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The Survivors of "I" Company, 3rd Bn, 36th Infantry Regiment
"To Hell and Back" was a reality.  See names of soldiers below.

 

The above photo was taken by John Vincent Hiatt of I Co on VE-Day (May 8, 1945 ) in the area of Sangerhausen, Germany. Of I Co's original stateside training group of about 200 soldiers, these 32 men were the only ones not killed or incapacitated during nine months of combat from the hedgerows of Normandy to Dessau, Germany, near the Elbe River. And, still, some of the above men were themselves wounded, but were able to stay with the unit to the end. Below, as written on the back of the original photo, are the names of the men:

Top: Marvin F. Sandberg, Pete LaCicero, Al Golisano, Lafayette Webster, George Beal, Alvin M. Schroeder, Reidl (first name unknown) George E. Stout

Back Sit: William M. Murphy, Wilbur W. Molnar, Ervin E. Kleindl, Joseph F. Burns, Raymond B. Thorton, William B. McMahon

3rd Row: Olen D. Yarnell, Tom Thorton, Raymond O. Stapleton, Frank T. Jashek, Edward C. Gross, Cecil J. Funk, Ray A. Hannah, Ira J. Van Riekel, Clover (first name unknown)

2nd Row: Walter C. Wedeking, Delbert H. Watson, Fuller (first name unknown), Arthur C. Peeks, Simon Lang, Charles R. Ross, Burt. P. Barlow Jr, Melvin J. Weber

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