Photos from family of Chester Swistak of C battery and Hqrts

[julianswistak]

Here are some more pictures from family of Chester Swistak of C battery and Headquarters. I was surprised by beach picture- note piles of weapons in foreground. My dad always told my he landed early in the invasion at Omaha beach.

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   swistak9.jpg
   

[Paul]

Thank you for sharing these, Julian! Great photos! The image of the weapons on the beach is especially interesting. I have never seen a photo showing that.

Could you note any numbers or marks that might be stamped on the back of the images? These can help identify the location where they were processed, and can also help with timelines.

Thanks again for sharing these!

[julianswistak]

Paul,
The beach picture has 009 on back and is printed on Gevaez RIDAX paper and the swistak 9 picture with the group of 13 guys ( one reading Yank magazine) has the number 223T on back. The trees and landscape look a bit roughed up in that one. The Nazi banner photo and ammo boxes photos are blank on the back. There is quite an assortment of weapons piled up on the sand in the beach photo: to the left I believe I see bayonets pointing up- and in the right foreground it looks like a couple shotguns laying there by the batteries. Some Garands? Some Springfields? I went to technical college in Springfield where the Garands were made.
In the next four pictures uploaded the plane wreck has 019 on the back- the letters are visible on the tail of the plane

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   swistak012-medic-and-tents.jpg
   

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[julianswistak]

Plane wreck photo must be uploaded again… it has 019 on back and letters on tail are visible. The medic and tents photo I believe was sent home to in a letter because my dad wrote on back- ‘this is our medic or pill pushers as we call them. These are the tents we lived in when we lived outside’. The photo with four men in the snow has no markings on back. The “three beers” photo has no markings on the back. It would be easy to find those guys in the unit photo! Firing position has no markings on the back. I named #18 officer because I thought the two guys in the photo looked like officers. No markings on back.

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