George A. Sullivan, A Company, 517 PRCT

As promised, I’ve scanned and uploaded the collection of photos that Mom had from my dad, George A. Sullivan (Ltc. Ret.). There are some familiar ones as well as others that I haven’t seen elsewhere.

I’m curious as to who took the pictures? Did the troopers take them and pass around copies of prints? Or were there designated photographers attached to the units who made the prints available to the troops?

Where I could identify my dad, I did. If others recognize other troopers, I’d be happy to label the images accordingly.

If you can identify the people or locations, send that info to MailCall@517prct.org

(Thanks to Gilles Guignard and Roland Orengo for identifying many of these. Also Marc Endinger, who is art of a group that maintains Fort Barbonnet.)

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	Rows 1 thru 5A were taken in Italy, on the afternoon of August 14th, that's about the same time Bud Curtis' pictures were taken. The A company pics were "official" pics taken by some Signal Corps unit, hence the troopers not having their invasion flags, Mae Wests, nor face paint. Note that each trooper is carrying a mortar round in it's cardboard container as per Bill Boyle's order! -- Gilles G.
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2		Virgil Dunlevy is the one smoking a cigarette
3				Virgil Dunlevy
4	Virgil Dunlevy	Lt. Milton "Chopper" Kienlen jumpmaster	Chopper Kienlen (standing)
5		Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel	Turret of " Fort du barbonnet " There are 2 turrets on the fort named Jeanne d'Arc et Bayard	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
6			Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
7		Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel		la Colle sur Loup early December 1944
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10	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel Phil DiStanislao (3rd from left)		la Colle sur Loup early December 1944
11				The Mercedes Incident August 15, 1944
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13			on the road to Col de Braus	Track near Col de Braus
14	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel			Top of the fort of Barbonnet (Alps with snow in the background)
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17	Peter Tarasievich in white t-shirt
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23			la Colle sur Loup early December 1944
24		la Colle sur Loup early December 1944	la Colle sur Loup early December 1944
25			National Monument to Victor Emmanuel
26	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
27	Sospel valley		view of Sospel from the fort of Barbonnet
28			la Colle sur Loup early December 1944 note "Distillerie" in the background	Old bridge of Sospel
29	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel			Other bridge blown by germans in Sospel . The building in the background is near the "Hotel des Etrangers"
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31	Picture taken near a powder magazine built by French Army before the war and used as a shelter (cover) by the men of 517th	Chopper Kienlen and Capt. Joe Broudy	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
32	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel		la Colle sur Loup early December 1944	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
33			Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
34				Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
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36	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel			la Colle sur Loup early December 1944
37	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel			Cathedral of Reims
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40			Other view of the turret of Barbonnet	Virgil Dunlevy (with cigarette)
41	Views of the Barbonnet Fort from the front line ( October 1944 - Mountains near Col de Braus ) All the pictures taken on the hills above Sospel are near a place named " Baisse du Pape"
42		Little road named "Strategic Road" between Sospel and Menton (Col de Castillon)		Famous road of Col de Braus "Bowling alley"
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44	Sospel valley from the front line . You can see the boarder line in the background of some of them
45	Rampart of Fort of Barbonnet
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48		Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
49		Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel	Nice-Sospel road sign
50		la Colle sur Loup early December 1944
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52			Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel	Fort of Barbonnet, Sospel
53				Eglise St. Jean, Joigny
54		Eglise St. Jean, Joigny		Cote St. Jacques is also in Joigny with the church of St. Thibault in the foreground
55	Eglise St. Jean, Joigny	Place du Government
56	George Sullivan at Toccoa
57	Grande Poste” in Algeria
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PFC George A. Sullivan

A Company