Battalion Comander , Munich Germany May 1945
Albert Turk 3rd Bn HQ
LTC Irving Otto Schaefer (center) 3 June 1943 Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation.
LTC Chester Cruikshank recieving the silver star from MG Frederick, January 1945 near Wingen Sur Moder
LTC Ivan C. Williams, 2lt M company 13 September 1940
1LT Bushyhead, Augsburg Germany May-July 1945
Charles Stephan, HQ Company, Killed in action November 22nd 1943
William Williams, 1st Bn HQ, Company clerk and message center chief
BG Felix Sparks, 2001
Ralf Krieger and Felix Sparks went all the way from stateside to Germany
Kenneth Stemmons
John C. Padgett, Intel and Recon platoon
28 March 1945.
"Infantry moves past tanks to attack town of Aschaffenburg, Germany."
2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment. Aschaffenburg Area.
Photo by Rutberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 271452, Credit NARA
Courtesy Dave Kerr
Vomécourt, France Sept 27.44 : M4 tank (Co A -191st Tank Battalion) and members of the 3rd Battalion (157th Inf Rgt) pictured on the main place of the village.
Courtesy Jean-marie Siret
28 March 1945.
"U.S. Infantryman runs past house as 45th Division troops attack the town of Aschaffenburg, Germany."
157th Infantry Regiment.
Photo by Rutberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 271453, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
11 March 1945.
"DUKWs and powered rafts being used in amphibious training. Infantrymen debark from raft after being ferried across water by Combat Engineers."
157th Infantry Regiment and 40th Engineer Company.
Heming Area, France.
Photo by Kohl, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 271442, Credit NARA.
CCourtesy Dave Kerr
2 February 1945.
"Infantrymen stage a demonstration for reinforcements of a division in the Rangviller area, France. They storm the objective following a bazooka attack."
157th Infantry Regiment.
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Dave Kerr
31 December 1944.
"Pfc. Creed Johns of Nicholasville, Kentucky, right, and Pvt. Joseph Koreal, Cleveland, Ohio, left, members of a pioneer squad of the HQ company 1st Battalion, 157th Regiment, 45th Division, whose job is to carry rations and supplies to soldiers in foxholes, climb up a difficult hill with a pack of supplies on their backs." In the photo, Pvt. Koreal is carrying a can of bacon grease.
Schonau Area, Germany.
Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 271440, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
31 December 1944.
"L to R...TEC 5th George Bennie, Uniontown, Pa., PFC. William Dolt, 1790 Fernwood Lane, Plainfield, N.J., PVT. John N. Menard, Lafayette, La., S/SGT John D. Toups, Lake Arthur, La., fix something to eat in a cave that serves as an observation post overlooking Schonau, Germany. Men carry 'C' rations to these observers."
1st Bn, 157 Regt., 45th Div., Schonau Area, Germany.
Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 326082, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
20 December 1944.
"Observers of 45th Division watch shelling of German's Siegfried Line defenses in Bundenthal, Germany."
1st Bn, 157th.
Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
Note censors have inked out the Thunderbird patch.
SC 330435, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
13 December 1944.
'45th Division mortar crew, which is sheltered behind the Maginot Line pill-box near Lembach, prepares to fire 81mm shells at enemy.'
3rd Battalion, 157th.
Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 364305, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
10 December 1944.
"Crouched behind a .50 caliber machinegun, American machinegunner of the Seventh Army, provides protective cover for advancing infantrymen during drive on Niederbronn-les-Bains, France."
1st Bn, 157th Infantry Regiment.
Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 364302, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
10 December 1944.
"American Infantrymen advance up a hill outside the newly captured town of Niederbronn-les-Bains, France. Machine gunners, mortarmen and medics can be distinguished by the equipment they carry."
1st Bn, 157th Infantry Regiment.
SC 197583, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
10 December 1944.
"Tense moments during a sniper hunt in Niederbronn-les-Bains, France, newly taken in 7th Army drive. One American Infantryman is about to swing open a door while two other riflemen are ready for instant action."
3rd Bn, 157th Infantry Regiment.
SC 197283, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
31 October 1944.
"Ignoring the dead body of a German soldier and a knocked out Nazi tank in the background, American infantrymen don their new issue of the new type combat jacket issued for warmth. They are in the La Salle sector, France."
157th Infantry Regiment.
Photo by Harris, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 195862, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
Jean-marie Siret:
This photo is in my opinion taken somewhere between the passes of Haut-Jacques and Chipotte. This mountain range locked access to the Meurthe valley and was strongly defended by the Germans
22 September 1944
3rd Bn, 157th.
Igney Canal Lock, .
SC 329879, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
22 September 1944.
"Infantrymen of 3rd Bn. (157th) Inf. load on assault boat, to be ferried by Engrs. across Moselle River."
Igney.
Photo by Noah, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 328128, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
22 September 1944.
"Machine Gun section of (157th) Inf. emplaces its guns to cover battalion's crossing of Moselle River."
Igney.
Photo by Noah, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 364688, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
24 May 1945
PFC Joseph Benson, 157th Infantry Regiment, was one of the GIs who received the Silver Star from your grandfather there on .
SC 431720, Credit NARA and Digital History Archive.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
24 May,1945
. "The soldiers of the 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, come to attention in King's Plaza, Munich, Germany, for decoration ceremonies." Photo by Musser, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 271459, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Brad Hicks
4 September 1944.
"Populace of Bourg cheer as troops of 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division, march through the town."
Photo by Blau, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 194990, Credit NARA
Courtesy Dave Kerr
21 August 1944.
"Troops of the 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division, rest in Pertuis after a six day trek trying to keep up with the retreating Germans."
SC 193464, Credit NARA
Courtesy Dave Kerr
15 August 1944.
"Infantrymen of 45th Division moves up coastal road on D-Day."
157th Infantry Regiment, near St. Maxime.
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Courtesy Dave Kerr
27 April 1944.
"Buddies gather around PFC Ralph Rosa, 1382 College Ave., Bronx, N.Y., as he draws his beer ration. The 157 Inf. Regt, is the first organization on the beachhead to receive the beer made in Naples and under G.I. supervision. Each man will be rationed 2/3 of a quart every two weeks."
Rosa belonged to the Medical Detachment, 157th Infantry Regiment.
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Courtesy Dave Kerr
Award of Silver Star:
Joseph D. Barry 0404617 AUS, Chaplain (Captain), Hq 1stBn, 157th IR, for gallantry in action on 29-30 July 1943 near San Stefano, Sicily. During an attack to capture a dominant hill mass, the 1st Bn launched an attack up a steep and rocky mtn. slope. When one of the assault companies was subjected to heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire inflicting heavy casualties, Chaplain Barry immediately proceeded to the area. Disregarding the intense artillery fire, he gave first aid and comfort to the wounded and administered last rites to the dying. He worked tirelessly directing the evacuation of wounded and refused to leave the area until all casualties were removed. Later he led searching parties into mine-sewn areas for the purpose of recovering bodies of men who had died on the battlefield. His cool efficiency under fire and cheerful acceptance of danger and hardship was an inspiration to all who served with him and aroused the troops to greater efforts on the field of battle. His conduct reflects high credit on the Chaplain’s Corps of the United States Army.
Leroy T. Amos, saw combat as an infantry soldier in the 157th Infantry Regiment in France and Germany. His battalion liberated the 32,000 emaciated prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp. On the day the camp was liberated, Leroy was temporarily assigned as the radio-telephone operator to LTC Felix Sparks, the battalion commander.
Karl Mann (far left), "Before crossing the Danube - April '45."
9 August 1943.
"This captured German 'jeep' manned by Mr. Peter H. Buzz (driver), Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sgt, Norris Pickens (front seat), Tulsa, Okla., and Pfc. Seymour Fier of New York City, is on its way to Berlin via Messina, Sicily, and Rome, Italy."
Buzz, Pickens and Fier all belonged to the 157th Infantry Regiment.
SC 176496, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
18 July 1943.
"Soldiers of the 45th Division march through Caltanissetta, Sicily, leaving bombed ruins behind." 18 July 1943.
157th Infantry.
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Courtesy Dave Kerr
18 July 1943.
Seventy-five years ago today, the 45th Infantry Division captures Caltanissetta, Sicily.
"Caltanissetta, Sicily, captured by soldiers of the 45th Division, is left behind by troops marching towards new objective." 18 July 1943.
157th Infantry.
SC 177869, Credit NARA
Courtesy Dave Kerr
Officers, 157th Infantry Regiment, Camp Barkeley, Texas, July 1941
Officers, 157th Infantry Regiment, Camp Barkeley, Texas, July 1941
Officers, 157th Infantry Regiment, Camp Barkeley, Texas, July 1941
19 March 1945,
"Shock casualty. Infantryman has been hit by concussion of a nearby shell. He is in a sort of sleepwalking daze and right arm feels paralyzed. Frederick W. Marcus, ASN 36470554." 2d Bn, 157th Inf Regt, 45th Div, XV Corps, 7A. 19 March 1945. Photo by Rutberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 380402, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
11 March 1945,
"Ducks and powered rafts being used in amphibious training. Ducks with troops and equipment cross river as part of training. They are also tested to see if they are seaworthy." 157th Inf. Regt., 45th Div. and 40th Tng Com GP., 7A, Heming Area, France. 11 March 1945.
Photo by Kohl, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 203737, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
2 February 1945,
"Infantrymen stage a demonstration for reinforcements of a division in the Rangviller area, France. They storm the objective following a bazooka attack." 45th Div., 157th Reg. 2 February 1945.
SC 199948, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
10 December 1944, "An American road-block is set up with 30 caliber heavy machine gun, and a tank destroyer is ready for action in Adolph Hitler Strasse." Niederbronn Les-Bains, France. 1st Battalion, 157th Regiment, 45th Division. 10 December 1944. Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company. SC 364301, Credit NARA.
10 December 1944, "American Infantrymen crouch low between tank and building as they 'sweat out' an enemy shell, heard coming toward them. The action took place on a street in the French town of Niederbronn Les-Bains, newly taken in northward drive, but still under German
artillery fire." 3rd Bn., 157th Regt., 45th Inf. Div., Niederbronn Les-Bains, France. 10 December 1944. Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 197256, Credit NARA.
2 January 1944.
"Patrol from 157th Infantry Regiment, I and R Section led by
Corp. Stuart C. Smith of Toledo, Ohio, third from left. Composed of left to right: PFC Valen J. Mullenax, Denver, Colo., PFC William R. Caird, New London, Conn., Corp. Stuart C. Smith, Toledo, Ohio, PVT Henry G. Mills, Altoona, PA., and PVT James J. Dowdall, Long Island, New York at 157th C.P. near Pozzilli, Italy." .
SC 184479, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
20 December 1943.
"the 45th Division pack mule train on its way to the front. They are loaded down with 5 gallon cans of water, 'K' rations and other supplies. The train left from the 157th Infantry Regiment C.P. located in the vicinity of Venafro and is headed for the 3rd Bn., 157th Infantry Regiment C.P. in the mountains located approximately 8 miles by trail north of Venafro. The town of Pozzullli is in the background." Venafro area, Italy. Photo by Lapidus, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 354530, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
30 April 1945.
"Dachau Atrocity Camp: A former prisoner freed whn 7th U.S. Army troops liberated the infamous camp, shows the crematory furnaces to Col. Walter P. O'Brien whose men captured the camp."
O'Brien was CO of the 157th Infantry Regiment.
XV Corps.
Photo by Blau, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 264812, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
TSGT Bernard Fleming was in 157th 3rd Battalion HQ company Anti tank Platoon. Photo taken near Naples before the Southern France landings.
TSGT Bernard Fleming and friends. Pictured from Left to Right
(George Welgus-NJ, Scalabrino-NY (sorry forgot first name), Meroslaw Melnick ASN 32209035 Bronx NY, and TSGT Bernard Fleming-Springfield, MA
Interesting, Scalabrino's Father was from Italy, mother's family from france. When the war broke out, Scalabrino lived in Italy. When Mussolini took power his family sent him to France to avoid the draft. Then when Germany invaded France his family got him out and sent him to America (we think NY). Eventually he was drafted in the US Army with the 45th (157th). He died during the war. The others in the photo survived and made it home.
Raymond Groeger 1BN HQ Munich 1945
Raymond Groeger VE day
Anthony Schmitz 2nd Bn
Sidney L. Arnold HQ co 3rd Bn
Jack Blumberg
Service Company , 157th Infantry Regiment, Camp Barkeley, Texas July 21, 1941
Dan Scully arrived at unit about 1 March 1945
Clyde Prichett, Italy
LTC Richard Freygang, Service company when activated
Stanley Novak served in Europe in the 45th. Infantry Division-157th. Infantry Regiment Service Company from February of 1944 through July of 1945
PFC Leon 'Beanie' Turmaine
Bernard Cantillon, was in the 44th ID at outbreak of war. Became a replacement assigned to the 157th IR early 1944
3 May 1945,
"Historical scene closely associated with the Nazi Socialist Party in the city of its birth. After repeated warnings to remain at home by proclamation to the civilian population of Munich, the U.S. Seventh Army was force to demobilize them by seizing bicycles, and autos. One important item was to check looting. The 45th Div. guards are (left) PFC William Parry, Amsterdam, N.Y. and PFC Walter Pribanic, McKeesport, PA."
Seventh Army, XV Corps, A.T. Co., 157th Inf. Regt., 45th Div.
Photo by Harris, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 206221, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
September 16, 1941.
This 37mm Anti Tank gun manned by a crew from the 157th Inf. Is ready to fire. Capt. L.W. Hardesty from Cannon City, Colo., is the gunner; pfc. W.B. Johnson is the assistant gunner; Sgt J.M. McLain is the section commander; pvt B. Barnett from Silt, Colo. Is the ammunition carrier and pfc. J. Sulentis from Fort Nioagra Colo. Is the weapons carrier driver. The scene is near Peson, La
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Larry Mutinsk hands out cigarettes at the Allach, Dachau sattelite camp
Nick Nichols with Don Dusher (M company) 2002 reunion
Melford Huston, wounded in Germany, 1945, by grenade resulting in the amputation of his left forearm
Louis Antonioli, wounded twice, second time at Nurmberg, Germany
Troops from the 45th Infantry Division are arriving at Camp Barkeley, the new training facility near Abilene, Texas. Military trucks carried the division 230-miles from Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Relaxing in the barracks after the big moving operation are left tor right Private George Meniatis and Private Solly Sandoval. The men are from Company A., 157th Infantry out of Denver Colorado. Private Meniatis is sitting on his bunk, wearing a collared shirt, jacket, and jeans. He is reaching for a cigarette from his friend. Private Sandoval is dressed in a side cap, collared shirt, jacket, and jeans. Clothes and supplies are handing from nails on the wall.
University of Texas Arlington digital gallery
Jacob Henry Abendschan, January 1941- June 1945
JD Baily
JD Baily and another sergeant
Ed Lesniewski, Captured 22 February 1944, interned stalag 7b Augsburg Germany
Preston E. Donovan, center with 2 unknown soldiers in an unknown location.
16 January 1945.
"Elements of CO. B, 1st Bn., 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division, march into a new position in the woods above Zinswiller, France, where fighting is heavy." Photo by Kohl, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 271441, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
Edward G. Wilkin recipient of the CMOH
Capt. Anse H. 'Eddie' Speairs, C Company Comander; Lt Don Waugh Executive officer; 1st sgt Joe Alle; April 1944
Courtesy of Flint Whitlock
William Blackwell wounded in action 4 October 1944
Ernest Stocker, C Company 17 December 1944 - June 1945
Cpl. Hugo Jackson, listed missing in action 16 August 1944 when a davit cable snapped dumping several soldiers into the sea.
Alfred Vigliante, 4th platoon, 21 Npvember 1943; Italy
SSG Dom Hughes, PFC Al Vigliante, SSG Dan Ficco; 'Tiger patrol' 21 November 1943
4th platoon, C company 28 October 1943
Heavy Weapon's platoon pre- deployment
Robert Kirchgassner mortar section leader, 4th Platoon
SSG William A. Gehring
Winston Sutter
Earl R. Bucholz Killed in Action 15 October 1943
Edward Wilkin, Bill Safron, George Thomann
Pfc Thomas M. Briggs 157th Inf. Rgt Co C was declared missed in action near Bru Vosges on October 12.1944. His body was never recovered.
Courtesy Jean-marie Siret
2 April 1945.
"Infantrymen advance through debris littered backyards in Aschaffenburg, Germany, seeking to root out Germans stubbornly defending every room of every building in the town."
C Company, 157th Infantry Regiment.
Photo by Rutberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 204184, Credit NARA.
Coutesy Dave Kerr
29 December 1944.
"Combat photographer T/4 Morris J. Ratick, of 1675 Townsend Ave., Bronx, NY, set up with his motion picture camera looking down on town in Germany, while PVT. Charles Russell, of E. Chatanooga, Tenn., looks out of his fox hole nearby with Browning Automatic Rifle."
Charles L. Russell, Jr., belonged to C Company, 157th.
45th Division, Schonau Area, Germany.
Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 198433, Credit NARA.
Coutesy Dave Kerr
24 December 1944.
"A group of men rescued from Bundenthal, Germany. These men were trapped in the town for seven days."
The men of the two platoons of C Company and two platoons of G Company, 157th Infantry Regiment, who were trapped for six days in Bundenthal.
Niederbronn.
Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 198221, Credit NARA.
Coutesy Dave Kerr
Men from Charlie Company, late 44 or 45
Courtesy John Scaletta
That's my dad, Peter B. Scaletta, on the right standing next to the man that saved his life, Staff Sargent Thomas H. McKay
PFC Rudolph Fernandez, listed missing in action 22 December 1943 Italy
Leon Sutton
Hluboky, Ansbach July 1945
Tom McKay, I believe in France 1944
Dale D. Brower, Killed in Action D-day Sicily 10 July 1943
Glen Haskell, France November 21, 1944
Glen Haskell, Munich, Germany, May 1945 The house in the background is one we were living in for a while. One of the few our bombers left standing.
Howard James, Munchen, Germany May 1945
Wallace F. McKenize ASN 38006166 and Edward D. Capuzzi, ASN 13101589 and my pipe (Glen Haskell) on the German border in January, 1945
Birds eye view of our mess hall at Munchen, Germany, May, 1945
Guns ready for Ordnance inspection in Munchen, Germany, May 1945
Glendene Hardin, Outside of Munchen Germany, May 1945
Our mail Clerk (Capuizze) in Munchen, Germany, May 1945
PFC Merle E. Gum, ASN 36051074, PFC Robert E. Kunst, ASN 39162909, and Frienchie on the German border in January, 1945
George and Leona Schweims
Sgt George Sheldon, January 1941-September 1945
Machinegun squad
James Shurbutt, fall 1944 to spring 1945
1lt James shurbutt, 2004
Rosario Rinella, 13 December 1944 died of wounds recieved 11 December 1944 Niederbron, France
Ralph Fink
Troops from the 45th Infantry Division are arriving at Camp Barkeley, the new training facility near Abilene, Texas. Military trucks carried the 10,000 men 230-miles from Fort Sill, Oklahoma. When they arrived at the Camp, the most asked question was "Where do we live?". Members of Company D, 157th Infantry Regiment, are lining up in a company street to get their tent assignments.
University of Texas Arlington digital gallery
Captain Morton Wyatt, with E Company when activated.
2lt Almond Fisher, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor
Robert Bruce Moore
Vernon Horn, activated 16 September 1940, wounded and taken prisoner in France
Charlie D. Dunham, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio
3 April 1945.
"American infantrymen march out of the town of Aschaffenburg, after successfully completing a six day fight to clear the town of stubborn German forces holding out."
E Company, 157th Infantry Regiment.
Photo by Rutberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 271456, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
7 August 1944.
"Pvt. Kenneth G. Compau, 5020 Anotole St., Detroit, Mich., dressing finger of Pfc. Hildie H. Sheets, 1706 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, Mich., (both are of the 157th Infantry Regiment) before embarking on LST for the invasion. On Anzio Beachhead, Pvt. Compau gave first aid to Pfc. Sheets, wounded by shell fragments, under fire."
Bagnoli, Italy.
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Courtesy Dave Kerr
7 August 1944.
"When he hits the beach, PFC James P. Royle, 778 E. Bway., S. Boston, Mass., Company 'E', 157th Infantry Regiment, wants to look neat. An Italian civilian shines his shoes."
Bagnoli, Italy.
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Courtesy Dave Kerr
7 August 1944.
"Infantrymen of Company 'E', 157th Infantry Regiment, are shown eating Italian watermelon prior to boarding the LST."
Bagnoli, Italy.
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Courtesy Dave Kerr
February 16th, 3 brave gentlemen from rural Pennsylvania were fighting hard for this country, but 2 of the 3 were captured by the German's at Anzio. Robert Breon, was the 1st scout for Company E, and was wounded when mortar fragments went through the compass in his pocket and into his hip. His buddy, Augustus Bentz was the 2nd scout for Company E. Even though they were separated after being captured, they remained lifelong friends. And their 3rd buddy was William Heydt who was in Company G. (from left to right is William Heydt, Robert Breon, Augustus Bentz).
CPL James T. Newton (on far right) and 2 others R&R Miami, Florida
Arrow points to Augustus Bentz, temporary POW holding pen near Anzio, Italy
Ray Drulinger
John Pinkerman arrived in F company about Sept 1944 and was killed in the opening phase of the fight near Reipertswiller, France
John Pinkerman & son
SSG Archie J. Estes, 19 April 1944, wounded by Artillery 18 February 1944 Anzio.
LT William Hoag, died 17 August 1944 near Swiss -France boarder.
Taken during preperation for the invasion of Southern France, Bill Hoag was killed 17 Aug 1944; Vogel was assigned XO of G Company and captured at Riepertswiller, France; Klohmann was transferred to H Company
Lts McClenahan, Hoag and Mills during preperations for the Southern France landings
Lt Mills, Lt Murray, Capt Acams, Lt Hoag, Lt Vogel and Lt McClenahan near Salerno, Italy during preperations for the landings in Southern France
Lt. John Paul McClenahan, near Salerno, Italy during preperations for the landings in Southern France
3 June 1943, Capt William A. Speight, Pfc Joe C. Thomas, Pfc Asa Swift, Pvt. Dieu Little Warrior, Pvt San Carlos, Cpl. Ebenezer Wesley.
Armor C. Surber, wounded and captured 23 February 1944, POW Stalag 2B Hammerstein, Germany
William Gillespie, He was WIA: 25 Sep 1943, near Salerno, Italy
Floyd Chapman, Sicily - Southern France
Charles H. Brown, F Company (head of Machine Gun section). Sicily- Rome.
Wounded at Anzio (received second injury while on the beach at Anzio waiting for evac). One Purple Heart w/ oak leaf cluster. Three Bronze Stars w/ oak leaf cluster, He returned home in 1945, he and his wife had one child during the war (1942) and two afterwards. He passed away in 1962 from colon cancer.
Charles H. Brown 1942
Clarence E Baughman, PFC, 45th Inf, 157th Reg, 2nd Bat. Captured 2/16/1944 at Anzio.
Adam Bagdon annd 'Grab' Grabowski, Rome 1944
Heavy Weapons Section, Munich 1945 Adam Bagdon third from the left in the back row.
2Lt William J. Sheard, Killed in action Budenthal, Germany 21 December 1944
Lonnie Johnson, POW Anzio Stalag VIIA
Edward R. Peppler, Sicily and Salerno
Douglas O'Conner, February 1943 - November 1945
Louis V. 'Cody' Wims
Walter Ballentine, Killed in action March 31 1945
Andrew Korus, July 1944 - 18 December 1944 wounded in action
ENLISTED APRIL 15, 1941. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT HARRISON, INDIANA. DUTY STATIONS: CAMP MURRAY, WASHINGTON; FORT GREELY, ALASKA; FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON; SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN; SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA; MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA; MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA; FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI; AND FORT GEORGE MEADE, MARYLAND. ARRIVED IN FRANCE DECEMBER 16, 1944; SERVED WITH COMPANY G, 157TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION. KILLED BY SNIPER FIRE NEAR REIPERTSWILLER, FRANCE, JANUARY 12, 1945. AWARDED PURPLE HEART. BURIED IN EPINAL AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY, EPINAL, FRANCE.
24 December 1944.
"A group of men rescued from Bundenthal, Germany. These men were trapped in the town for seven days."
The men of the two platoons of C Company and two platoons of G Company, 157th Infantry Regiment, who were trapped for six days in Bundenthal.
Niederbronn.
Photo by Fenberg, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 198221, Credit NARA.
Coutesy Dave Kerr
Sgt Glenwood Pritchard, Reported DOW 11 February 1945 in the Division casualty list, but that is erroneous. It appears there was a FOD and then his remains were located post January 1946.
John W. Kendall
Clarence P. Seward, captured 23 February 1944, intered stalag 7A
Bruce Hall, mortarman captured 22 February 1944
Bruce Hall 1997
James Hatcher, POW 23 February 1944
Charles E. Cusack, Killed in action Italy
Farside left to right:
Dennis J. laughlin, Dale E Oberg, Richard W. Milk, William H Hamilton, John Daniel, Pat Sullivan, Marvin Holbert, Red Scheaffer, Philly M. Beiman, Albert Roeden, Harry McDonald, Francis P Clokin
Officers:
Capt Frost, 2LT Bradbury, 1st Lt McGinnis
Close side:
Calvin Snider, John Wagner, Eddie Wagner, Arthur Shukan, Orland File, Lloyd Schneider, Jack Burgess, Lee Stroh, Frank Reed, Bill Lewis, Elmo Cromes, George Hashlangen, Victor Gies
Farside left to right:
Dennis J. laughlin, Dale E Oberg, Richard W. Milk, William H Hamilton, John Daniel, Pat Sullivan, Marvin Holbert, Red Scheaffer, Philly M. Beiman, Albert Roeden, Harry McDonald, Francis P Clokin
Officers:
Capt Frost, 2LT Bradbury, 1st Lt McGinnis
Close side:
Calvin Snider, John Wagner, Eddie Wagner, Arthur Shukan, Orland File, Lloyd Schneider, Jack Burgess, Lee Stroh, Frank Reed, Bill Lewis, Elmo Cromes, George Hashlangen, Victor Gies
Leonard Brown
John Wesley Powers plaque
News article on Samuel Parker
6 April 1945.
"PFC Franklin E. Hankins, of Beardstown, Ill., an American soldier recently liberated from a Nazi Prisoner of War Camp receives his first pay from Pay Officer, 2nd LT Paul B. Roger, of Clinton, N.C., at a general hospital in the Paris area."
SC 385013, Credit NARA and Marc Romanych.
PFC Hankins belonged to H Company, 157th Infantry Regiment, and was captured 4 January 1945.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
28 September 1944.
"Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, C.G., 7th Army, inspecting 1st Platoon, Co I, (157) Infantry. Behind Gen. Patch is Lt. Van T. Barfoot, holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and Maj. Gen. William W. Eagles, C.G., 45th Division."
45th Division Command Post.
Photo by Katz, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC 338055, Credit NARA and Digital History Archive.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
Joseph A Tellish, Co "I", 157th, MIA 23 May 1944 near Carano, Italy.
16 August 1944,
"45th Inf. Div. moves up to front lines north of St. Maxime." 7th Army, Ste. Maxime, southern France. 16 August 1944. Photo by Brinn, 163rd Signal Photo Company.
SC271433, Credit NARA.
Courtesy Dave Kerr
He is the fifth or sixth man in the column closest to the camera.(He has his left arm reaching across his body to the rifle sling). His name is Veston L. Peters, and he was in I co. 157th
Company K, 157th Infantry Regiment, Camp Barkeley, Texas July 21, 1941
John Slaton, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor
Alvin 'Bud' McMillan and Alex McBryde
Dan Rice, Killed in Action11 November 1943
Harry Mongillo
Vere Williams, 2001
Hansen, Doc, Ellis, Mac, Vist, Bill Shaw, and 2 others
Vere 'Tarzan' Williams
Steve Burbage, 2001
Unkown and Dick Haslep
Bill Shaw, April 1944- November 1945
Bill Shaw
Hansen, Doc, Ellis, Mac, Vist, Bill Shaw
Felix Sparks, in the early days was a platoon leader in K company.
John A. Penich, June 1943- September 1944
Sgt William Craport, 157th Infantry, Company K. KIA 2 Apr 1945 by sniper in Aschaffensburg, Germany.
Wilton H. Berglin served in WWII during November 1944-til VE Day. He was assigned to Company K, 157th Infantry
Thomas Jones
Jack Armagost
William Gemaehlich
Company L, 157th Infantry Regiment, Camp Barkeley, Texas July 21, 1941
Van T. Barfoot, recipient of the Congresional Medal of Honor
Van T. Barfoot, promoted and awarded
Van T. Barfoot, 2001
Nicholas Halchak, February 1945- 29 March 1945, Died of wounds 2 April 1945
Francis Doherty, Killed in action 29 March 1945
Peter DeMarzo
Peter and Clara DeMarzo, 2004
This picture was sent to dad (Wayne L. Watts) a few years before he passed away. By the time I saw it, he couldn't remember who had sent it or where he was when the picture was taken. He was guessing "somewhere between North Africa and Anzio". Not much help, there. Beach in the background. He was with the 157th, Company L.
William Knaus
Killed in action 7 May 1944
Sergeant Arthur E. Peters reading a copy of Mein Kampf in Hitler's apartment
Courtesy Flint Whitlock
Herman Norden Jr.
Harold Davis, reunion Denver 2001
Gerald Fuselle, killed in action D-day Sicily 10 July 1943
Courtesy Anthony Buccino
Private Barnes
Donald Eugene Ford
Riley R. Hamilton, not sure which company but it appears he is wearing signal brass.
Michael Lipka, Denver reunion 2001
Don Kelly Munich, Germany 1945
1LT Earl Railsback, killed in action October 25th, 1944
Glenmore Powers killed in action March 15, 1945
Lawrence Niergarten killed in action December 8, 1944
Lester Charles Willford killed in action June 1, 1944
Matthew Benya killed in action December 27, 1944
Ralph Lipps killed in action May 31, 1944
Robert Albert Gordon killed in action October 18, 1944
Robert Pentecost killed in action January 16, 1945
Thomas Fiore Killed in action May 23, 1944
Wendell Brown Killed in action June 2, 1944
John Simmons Taylor served in the U.S. Army and was killed in action February 14 during the battle in Anzio Italy.
PFC John Simmons Taylor with Lillian Childress
Rex C. Graham, CORPORAL 1ST BATTALION, 157TH INFANTRY REGIMENT AS RIFLEMAN AND MORTAR GUNNER BATTLES OF SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, SOUTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DECORATED WITH EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH 6 BRONZE STARS AND 1 BRONZE ARROWHEAD. AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND BRONZE STAR MEDAL.
