A member (Gew44) kindly asked me to show that very interesting picture of a german Gebirgsjäger and Africa veteran which i gladly do, since my main focus lies on that topic.
The picture was taken in a field ambulance in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy. The soldier (who was quite cerainly a member of the GJR 756) was probably wounded in spring of 1943 and therefore could escape of captivity. The last ship transferring wounded Africa veterans to Europe was in april 1943, less than a month before the capitulation of the german and italian forces on the black continent.
Those who came to europe were thrown into further battles after their curation and for those who were taken in captivity in tunisia the war ended in a POW camp in the US. I have visited a handful of GJR 756 veterans and they told me that they had a good time in US captivity, at leat it was much better than proceeding in fighting in that terrible war.....
I apprechiate every information, document, picture, grouping, whatever.... connected to the Gebirgsjäger Regiment 756
The picture was taken in a field ambulance in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy. The soldier (who was quite cerainly a member of the GJR 756) was probably wounded in spring of 1943 and therefore could escape of captivity. The last ship transferring wounded Africa veterans to Europe was in april 1943, less than a month before the capitulation of the german and italian forces on the black continent.
Those who came to europe were thrown into further battles after their curation and for those who were taken in captivity in tunisia the war ended in a POW camp in the US. I have visited a handful of GJR 756 veterans and they told me that they had a good time in US captivity, at leat it was much better than proceeding in fighting in that terrible war.....
I apprechiate every information, document, picture, grouping, whatever.... connected to the Gebirgsjäger Regiment 756