Sunday, September 28, 2008

WW II - 389th Infantry Regiment


My dad's platoon in Hawaii, 1944.
He is standing shirtless, center row, right end.

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Signatures on back of photo


Men listed alphabetically (home state in parenthesis)
    John W. Belmonte (CN-?)
    Fletcher H. Campbell (OH)
    Eddie Ciesielski (IL)
    Eugene M. "Spud" Dayley (ID)
    Arnold Deutsch (NY)
    Louis C. George (NY)
    Joseph A. Isgro (NY)
    Warren H. Lathe (VT)
    Austin L. Lincoln (ME)
    Albert Montes (NM)
    Charles Richard Pitts (?)
    Ernest Reich (NY)
    George W. Retherford (FL)
    Russell W. Smith (NY)
    Alphonse Thomas Trask (MA)
    Manuel "Primo" Vierra (RI)
    Elmer Weaver (OK)

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2 comments:

  1. Hi Jim,
    My father served in Company D of the 389th Infantry Regiment in Hawaii. I just posted a couple of pictures to my blog www.photodetective.blogspot.com. Know any of these guys.

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  2. Hi Jim,
    i am positive that my dad was among the 103 men who returned from the Navy detachment. I have papers indicating that my dad, along with all the returning men, received a commendation from Major General Burgin. i also learned that my dad was in Company "L". As I do more research, I realize there are so many questions i wish i had asked my dad.

    "A Fellow Traveler"
    Mike Deutsch
    Long Island, NY

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