Photos Photos of the US Army in the ETO

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Just a mix of random Signal Corps pics.

 

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US soldier and tank driver Julian Patrick of Kentucky, a member of the 3rd US Armored Division, killed in action inside his tank on March 6, 1945 during the very well-known tank duel at the Cathedral of Cologne.
Quoting Henry J. Earl: “The hit was low on the side. The interior of the tank was lit by a ball of fire caused by the terrific friction of the penetration. A white hot eighteen-pound projectile entered the empty ammunition rack under the floor. The earlier modes of the M-4 “Sherman” medium tank did not store ammunition under the turret floor. The steel walls of the compartment prevented the molten metal from striking the interior of the hull and ricocheting throughout the tank. This saved the crew.”
Sadly, in this occasion, no steel wall protected nor saved this soldier. Pfc. Julian H. Patrick was born in Magoffin County, KY, on April 29, 1921. He was the youngest of 4 brothers serving in WWII. The three other brothers survived the war. Julian was first buried in Belgium, his body returned in 1947 to the USA and interred in the family cemetery in Salyersville, KY.

 

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Essen, spring 1945.

 

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My father was BAOR in 1946-48 and said he has never seen such destruction as the state Germany was in after WW2

 

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Since there were only five US Generals of the Army ever and only three of them were active in the ETO, this was either Ike's ride or that of George Marshall or Henry H. Arnold.