in Sospel, France, August 2013
with Patricia and Roland Orengo
with 1944 photos from Lt. Ed Athey, H Company
Mike Black, Julie Black,
Roland and Patricia Orengo |
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Nice seaside today | |
Varietes Theater | |
Nice seaside Hotel Negresco dome, 1944 | |
Hotel Negresco, now | |
Sospel then | |
Sospel now | |
Bowling Alley Road, Col De Braus, then | |
Bowling Alley Road, Col De Braus, now | |
Monument to 517th,
downtown Sospel bridge |
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us, Jeep, at Golf Hotel | |
Downtown Sospel in the jeep | |
Roland, jeep, Sospel Bridge | |
Officers H Company 1st row McKillup Thomas, Athey |
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Athey, Harmon, Friebel
Golf Hotel |
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damaged Golf Hotel | |
Golf Hotel back damage was upstairs to left | |
Golf Hotel front and German held ridge | |
Roland's WW2 Museum & the parka | |
Looking down onto Sospel,
plenty of shrapnel still on the ground |
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Corner with Varietes Theater | |
Fort St Roch pillbox, Maginot Line, now | |
same pillbox then with soldier shadow | |
Nice 1944 Varietes & street marked | |
Col de Braus, now | |
Col de Braus 1944, unknown GI | |
Roland & monument,artifacts from their property | |
Monument text |
Received from Julie Black,
daughter of Lt. Ed Athey, H Company
December, 2013