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Clm.t- Drder drill

MAnny Houscwsfe"Sewing kit

Walking tour Drdut~

""(,ao.k.'1M Gerald Wc:b<,:..

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Franci~ (Red) Barrow..Jo~cpb R. Baron

Frank Harris in winter parka

Gordon W. Norris Stanley NovakL~"O Pajak

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MurraySolomon

Gerald in FieldJacket

Daniel (Danny)Weinstein

Gerald Weber in parka

Destroyed lank

73

Bracelet

Pencil

•rMachine photo of Gerald in Paris

Urinals in Paris

"Rain!>""" corners"Americ3l1Red Cross

Suhwayentrance

AmericanEmbassy

!lome urlhe Pre,ident ofFr:mcc

Car I'arh-d in middle " f.lreet

75

Rhine Ri,.". at Mannhcim

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Training march

102

Hikes forl'lca <ure

B-25 Bomber 11-17 Bomber

8-17 Bomber B-17 BombcT

G"rman J~'\

PI;lItC$ al Air licld~r ~bnnheim. Gcnnan y

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Arch "fTriumph

Flame on the unknown soldier'sGra\'e- WWI

NOlrc-Da,nc-Ca'hcd",1

Paris, France

Gera ld I,Vel:>c r at Arch ofTriu mph

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Scenes of Paris from the Eiffel Tower

Eitkl Tower. Paris. Hillcr ha<l hi,pic(urc l"kcll hcre

Gcrakl in SlraWoorg

II",,,, <lrawn1<lX; in P" , i,

Trolley in Slrasbourg

105

"~,... "..,~s..o."'!IlI7

GERALD C . WEBER

MEMB ERSHIP CARDTHIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT

100th Inlantry Division Association(CEtmJRV DIVISION)

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M 1M" I • I H I ;~ i • D 'I . ' ~

Buy Itl~" I ,' "' " 'f il l' ~to"r of th,'

( '\ 'nlur).," I hl' ""mpl"II' hi ~ l "r)'

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" T h.. ~ I"r)' " , th\ - ( '.."I" .... '"" d u/lllr will 110' "ri ull'd in 1110':ol In"''''. w h..n "n l"' r -' llU, lil)' w"r1.i" " \'1\ ;1;, 11 10,. It will run t" s o ",..·IlK; 1"'':::\''' . "i tll lol~ "' Il i" t .. r , ' ~ ,,·,, 1,, 1' lI lItl ll rt work, It w ill "I'lllor !"oU IU ' ..·.. ~ "ml " r <l'·r.. II r "l "'inlt' l "k\'1l in n il " " IU I"'lI i \' ~li nd 1",I II ·r i ,·,.. It w il l Ill' ..", il ,',ltil ,., our hUllH' ,

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From Ce lllul)' Senlmc110- 12-1945

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Scwinll CabinCI

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Tca wagon

Vineyard ne oe Berg

Old emblem ...-jth . ...-astila

My writin,"'\c "" th~ QfGbdys

Old T""'l1 Ch un:h

Hracd ct . necklace &:. broach

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Gerald on the coast Chalk ClifT

Scenes ncar Le Haw e

120

()unHlged I,':lIn bout neur Le Havre. FrJ nce

Damaged I,':lIn boat ncar Le Havre

Crossing the English Chan nel

G erald Sailors

121

122

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SCOlliu. Kilt.

Edinburgh. Scotland

Scolli ... Police

Sir Waher Sc,MI Memoria l

Entra",,~ EdinburghCa~tlc

Inside Edinburgh Ca'lle

Street ear

Floral Clock.

Edinburgh . Scotland

125

Soap box speal."., Hyok Part

Fi!lhing. Hyde Par\.

RUN bumb darnall\' . Ilydc Pan

Visuon. llydc Pm

Buckingham Palace

London. England

P"rli""l<:nl Bui ld ing

R\:stnuranl in bomhl'd out basement Queen Mary"s I'ri ~ale car

"Ui~ Ben" Shoe shine Guard. Buckingham. Palace

London. England

Changing of the guard. Buckingham Palace

127

PETCH BOYS POP :FOR FEATURE IN2.YEAR REUNION

Brothers who hadn 't seeneach other in two years , on e alOOth Division ve tera n an d. theo ther a Firs t Division, D-Da y vet,go t togethe r in Man nheim Sunday- a nd it makes a little s tory.

The Centuryman is PCC. J amesPetch, Hq. Co., 1st Bn., 398th. Allerlots of writing and cbecktnq onschedules and things. he headed fo rameeling with h is b ro ther, Bob.Ha ppilyeoough ,the schedu1e e1ie k ed .

Bob Petch, who served with the238th Comba t Eng., supporting theFirst . hit the O maha beach just fiveminutes after the fi rs t wave ofRange rs went in. Bob w a s firstman out o f the la nd ing cra ft , fo llow­ed by his co lone l a nd a sergean t.They we re the o nly th ree who madeit. a d ire ct hit b lowing the boatto pulp -c be lore th e o th e rs couldget ou t.

Onl y man of h is com pany alivetoday, Bob lost a tr ea sured wat cha t Omaha-nice ly engraved with h isname a nd ran k and what not. Re­ce n tly, a package ca me to him a tMan nheim. The wat ch . Sender wa san infantry ma jo r w ho picked upthe ti me piece in hope s he'd livelong e no ugh to ge t it ba ck to h isowner.

J im Pe tch says that Bro th e r Bobha s bit of tro uble kee ping his mindon the q ue sti on when asked thelime . Seems th e sto ry behind th ewa tc h is a littl e d isconcerting.

I\ob &. Jim Pctdl

HRerI " " hnW Cog ra;l\...y. Hcidclbcrll

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Neekar RiveT

Heide lbcrl! Castle

Heidelberg Cas lle

City «rHeidd berl!

l leidclberg ( "a'tle

Heidelberg. Casttc

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Heidelberg, Germany

Hcnsheirn, Genna!\¥"

Sign from picturc aooycQuo1e from a s~c..:h of Hitlcr·s.

Similar ones on Ihe "Ihe rBuildings in Bcn, heim

Gic,,,,,n. Gennany

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Sein, heim. ( iermany

Ba,lCahnnSiatlGenmny

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King Carr , Bridge Bad Cahnnslatl

Sein,heim. Genmny

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Hohcnhold Jal;'-'fluusJa~cr llou.c Inn

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T", o ox tea m

Esslingcn Am Necker. Germany

Winlcr ..-ccd

Weber & wood burning truck

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Wel>cr, Wirkkanen

Dominick ScaThhilii

Ecro Wirkkanen

Barrows,Wel>cr, reIch

w eber. Scarshilli

Wrrk kancn. Wel>cr

Hiking lrail l Waiblingcn

Gera ld w eber

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Gennan, cuumg ,",,,oJ. Es,lin\,!cn

Illking ~ar s.;homdorf

Scas"nin!l l"!l'. E",lingcn

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Su.!mm. Stungan

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Coffee and doull"nUls rl'Oln l~ Red Cros..,- Stuugan . Germany

Sleven D. Batchelor Gerald I. Bchr John G. Brijandi

Loren Toby ('a pp Clifford (Skip) P Carlson Jose (Joe) Ca,lro

Hoben C Chris!;"n Henry Coop<'nnan Roben L. Corbin

135

Iknnic Engels

Soomuc l R. "'''>h k, (K Cc.)

136

J. W. Greene medic

2nd. Ll. L..-onard D. Pcncck

Toi,'o J. lkikkla

John S. McKinley

James E. Pclch

l ucian M. Pierce (Co. l ) David E. Pugh John C. Rielly

Dominick J. Scarshilli

Cla rence D. Whilsell

Fred J. Sieler

Ge rald C. Weber

William P. Sympson

Ecru WirkkanenPhOlO by Eere

137

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Willi,nn "'_ Demp, eyPanid Wein'lein

L 1<> R Thc'<JJ"", Kal",nSlcin. Sian ly NovakJOi'Cph R. Haron& ','

Ph"lll by E. Wirkkallcn

I. hl R. Michael LnSnuka. T" i, ,, J. IlcikklaW;lhur A. Lewi" John (J , BriJ>amli

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Old Castle between Rodheim and Gicsscn

Destroyed bridge [}cstroyed bridge French R.R Yard

Troup train

French lrJd""

Troop train

Troops in Lc Havre

French traders

Gerald with troop train

145

Cho,,' Ii"" Camp Lucky Strik~

Lc Havre1-1 & Willi~ SlefaocZ)'l

Camp lueky Strike. le Havre

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KP.camp Luck}' Strikc .le Han" P.O.W . ·s loadin g mips aIle Havre

(jl"s "ailing 10board USS(jeneral G<:<:JIl!" Washington

lk>a..hng USS{~n,..ral ('""",go.: Wa>hinglon

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Scenes aboard the USS G . Tug boat at t.c Havrecncral Gear e W .g ashingron

147

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Allam;", ncar N.Y,

GulfStream mid Atlantic

Gera ld

Air emil carrier passing

N.Y. Harho, grccling

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Scenes aboard the USS General George Washington

KEEPSAKESThe first camera I used ....as a Kodak 00)(

camera I borrowed from my parco IS. While I wasoverseas lhey scm me a small plastic camera thaIused 127 film w hich had 11 very small ncganve . Ilater had a fold ing bellows Kodak tha t used 120film which had a large negative. During the occu­pation [ was able to buy a Twin Lens Rollifl cx

camera which was wonderful. I have always beeninterested in collec ting keepsakes relating 10things I have done or places I"\'C been. ThereforeI have many pictures and art icles I have co llected.Quue a few people have given things 10 me when[hey found they have something I have an interestin. Maybe that will explain this large volume.

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Amroopouch

fle lIDeI . First aid man 's kit

Illld lc & other insignia

Bd l &: bl>.;kk Sari arm band Larel omamnll Medal

t Capomamenl

~Nat; emblem

~<.,Flag &: ann band ~

soo."ldcTp;lIch GcmIanlO lap

German memorabi lia

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N<...,k lace &: bracelet I made forGlad ys from a chain GCnNns

used 10 dean a rilkG lo~C'S I pun:hIIsed for Glad ys GIm es I pun:hII...-.Jfor me

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­Scarf frum('ump Croft, Soulh Carolina

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Handkcn:hicffrom Pari.

Sen-inglray from Gc:rmany

SO"""1\;' hIIndkm:!lief.1"","I Gladys

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·45 cal shells. 50 eal shell dumm

Germanbell buckle, orncce's

40 mm shell, dummyJ ineh shell casc, emply

INSIG NIA & M EDALS

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Rille Marbmanship GoodC'onduel AmericanCampaign

EunlflCan Cam- World War IIpaign /

2 Oak Lcaf'Clus­1\"..

I'n..,idcnlial Unit (iCa lion.!Oak lcafClusleT

ll" norablc Oischarg~ Button" Ruptun,d Duck"

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('omlx" Infantry Badge

U.S . Air Force shoulderpaleh

U.S. Air Force A,-ialion cadc1skc\-c1""ch

201h. Ant1<>ml Di'isionshoulder patch

1000h. Infantry Di ..;­.ion

shoulder patch

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u.s. Air PerceA,jalion Cadet cap insignia

39~lh. Reg. Emblem US Arm)' Emb lemWorn on righl Collar

US Infantl)' EmblemWorn on LeA Collar

191H _iew of bridge rebuilt O'C'f the r-oeckar River alHcilbronn to repl3Ce the one blown up in 19-15 as "e

approached.

Market Piau. Hcilbronn. 1945 By permiss ion ufthe 1000h. In f. 0..... Ar.soe. Sroo-l' of/be Crlflu<:,'

Killen\kirehe. Heilbron n. 1945 By permi ssion of thelOOlh Assoc. Swry' or the C....l u<:'·

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19111 ,jew o f Neckarlanac h Sln.-CI where the hutlse I had be.:nin "as do,.-,;troyed shonly I left10 reparr the td ep hOlle "in:s

aClO' s the Necker River in 1945

19111 ,icw of the Mallet PIaIZ, Heilbron n

1981 view of Kilk:n_kin:he. He ilbrun n

1987 view of"Tower Hill" ,Heilbronn. Germany where Germanshad good observation against us in

1945

1987 view of Freudenberg Fanns near Bitche, Fmncc

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u.s.Military Cemetery, St. Avoid France. 19H7

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19117. wws being driven d" wn the highway

Ca.....ing. purcha.ed in 1987

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19H7Altu s Ralhau s. Esslingen. Germany

O,er 400 yean; " Id. Sile "ftheMuseum rcop;:ned by Dr. Haffner

in 1945