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| On this page, you'll find images contributed by Jim Gastineau, a former member of C 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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A formal portrait of Jim in his uniform.
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Jim poses with C Battery's Truck No. 19.
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Jim (second from right) and some of his battery mates.
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Camp Rattle, Unter Biberg, Germany, 1945. Jim's caption reads: "This is a picture of camp we are living in now. My room is not showing ... all of building is not in picture." More images of Camp Rattle can be found in the Camp Rattle Photo Gallery. A history of the Luftwaffe airdrome that came to be known as Camp Rattle is also available.
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Downtown Munich, 1945, with the S-Bahn tracks clearly visible on the street. Jim's caption: "This was taken by (T-4 Martin) Kelp while I was driving through Munich."
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Jim snapped this shot heading north to Stuttgart, probably on the Munich-Stuttgart leg of the autobahn.
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During the 225th's many sojourns to Bavaria, they saw much of the Alps from the windows of cable cars. This may be a shot of a car on its way up to the Zugspitze.
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Jim (perched on fender with jerry can and funnel) and two buddies checking the radiator on one of the 225th's trucks.
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A prime example of German beef, somewhere in Bavaria, 1945.
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Jack Burris (facing camera) and Arlie Heier take stock of supplies in the back of a searchlight trailer in the vicinity of Camp Rattle, 1945.
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C Battery members take it easy in the woodland park near Camp Rattle, 1945.
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A group of C Battery mates in the vicinity of Camp Rattle, 1945.
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An SCR-268 radar somewhere in Belgium or France, Winter 1944. Jim's shot provides an exceptionally clear view of the 268's "bedspring antenna" array. A searchlight is just beneath the antenna at left.
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