Technician Fourth Grade (T/ 4) William George
Herold
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)
Click on image for photos,
captions document, and slides on OneDrive: