WWII Photo

[Bigcypresshunter]

Going through my Dads stuff, I found this photo most likely his friend in the US Army 3rd Division. Most of my Dads pics were of his Italian girlfriend (kinda cute) but they mean nothing to me and will end up in the trash, but who knows, this photo may mean something to a family member.

The name on the back says- James David.
N. Car.- may be were the 3rd Div. trained.
Caserta - is a city in Italy where the pic was probably taken not far from Salerno.
1944- the date.

If anyone knows how to research to find out if he survived or find a surviving family member, I will mail it off. Thanks. My Dad was in the 3rd Division, Anzio Invasion and the push to Rome..

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

at first I thought it might be a fuel converter also but it looks like it's just a wood storage box.
It's definatly being used by the same unit as trucks (notice the white bumpers on truck and car,
and white bumperettes on bigger truck) units would mark their vehicles with special symbols/paint
jobs so they are easily found by units soldiers during battle.

My guess it's just a storage box or maybe a box for a dog (which explains window)

I dont know why someone would remove the large trunk lid to make a storage box with such a tiny window when the trunk on this car was huge.

I think you are correct about the white bumpers and thanks for the info but are you implying that this could be an Army vehicle? My Dad was a private. Looking at the pics, it appears my Dad and this girl drove all over town sightseeing and taking pictures.

Do you know what kinda camera takes such tiny photos? Is this some kind of spy camera?

My Dad just died and to think all I needed to do was ask him but I never saw these pics until after.

 

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[Monty]

My father was in the 3rd Armored Division and was at Normandy Beach the second day of D-Day. They went on to the Battle of the Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge and on to Holland , Belgium and then finally to Germany. Dad was on a 155mm self propelled gun. He said they had to wait across the river from Berlin until the Russians took it. He had some pictures but a very few remain, lost or misplaced I suppose? That was one heck of an era. Monty

 

[Ramitt]

Awesome pics BigCy! Thanks for sharing them.

 

[Monty]

My dad use to have a 120mm bellows camera that took small pics like that. We had to specify them to be printed normal size. Monty