Seeking air photo of Po River crossing using pontoons or DUKWs

Hi Mario

Google this "Po River Pontoons" and you will get lots of information about the subject.

Have a nice day

and don't let the virus get you.

Alice

Hi again,

Hope I did better this time. I am doing volunteer work here, can't make a good hit every time.

10 division not your usual photos............https://www.pinterest.com/pin/671036413207412769/

You probably have but I am on the page so I am sending just in case.

http://www.sulleormedeinostripadri.it/images/Traduzioni%20download/87thhistory.pdf

Book entitled Packs On! by Feuer...can be downloaded. Claims to have photos.

https://forbiddeq.firebaseapp.com/aa839/packs-on-memoirs-of-the-10th-mountain-division-by-a-b-feuer-b000qeckh6.pdf

Have a nice day.

Alice

Dear Mr. Venturini,

Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

We located a series in the National Archives Catalog titled “Military Intelligence Photographic Interpretation (MIPI) Reports” in the Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff) that might be of relevance to your research.  There is an index to this series.  The description of the index  may be viewed here. For more records relating to MIPI reports, please see the following results in the National Archives Catalog. Further, we entered as “Po river” as a keyword for a search in the National Archives Catalog and we located the following records relating to the Po river. For access to the records, please contact the reference unit listed in the description.

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located a series titled “Unit Histories, 1943-1967” in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338) that includes a file unit titled 87th Regiment: General Orders and 11 files units for 10th Mountain Division.  In addition, we located the series titled World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General’s Office (Record Group 407) that includes records of the 87th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. For access to and/or copies of this/these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

Also, you might be interested in reviewing Reference Information Paper 79 titled “World War II Records in the Cartographic and Architectural Branch of the National Archives” compiled by Daryl Bottoms as it may provide some useful information for your research.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to guidance received from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NARA has adjusted its normal operations to balance the need of completing its mission-critical work while also adhering to the recommended social distancing for the safety of NARA staff. As a result of this re-prioritization of activities, you may experience a delay in receiving an initial acknowledgement as well as a substantive response to your reference request from various NARA units. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience.

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

Hello Mario

Have you tried contacting the following, lots of information on their website. Army Transportation Corps, and USACE. Hope you are able to get some answers to your questions.

https://transportation.army.mil/

https://www.usace.army.mil/about/

Thanks,

Elliot Schneider

Hi again Mario,

Found another website that may be useful. World War 2 Database.

https://ww2db.com/

Alice

Hello again Mario,

Found this video dated 1944...could it have the wrong date or was this a similar operation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb-_LLPpOz0

https://history.army.mil/brochures/po/72-33.htm

Alice