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