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Sgt, Jess Hollins | Camp Pinedale, Fresno, California. February.
Left to right: Cpl.. Mitchell, Cpl. Stein, & Cpl.
McGrew. Background: Tar paper shacks used by Japanese-Americans in transit to internment. Just prior to Pinedale being made an Army base, it was the Pinedale Assembly Center for the relocation of the Japanese-Americans. |
Poster work of Sgt. Joe Scarnati in his barracks with Cpl. M. Wendt. February. | Sgt. M. Gann |
September, 1944 |
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First standing building, Le Mans, France.
Left to right:: Sgt. Jess Hollins, French citizen, Cpl. M. Wendt. |
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August. Cpl. Leo Schanzer inspect wreckage of Nazi planes at the 9th Air Force airstrip, Nuremberg, Germany. | Soldier Field Stadium, Nuremberg, Germany, October, Left to right: Sgt. Jess Hollins, Sgt. Milton Gann, & Cpl. Leo Schanzer. The stadium is the size of three major league baseball fields. | Sgt. Jess Hollis, October, French Riviera, Nice, France. | |
Photos &
captions based on notes from the collection Jess
Hollins. Photos © Jess Hollins; used with
permission. who holds the copyright on them |
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The 394th Signal Company has
been reactivated and is now the 23 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS
SQUADRON (Air Force Reserve
Command )
Summary of the 394th in WWII service from the Air Force Historical Research Agency: Lineage: Constituted as 394 Signal Company, Aviation, on 17 Jan 1943. Activated on 1 Feb 1943. Assignments:.Western Signal Aviation Unit Training Center, 1 Feb 1943; IX Air Force Service (later, European Air Materiel) Command, c. 19 Jan 1944; Erlangen AB, Germany, 15 Sep 1947; Stations:. Camp Pinedale, CA, 1 Feb 1943; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 13 Dec 1943-8 Jan 1944; Ascot, England, 19 Jan 1944; Criqueville, France, c. 17 Jun 1944; La Cambe, France, 14 Jul 1944; Feugeres, France, 9 Aug 1944; Le Mans, France, 27 Aug 1944; Criel, France, Sep 1944; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, c. 30 Apr 1945; Erlangen, Germany, c. 15 Aug 1945-10 Nov 1947. Campaigns:. Normandy; Northern France. |
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