101st Airborne Howitzer M3 ?

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I bought this photo very cheap, years ago on ebay from Austria. I don´t know what gun it was, but thought it was looking different from the others I had seen so long. Then I put it away and forget about it.

Beginning this year, I start research on US 105mm Howitzer Artillery and stepped about a Box in my Barn that was marked Howitzer M3.

I had never heard about it and did some more researche on it.And the Airborne Glider Artillery.

I don´t now where this box came from, but I was very happy about it. Then I remembered this different looking picture in on of my boxes - and well, it was a M3 Howitzer on it! Then I turned it around and read the backside.

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It read:

 

This was taken in Schwaz. 1945

 

Schwaz is a Town in Austria - it is in the area, were the 101st Airborne Division ended the War.

So could this picture show some GI´s from the 101st Airborne? Glider Artillery Soldiers?

That would be a great find.

Maybe the Names on the picture could be atached to a singel Unit?

 

Thanks for reading,

 

help and comments would be very nice!

 

Christian

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The M-3 was the short barreled 105mm Airborne/Glider version. It got the job done when needed! Danny