WWII - The Last Warrior

XX Corps Artillery: 1 Aug 1944 - 31 Aug 1944

The Campaigns of Normandy and Northern France

1944

These are photos from the campaigns of Normandy and Northern France. Not all of them can be identified beyond my uncle’s cryptic notes, but more information will be added as it’s discovered.

I estimate that 60-80% of the photos presented here were taken by the photographers of the 166th Signal Corps.

There are many more photos that I haven’t included yet because I’m still researching them. Any that are significant will be added to these galleries.

Keep scrolling to view all four galleries. You can click on any of the photos to enter lightbox mode and see the enlarged versions of each image. I reommend you do that … it’s a powerful experience.

General Walton Walker

The Commanding General’s car is unloaded at Utah Beach July 23, 1944

Castle of Henri IV, Vitre, France

La Haye DePuits, Normandy

Perl, Germany XXF Displacement from Kamplich, France via Montenach, to Perl

105 MM Gun German

122 MM Russian

19th Field Artillery

105 MM German in position.

76.2 MM Russian in position

88 PAK

150 H

Small village @ 10KM South of Rennes, France. Village bordered on a large ammunition depot vic Rennes A/F

88 PAX

St. Lo, Normandy

123 MM Russian Howitzer-Firing 736 D Battery Nov. 7th

XXF Fwd C/P and Moselle River Valley looking North Rustroff, France

XXF Fwd C/P Fort De Regret vic Verdun, France

Metz, France, Nov. 29, 1944 Presentation of awards to XX Corps by French General Doty. B.G. Julius Easton Slack received French Legion of Honor Award (Chevalier)