Felix
A. Cizewski, my late father, served in Company C, 3110th
Signal
Service
Battalion served in Cherbourg
in from sometime from mid-August,
1944 until redeployment to Paris as early as
mid-September, 1944. His photos from Cherbourg are the most that survived from his WWII service. |
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Felix Felix is the first on the left.
The three other GIs and women are unidentified. Felix has his jacket pulled up around his neck and the French women have long coats suggesting the weather was cool. During the summer and fall of 1944 the weather 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. Felix hated the cold. Poles and lines are visible to the right. When possible the Signal Corps used existing French civilian and German military communication lines and upgraded them with U.S. equipment. |
Seymore
On the back
in Felix's handwriting is:
"Cherbourg France Seymore". Seymore is wearing an Army Service Forces shoulder patch as was worn by the 3110th SIgnal Service Battalion and other similar units. |
Unidentified GI on a jeep.
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Military
policeman on a motorcycle.
French civilian on the right.
Two African-American in the background. In segregated WWII American Army, African-Americans were almost exclusively assigned to support and service units. Many served in Cherbourg. |
Military policeman on a motorcycle. African-American GIs on the right. |
Unidentified GI with a French child | Unidentified GIs | |||
All photos on this page
are from the collection of Felix A. Cizewski, Co. C,
3110th Signal
Service
Battalion
Copyright © Illinois Holocaust Museum
and Education Center
. May not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the express prior written permission. |
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