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Company C, 3110th Signal Service Battalion
Northern France

Northern France
July 25 - September 14, 1944
July 24: Company C,  3110th Signal Service Battalion earns Normandy Campaign Participation Credit for being off English soil and on the water before 2400 on the last day of the Normandy Campaign.

July 25: Company C lands on Utah Beach.

July 26: Tamerville, France
August 18: Left Tamerville for Cherbourg.  American units from Utah beached advanced up the Cotentin Peninsula and entered the actual city of Cherbourg on about June 24, cleared most of it by the 26th, and secured the surrender of the last resistance on the 27th. By July 8, the Americans began to bring in supplies through the port of Cherbourg.
August 24: The rest of the Battalion lands on Utah Beach and proceeds to Valognes near Cherbourg.

September 5: The other companies proceed to Paris.

September 11 - 14: Most of Company C, including Felix, are detached to serve with Co. A., 810th Signal Service Battalion, Cherbourg.
September 15: Co. C men on detached service rejoin the rest of the Battalion in Paris.
Cherbourg
Felix and Company C were in Cherbourg from August 18 to September 14
Bunker
Undated. "Cherbourg" in Felix's handwriting on the back.
From the collection of Felix A. Cizewski, Co. C, 3110th Signal Service Battalion

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Felix is standing, first man on the left.

Might that be a camouflaged concrete German strong point to Felix's left?
Felix
Undated. "Cherbourg" in Felix's handwriting on the back.
From the collection of Felix A. Cizewski, Co. C, 3110th Signal Service Battalion
Digitally enhanced for clarity
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Felix is standing, first man on the left.

Felix appears to be cold. His collar is turned up as tight as it can be around his neck. The French women have long coats. Sources state that the weather during the Normandy Campaign was frequently overcast, drizzly, and cool. Storms often blow in from the North Atlantic such as from June 19 to 22 when the worst
gale in 40 years blew in.

Note the poles and lines to the right. The U.S. Signal Units tried to use existing French civilian and German military communication lines when possible or upgraded them with U.S. equipment. Company C was the battalion's "wire and pole" guys. Might Felix and these GIs met these civilians while doing Signal line work on these poles?
Seymore
From the collection of Felix A. Cizewski, Co. C, 3110th Signal Service Battalion
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On the back in Felix's handwriting, "Cherbourg France Seymore".

Seymore is wearing an Army Service Forces shoulder patch. His name does not appear on the partial rosters for the 3110th Signal Service Battalion that have been reviewed during research. Felix and Company C served with other Army Service Forces units in Cherbourg, such as the 810th Signal Service Battalion.
Two GIs
From the collection of Felix A. Cizewski,  Co. C, 3110th Signal Service Battalion
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Two unidentified GIs.
Cherbourg
From the collection of Felix A. Cizewski, Co. C, 3110th Signal Service Battalion
Copyright © 2006 Leonard H. Cizewski. May not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the express prior written permission.


Unidentified GI with a French boy.
External links:

Photos of Southampton, English Channel crossing, Utah Beach, Cherbourg, Valognes, July, 1944

Site in French: Photo of U.S. Military Police directing traffic on a Cherbourg street

Cizewski, Lovetere, Musbach, & Robinson
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