Photographer TabTechnician Fourth Grade (T/ 4) William George HeroldSignal Corps Plaque

Photo Detachment #51

3264th Signal Service Company (Photographic)

XIX Corps



T/4 William George Herold, Combat Photographer, 5 February 1924 to 5 February 1945

Bill was the oldest of 4 children and I am the youngest. He was 6  feet, 4 inches with blonde hair.

In 1942 he was graduated from High school, worked for a commercial photographer and was drafted.

He was killed on February 5th 1945. As the letter from his commanding officer explains (#38), he had gone under fire to help evacuate wounded soldiers when he was killed. For that, he was awarded the Bronze Star.

His photographs show many sides of the war, from the clean cut faces of the men who fought to the blurred, dusty engagements that they fought.

They are presented here in chronological order, starting with his training at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

Photo 1a shows photographer Stockhoff who was killed with him.

His trek through Northern France to Western Germany is depicted in over 100  pictures.

(The captions) and are his own words, except where excised by military censors.

("Letters Home")  are his letters to a friend.

There is also a folder with his slides, however I do not have the captions for these.

I hope these will be informative, educational and interesting to whomever opens this CD.

Thank you,

Barbara Herold Marquet (William's sister)
All material not in the public domain Copyright 2016 - 2023 Leonard H. Cizewski

  
All material not in the public domain related to William George Herold Copyright Barbara Herold Marquet

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Minor Revision or Correction: September 27, 2023
Posted: November 7, 2017
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