Heading Home, 1945
Bk: Paul Posch [NY], Carmine Chickadel [DE], Ed Nutley [NY]
Fr: Gene Piana [NJ], Bob Ryan [NJ, Bob Searl [NJ], Carmen Cataldo [NJ] At Sea, on deck of the SS Argentina heading back to Newport News, VA USA from Southhampton, England, after three years of overseas duty. June 1945
Robert Howard Searl Sr.
Robert H. Searl Sr. Private Photo Collection
1945-06
Loading onto Troop Ship Back to USA, Southampton, England 1945
Troops loading onto the SS Argentina, (ironically the same ship the carried the selected returning troops of the 56th Signal Battalion towards the UK in June 1942) for the return journey home. Southampton, England, June 1945.
Robert Howard Searl Sr
1945-06
Bomb damage, Germany 1945
Scenes of war damage taken from the open door of a boxcar, on the rail back home from Bamberg, Germany to LeHarve, France.
Robert Howard Searl Sr.
1945-06
U.S. Passport, 1942
In 1942, the early years of WWII, all United States service personnel departing for overseas duty were required to obtain a passport before departing the USA.
Robert Howard Searl Sr
1942
V-Mail & Censored Mail Envelope, 1945
All outgoing mail of enlisted personnel of the 56th Signal Battalion was censored by the commissioned Officers of the Battalion before posting for delivery. This letter was reviewed for restricted contents by Lt. Robert L. Hilliard, while the Battalion was overseas.The unlimited mailings were FREE of charge.
Robert Howard Searl Sr
1945
Final V-Mail from Europe
To Brother Clint Searl, before heading HOME from Czechoslovakia.
Robert Howard Searl Sr
1945-06
Going Home Orders, May 1945
Copy of US Army V Corps Official Orders for transport back to the USA after termination of European hostilities. Selection of troops to be returned to the USA was as a result of individual "service points" primarily based on Overseas time served and length of service. After three years overseas, beginning in June 1942 and fortunate to survive 335 combat days (including the DDay Assault on Omaha Beach - Normandy),returning to be with my wife & child for the first time in three years was truly a time of great joy and thankfulness.
Robert Howard Searl Sr
1945-05-29
Military Dogtags
My necklace for four years!!!
Robert Howard Searl Sr
Robert H. Searl Private Photo Collection
1941
Letter of Commendation to V Corps, May 1945
Letter of commendation to troops of V Corps by Lt. General Courtney Hodges, Commander First United States Army to Commander V Corps, Major General Clarence R. Huebner.
1945-05
Damage at Skoda Armaments Factory, Pilsen 1945
Allied Bomb Damage at the Skoda Armaments Factory, Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1945. The Skoda factory was one of the prize German captures during the war, ultimately producing 1/3 of all their armaments.
Robert Howard Searl Sr
1945-05