BROBS Posted October 1, 2016 Share #1 Posted October 1, 2016 picked this up on vacation in Colorado this summer. interesting to see this group picture.. and some nice awards in front. Can't see the airborne guy's shoulder patch.. just figured I would share it.. in a way illustrates how many people entered the service in WW2. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 1, 2016 Share #2 Posted October 1, 2016 Great Photo. I vote Cousins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted October 1, 2016 Share #3 Posted October 1, 2016 There does seem to be a family resemblance to some of them. Interesting photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 2, 2016 Share #4 Posted October 2, 2016 There does seem to be a family resemblance to some of them. Interesting photo. Yes now that you mention it. Perhaps these two I encircled, maybe even the K Det, West Point I gather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted October 3, 2016 Share #5 Posted October 3, 2016 There is a Valley City in North Dakota and while this isn't a perfect match it may be a lead. It is the story about the Albrecht family who sent 8 sons to war. https://www.google.com/amp/www.inforum.com/variety/3783571-neighbors-eight-sons-nd-couple-served-during-world-war-ii%3famp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 4, 2016 Share #6 Posted October 4, 2016 There is a Valley City in North Dakota and while this isn't a perfect match it may be a lead. It is the story about the Albrecht family who sent 8 sons to war. https://www.google.com/amp/www.inforum.com/variety/3783571-neighbors-eight-sons-nd-couple-served-during-world-war-ii%3famp A few of Valley City's nation wide I'm afraid, good article never the less. Though if this Valley City ND, Unlikely these are them, two of them, Harold, Navy was killed during the war, in that Typhoon out in the pacific in Dec 44, another, Carl, also Navy, a Corpsman, KIA on Iwo, and there's no mention of a Airborne GI, one on the left is a Paratrooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinO Posted October 21, 2016 Share #7 Posted October 21, 2016 There was a Hollis Button operating as a photographer in Valley City ND in the 1940s. One possibility for the Paratrooper, http://www.lerudschuldt.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1097448 There are probably others out there though. I'm wondering if this could be a group of guys from the local church or former high school buddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinO Posted October 21, 2016 Share #8 Posted October 21, 2016 I did a search for Valley City in the Navy Muster Rolls and there were 8 hits, but none of the guys were rated QM3c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROBS Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted October 21, 2016 Austin.. good possibilities and I'm not sure about their relation.. but I am thinking maybe they were all related in some way? A lot of the guys' head shape/eye/ear pattern are very similar. that link to the paratrooper's obit.. maybe I'm crazy but I swear that's him! Look at the ears and nose on the old man... they look just like this guy IMO. It's an interesting photo for sure and I'd love to find out more about it. The obit lists survivors.. maybe one of them would recognize the photo or him in it? -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12A54 Posted October 21, 2016 Share #10 Posted October 21, 2016 There is a paratrooper named Ralph Eidsvig from that county who served in A Battery, 680th GFAB, 17th Airborne Division. Could be him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinO Posted October 24, 2016 Share #11 Posted October 24, 2016 There is a paratrooper named Ralph Eidsvig from that county who served in A Battery, 680th GFAB, 17th Airborne Division. Could be him? Saw that but he wouldn't qualify for a CIB as he was FA...Wonder if they're glider wings or para wings pictured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12A54 Posted October 24, 2016 Share #12 Posted October 24, 2016 Depends. Maybe an FO for an infantry unit. I believe some non-infantry were awarded CIBs, so wouldn't rule this guy out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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