Soldiers of the 252nd Fa Bn
Title
Soldiers of the 252nd Fa Bn
Creator
Overstreet, Charles
Subject
252nd Field Artillery Battalion 252nd Field Artillery Battalion, Headquarters Radio Unit 102nd Ozark Infantry Division 9th Army World War II World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--History--World War, 1939-1945 Overstreet, Charles Grant, Albert J.
Description
Corporal Overstreet was the photographer and radioman for the Headquarters Radio Unit of the 252nd Field Artillery Battalion . This unit landed on Omaha Beach in France on October 9 , 1944 . They traveled by foot through France and Belgium to cross the Roer and Rhine Rivers into Germany by November of 1944 as part of the Ninth Army . They spent the rest of 1944 and 1945 marching across Germany with several units in the hopes of taking Berlin . Cpl . Overstreet took this photo of Albert J . Grant under camoflage with a machine gun , somewhere in Germany , 1945 . Original photograph size : 2.51 in (h) x 3.75 in (w) .
Date Original
circa 1945
Type
Image
Collection Publisher
Charles Overstreet
Contributing Institution
Flora Public Library
Rights
Charles and Katie Overstreet have generously allowed the Flora Public Library to borrow their collection for digitization. To order reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact Flora Public Library, 216 North Main Street, Flora, IL, 62839-1510, (618-662-6553). Please cite the item title and collection name.
Collection Name
Charles Overstreet Collection
OCLC number
836223835
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