1 Reply Latest reply on Sep 10, 2019 2:13 PM by Rebecca Collier

Photo of 175th Infantry Regiment on June 8, 1944?

lps1993 Aug 26, 2019 1:27 PM

I have been researching ost battalion 439 in France during the Normandy operations and have stumbled across a image with little information other that the caption 175th IR June 9th 1944 near Lison. The image shows several US troopers in helmets holding Soviet weapons, which Ost Battalion 439 was issued. Several have said this image may have been taken in Korea though, I was hoping that someone might be able to identify any of the troopers in the image as 175th or that this image was indeed taken in France. Thanks, Logan

Re: Photo of 175th Infantry Regiment on June 8, 1944?

Rebecca Collier Sep 10, 2019 2:13 PM (in response to lps1993)

Dear Mr. Stephen,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1905-1981 (Record Group 407) and located a history for 1942-1944 and unit journals for June 1944 of the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division but neither file contained photographs.

Photographs of various U.S. Army activities dating from 1940 to 2007 are in the custody of the National Archives at College Park - Still Picture (RDSS). Please contact RDSS via email at stillpix@nara.gov and their web site is https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/photographs-dc.html. They may have the photograph you seek and include the names of the soldiers or where it was taken.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

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