New photo Pickup's

[W Petz]

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[Todd Gylsen]

Thanks Bill...I am almost caught up on this thread. There are others I need to catch up on later.

Luftwaffe Obergefreiter

[Todd Gylsen]

Here is an unusual shoulder board on this LW uniform..LSW or SHD perhaps??

[W Petz]

Todd or NSFK. DLSV or LSB?

Here is an unusual shoulder board on this LW uniform..LSW or SHD perhaps??

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[Todd Gylsen]

LW Feldwebel

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December 1943

[W Petz]

Apr 19 - Here is an Interesting photo of a KM Veteran posing with his MP40 for a pic on the road from Palma di Montechiero to Agrigento, Sicily 1943 (Ruckmarsch von Palma 10. Juli 43)

Here is some history of this KM NCO provided by the seller of this photo

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Im Zivil war er Elektrogehilfe; in 1939 Ausbildung i.d. Marine-Nachrichtenschule Flensburg-Mürwik.
Februar 1940 als Funkmaat an Bord der U-Jäger UJ 173 der 17. U-Bootsjagdflottille.
Später in 1940 mit U-Jäger UJ 177 der gleichen Flottille nach Norwegen.
Frühjahr 1942 nach Afrika, August 1942 Oberfunkmeister-Lehrgang in Roosendaal, Holland.
Ab Frühjahr 1943 als Oberfunkmeister der Minenräumboote in Italien, ua auf Sizilien.
Er hat den Krieg überlebt und ist am 28. Mai 2004 in Rhens verstorben, 89 Jahre alt.
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[Todd Gylsen]

432nd Regiment

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Leutnant