This is "Pappy" Cromer- who I've mentioned before was always first in a chow line.
I'm in work fatigues in front of a house that we're bunking in.
German women seemed to love Cleo Peoples. from Kentucky or Tennessee. He was a replacement soldier, and I'm not sure if he saw action, maybe at Colmar.
This album starts with some pictures of William Otto. He was probably 22 or 23, and seemed like 40. He had been wounded and had returned to our squad after the war, and replaced Tedrowe, I think. I tried to look him up in Baltimore after the war, but never found him.
This is probably Pfc. Almond, probably getting ready for guard duty.
Pappy Cromer, notice he has a mess kit- he was always ready to get into the chow line. Schneider ran a close second to Peoples for his talent with German woman. These is is a picture of two at their best, Pappy is waiting for the mess call to sound, and Schneider is scouting the street for women. The small boy probably lived in the house we were bunked in.
Pappy came from West Virginia, and you have to remember that he'd just lived through the Depression in one of the most poverty stricken areas in the country, so eating was pretty important for him, and the Army was probably a good change.