This photo of 26th ID 181st infantry C Company was taken at Camp Edwards
Falmouth Ma in May 1941.
Most of these guys were draftees from New England area.
The were on maneuvers in the south during the fall of '41.
The division returned to Camp Edwards on saturday Dec 6th 1941 and
prepared to muster out. With the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor
the next day, their hopes to be out of uniform & home for Christmas ended.
The 181st and 182nd were then detached from the division and I believe they were
one of the 1st regiments to see service in the war, landing at Guadalcanal.
My Dad created a key for the photo with all the names he could remember.
I believe he did this after the war. He typed most of it and then it looks like
he assed to it as he remembered more names.
Does anyone think it'd be worthwhile if I listed the names with the picture?
Someone might be looking for their father or grandfather.
My dad is the tall guy in the last row - the very center of the picture.
He was detached from 26ID and attached to VI Corps 206th MP Co sometime
after Pearl Harbor.
mary ann