"Hynee[? in the back]
Powell, Gramm[?],
Hagg, me [Buck - without shirt]
Tyman[?]
kneeling"
[J.D. Powell of Frankford, IL. Those are Texas-sized mops in their hands.
Camp Stewart was outside of Hinesville [pop. 500] and about 40 miles miles southwest of Savannah. It
was the U.S. Army's Anti-Aircraft Artillery Training Center. Starting in 1943 it was also being used
as one of many holding areas in this country designated for German and Italian prisoners of war from
the fighting in North Africa. The camp was named in honor of General Daniel Stewart, a native of
Liberty County, Georgia who had fought with Francis Marion [the "Swamp Fox"] during the
Revolutionary War.]
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"Kelly from Kentucky" [Harold E. Kelly from
Independence, KY with a full pack - some of the equipment looks as if it is from the
previous war. Soldiers were usually issued their actual combat gear after training.]
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| "Humble from Oklahoma" |
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"My pal Olson from Sparta, Wis" [William Olson from
Sparta, WI about 200 miles southeast of Buck's hometown of Shawano, WI]
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is wearing shoes not boots, but he still needs to put his tie on] |
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[Buck - Probably not going to town - only paratroops were allowed to
be off the base wearing their boots]
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[Buck & some of his pals. He's the one in the middle with the shiny
shoes and his hat at the jaunty angle.] |
[On leave, taken at Shawano High School standing with Norb Berg. An enlargement shows an "AA"
(Anti-Aircraft) patch on Buck's jacket, that's what he received his training in. But when he
arrived in Europe he was assigned to be a lineman, probably since the Luftwaffe had ceased to
be a threat.]
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