This is a photograph of 160th Engineer Combat Battalion, Company B. This photograph is marked, " January 13, 1944 Camp Rucker Alabama ". I have numbered each man in the company photograph and we have listed those that we are able to identify.
The men listed have been identified by Kenneth McBride ( no 56 ),Father of Michael McBride who supplied this information, my father Edwin Blasingim and some loved ones. Kenneth McBride wrote the names of his fellow engineers on the photograph when he was with them.
If anyone can put a name to a face please let us know and we will add that to this list. The first photograph is of my Dad remembering some of his friends from 72 years ago.
Identified:
3 Blasingim, Edwin N., First Sgt., Chattanooga, Tenn.
19 Rydelski, Chester P., Pfc., Erie, Penn
23 Kallam, Thelbert O., Sgt., Stonefield, N.C.
25 Rydelski, Joseph S., Pfc., Erie, Penn
54 Baxter, Harold G., Tec 5, Pittsburgh, Penn
56 McBride, Kenneth C., Pvt., Baltimore, Md
63 Stanley, Earl L., Sgt., 1st Platoon, Chattanooga, Tennessee
64 Brown, Fredrich J., Tec 4, 1st Platoon, Tampa, Fla
66 Swift, Oddie L., Pvt., 1st Platoon, Ninevah, Indiana
67 Grider, Virgil, Ssgt., Motor Pool, Vincennes, Indiana
68 Weber, Pfc., 1st Platoon
69 Nichols, Pvt., 1st Platoon
70 Brooks, Abe H.,Tec5, 1st Platoon, Whittier, N.C.
71 Todd, Pfc., 1st Platoon
72 Tornwall, William H., Tec5, 1st Platoon, Tampa, Fla
73 Moody, Percy T., Pvt., 2nd Platoon, Louisville, Ky
74 Howard, Dewey D., Pvt., 2nd Platoon, Evansville, Indiana
75 Dawgiellio, Edward J., Pfc, 2nd Platoon, Pittsburgh, Penn
76 Andre, Pvt., 3rd Platoon
77 Stackawitz, Harry O., Pfc., 2nd Platoon, Pittsburgh, Penn
78 Trimbur, Joseph A., Pfc, 2nd Platoon, Pittsburgh, Penn
79 Church, Ray L., Tec4, 2nd Platoon, Chicago, Illinois
80 Conner, Pfc., 1st Platoon
81 Blakenship, Pvt., 1st Platoon
82 Arradendo, Adolfo W. Pfc., 1st Platoon, Kokomo, Indiana
83 Corley, Pvt., 3rd Platoon
84 Walsh, Sgt., 3rd Platoon
85 Boyton, Reginald E., Sgt., 3rd Platoon, Millinocket, Maine
86 Scroll, William H., Tec4, Cook, Plymouth, Indiana
87 Turner, Roby D., Tec 5, 2nd Platoon, Royboro, N.C.
88 Bolek, Joseph W., Sgt., 2nd Platoon, Hammond, Indiana
89 Cannon, Harry A., Sgt., 2nd Platoon, Nzssa, Oregon
90 Groves, Jesse M., Tec4, 3rd Platoon, Winter Haven, Fla
91 Murphy, Lawrence J., Pfc., 1st Platoon, Philadelphia, Penn
92 Wheeler, Gaither J., Ssgt., 1st Platoon, Tampa, Fla
93 Slonsky, Morris M., Ssgt., Cook, St. Louis, Mo
94 Aron, Tec4, Cook
95 Miller, George J., Tec 4, 2nd Platoon, Terrehaute, Indiana
96 Korol, Benedick P., Pfc., 3rd Platoon, Pittsburgh, Penn
97 Sumner, Charles D., Tec5, 1st Platoon, Indianapolis, Indiana
98 Carter, Charles W., Cpl., 1st Platoon, Owensburg, Indiana
99 Anderson, Oscar G., Tec 5, 2nd Platoon, Indianapolis, Indiana
100 Warner,Russell H.,Pfc., 3rd platoon, LaPorte, Indiana
101 Bailey, Willie J., Tec4, 3rd Platoon, Jacksonville, Fla
102 Brock, Edward J., Tec5, 2nd Platoon, Kokomo, Indiana
103 Allred, Russell S., Pfc., 1st Platoon, Winston-Salem, N.C.
104 Erickson, Joseph W., Ssgt., 2nd Platoon, Rutland, S.D.
105 Evans, Thomas L., Ssgt., 1st Platoon, Des Moines, Iowa
106 Martin, John H., Tec5, 3rd Platoon, Mansfield, Ohio
107 Sturgill, Anson, Tec5, 3rd Platoon, Jackson, Ohio
108 Nichols, Pvt., 3rd Platoon
109 Lea, Sgt., 3rd Platoon
110 Wycoff, Ernest W.,Pfc., 3rd Platoon, Mansfield, Ohio
111 Pitman, Pvt., 2nd Platoon
112 Lemanowicz, Edwin A., Tec5, 3rd Platoon, Philadelphia, Penn
113 Mayes, Archie S., Major, Warrensburg, Mo
114 Lybarger, Ernest W., 2Lt., Brooklyn, N.Y.
115 Furrier, Steve J., Pfc., 3rd Platoon, Gary, Indiana
116 Crist, Charles L., Pfc., 3rd Platoon, Coalmont, Indiana
117 Conkey, Lester L., Pfc., 3rd Platoon, Lancaster, Ohio
118 Brabson, Pfc., 3rd Platoon
119 Allen, Herbert N., Sgt., 3rd Platoon, Fitzgerald, Georgia
120 Cruse, John A., Pfc., 3rd Platoon, Columbus, Ohio
121 Young, James H., Pfc., 3rd Platoon, Hawesville, Ky
122 Bennett, Claude, Jr., Pfc., 3rd Platoon, Tipton Hill, N.C.
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