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The Edward D. Edwards
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| On this page, you'll find images contributed by Edward D. Edwards, a former member of Headquarters Battery. Technical note: If your browser supports JavaScript, you can view a larger version of each photo by clicking on the "Enlarge the Photo" button; otherwise, just click on the smaller image to load a larger one. Any former members who can add to the captions are invited to send information to the Webmaster. |
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Here's a picture of Ed Edwards holding a captured German Walther P-38.
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| Photo reprinted courtesy Edward D. Edwards, HQ Battery. | |
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Here's a closeup of Edwards holding the captured German Walther.
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Edwards, at right, mans the radio as spotters watch the skies for approaching aircraft. To his right is a textbook machine-gun emplacement constructed of sandbags.
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A common winter scene in 1944-45: an SCR-268 radar (with a 60-inch searchlight just beneath the left-hand antenna array) somewhere in Belgium.
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Edwards poses with a Christmas tree. Can anyone identify the pinup tacked on the wall behind him?
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Two unidentified members of the 225th pose with a light (the circular device in the center of the rear panel contains the General Electric logo).
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A searchlight section member polishes the lens of his light. The structure in the background may indicate that this shot was taken on the edge of an airfield (any idea which one?).
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Ed next to a searchlight and generator in the motor pool.
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Ed and a friend, in front of HQ Battery's lodgings, probably Summer 1945, Unter Biberg, Germany.
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Ed and a pal (any guesses on who he is?); Ed's jeep is fitted with a removable canvas top.
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One of Ed's buddies (any idea who he is?). The photo provides a nice view of GI leggings as worn in the field.
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Ed sits in a courtyard in what may be Metz, France, sometime in 1944-45.
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17K JPEG (321 pixels wide by 358 pixels high). | |
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