heres a then and now pic of this famous picture.gilles
Gilles Guignard
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
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Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Anyone else notice Sgt. Hill ( in the first picture ) resembles Steve McQueen ??
Oh my gosh he DOES! 
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Marion: the "then and now" picture reminds me of one I put together a few years ago
of the 3rd Div.. However I believe one was taken on May 5'45 not May 4 '45 as shown.
I am quite sure the guy in the very back is Stan Manross from Chester PA... Also not
sure whose "mansion it was" but was one of the big wheels in Obersaltz. I named the set, "Once Again". Only the names faces, time, and places change..
Great photos.
j3rdinf, the two you put up are quite interesting. I like the comparison. The 3rd Division were quite the palace busters weren't they.
I wonder if the 101st rolled into Saddams place on the following day? Maybe we'll see a mini-series in the future that will clear it all up for us... 
AKA Milsurpman, elsewhere...
In remembrance of William B. Grogan, Pfc, Co. C, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. My grandfather.
Onaway that was funny as hell. Love the comparison!
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Great photos.j3rdinf, the two you put up are quite interesting. I like the comparison. The 3rd Division were quite the palace busters weren't they.
I wonder if the 101st rolled into Saddams place on the following day? Maybe we'll see a mini-series in the future that will clear it all up for us...
Hi Joe; Those are nice pics. I never saw nothing like that where I was. You say May '45 ? We were winding up things in Italy around that time. Loss is still hitting me pretty hard. The lonesome feeling is devastating. Ketch me later. Roque
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
