And here is the next set Wartime photos of the 17th Airborne Division.
Mar
15
2010
Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Well, these new photos are fields photos and request from me some researches. This is exactly what I like to do, so it will take a little more time as usual to be posted.
And once again thanks to Cindy and Marty, thanks to Joe’s daugther. And once again for every other US Vet’s, if you have photos pass them over here because I love playing with wartime photos.
Mar
13
2010
Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Bombed out bridge along the Rhine River with a pontoon bridge in the background. This was taken near Duisburg, Germany or near the Krupps plant that the 17th guarded after the war ended.
Mar
13
2010
Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Unexploded bomb near concentration camp
Mar
12
2010
The German civilians would come over during the day and tend to their gardens. They would also wash the soldiers clothes for them. Notice the wooden shoes.
Mar
11
2010
Hello Gunter, these photos were taken by Lawton Clark who is a good friend of my Dad Kenny Cavanah. They were taken at the end of the war and from the smiles on most of their faces you can see that they are happy the war is over. This photo is of Lawton Clark. 194th Glider
Mar
10
2010
Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Message #01 : Some of the photos I sent yesterday failed to be delivered. I will try again. Have a good day. Operation Varsity taken by Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. Marty Cavanah
Message #02 : Photos taken by my Dad Kenny Cavanah who was in the 193rd & 194th Glider Infantry of the 17th Airborne. Photo was taken on August 12, 1945 as he was boarding the USS Thomas Berry at La Harve, France. He had been transferred to the 13th Airborne to be sent to Japan. However, the war ended while they were at sea and soon docked in New York. Marty Cavanah
Message #03 : Hello Gunter, photos of my Dad with his best friend Cecil Dawson boxing. My Dad Kenny Cavanah is on the left and Cecil Dawson is on the right. Another photo of Cecil Dawson with a baseball glove. Dad went up to the cemetery after the war ended and found his grave. He paid a girl to put flowers on the grave and took a photo of Cecil Dawson’s grave and the cemetery. After the war he kept in touch with Cecil Dawson’s parents visiting them several times and visiting his grave after his body was transferred back to the US. Cecil Dawson was killed as he stepped out of his glider after landing near Wesel, Germany. Marty Cavanah
Message #04 : Gunter, glad to see the photos put up on your webpage and that you were glad to receive them. I have two more photos taken by Pvt Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. I received these photos from his daughter and was allowed to scan them into the computer in order to have and to share with anyone who may like them. I will send you two more. One photo is of Marlene Deitrich and an unknown soldier in front of a parachute. The second photo is of Mickey Rooney. Joe Summers is the photographer standing next to Mickey Rooney with the camera. I have photos taken by Joe Summers during Operation Varsity. I will send them to you if you would like them. Have a good day and I enjoy your website very much. Marty Cavanah
Message #05 : I tried sending these to you a couple of minutes ago but do not think they came through. Will try again. I believe there is another photo of Marlene Deitrich. I will let you decide. It is taken on a stage in front of a parachute. I will send a few more images taken during Operation Varsity. Some other photos were taken by Howard Oyler who is a good friend of my Dad and was in the 17th Airborne. After the war he went back and took photos of the gliders to document the damage done. Some of these were taken at that time. Some were taken by Joe Summers of German soldiers being captured during Operation Varsity in March 1945. I have many more. Post what you like and may find interesting and let me know if you want anymore sent. I will send them to you 4 at a time.
Answer : Marty and Cindy …. keep sending … keep sending … as I am planing to create your own galerie for all the photos and the maximum is 25.000 photos / galerie 
Mar
09
2010
Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Well I don’t know what to say. Of course a great great thanks for the Worldwide Historian’s Community as these photos were never published before and these are really interesting photos.
Photos at about Waco CG-4A (T1) Gliders Planes used by the 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry (17th A/B Division) for Operation Varsity (Germany) in 1945. Note that none of these Gliders were using the AGF (Fort Benning) Col Griswold ‘Noose”. Note also the photo done somewhere in Alsace (see the RF Sign : (sic) République Française and traditional Clothes on the girls).
Note also : Corcoran Jump Boots, M-1943 (Reinforced) Field Trouser as well as the out burned Waco’s skeleton …
It was asking for guts to jump out of a flying plane to become a Paratrooper but – hell – what about flying inside this painted Olive Drab Gasket to the LZ ?
Respect
And again Thanks to Cindy and Marty as well as thanks to the boys who made history.
Mar
08
2010
Category : 017th Airborne Division, USO-17th Abn
Gunter, glad to see the photos put up on your web page and that you were glad to receive them. I have two more photos taken by Pvt Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. I received these photos from his daughter and was allowed to scan them into the computer in order to have and to share with anyone who may like them. I will send you two more. One photo is of Marlene Dietrich and an unknown soldier in front of a parachute. The second photo is of Mickey Rooney. Joe Summers is the photographer standing next to Mickey Rooney with the camera. I have photos taken by Joe Summers during Operation Varsity. I will send them to you if you would like them. Have a good day and I enjoy your website very much. Marty Cavanah
Dear Marty, Thank you for the pictures. And yes I am happy to be able to share these never published before photos. To say the true … I am feeling like a young trout in a mountain fountain.
Gunter
Feb
21
2010
Here are two wonderful photos from Marty Cavanagh.
Well Marty I am really happy for the one with Lili Marlène (I will add this to my collection) ad well as the second one, Mickey Rooney (this is my first one). Marty you really did my day
Thanks Gunter
Jan
07
2010
As Veterans of World War II it is an honor to be recognized as such. Yet in our Twilight Years it is often difficult to admit that we are nearing The End of The Road. After some 66 odd years our Memory may start to fade and the many details of our WAR TIME ACTIVITIES may be lost forever. I hate to admit this but my MEMORY is about like my hair SHORT. Each of us in our own special way can reflect back upon our World War II experiences and recall many events that we will carry to our graves. In general, many of those activities were very sad occasions that bring tears to our eyes as we relive those precious moments. Some, however, were hilarious and often bring tears of joy as we reminisce with our comrades of many years ago. If I may, I would like to relate a very serious incident that I will never forget.
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Jan
04
2010
Category : 017th Airborne Division, Commemorations, EUCMH Mails Center
Written December 22, 2009 by Carol Klinger Woolbright, Ed.D., Orphan Daughter of Capt Jack R. Klinger. KIA, Battle of the Bulge, B Co., 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division.
But this rose is an extra.
Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it.
It is only goodness which gives extras,
and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Naval Treaty)
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Mar
04
2009
