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Before Pearl Harbor: Basic Training in Fort Jackson, SC

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The 56th Signal Battalion was stationed at Fort Jackson, SC for basic training and participated in the Carolina Maneuvers of 1941 with encampments in…

Contributors: Robert Howard Searl Sr.

1945 - Pilsen, Czech. and Homeward Bound

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Photos of the welcome journey back to the USA from Pilsen, Czechoslovakia to Bamberg, Germany by truck transport, then a two week trip across Europe…

Contributors: Robert Howard Searl Sr.

1944 - D Day through Europe

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My personal Wartime history taken from my snapshot album after the Normandy D-Day initial beach assault, to the end of hostilities. Each one has a…

Contributors: Robert Howard Searl Sr.

1942 - Training in England

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The Converted South American liner SS Argentina, with about 8000 military troops aboard left the NY Harbor in convoy during the intense German U-boat…

Contributors: Robert Howard Searl Sr.