Photos from PFC Michael J.
(Mike) Kane
D Company
submitted by Mike Kane Jr.
Received May 7, 2003
Mike Kane sent in this huge stash of 46 pages of photos -- almost 200 photos! Most of them look like southern France - Sospel and Col de Braus, but some of the "collage" pages are in wintertime.
For now, I've left them at the original size, which might be a little large for your screen. Just scroll around for now.
"I presume that most are of Company D, which my father was assigned to. I don't have any names of other soldiers other than my father's." - Mike Kane Jr.
If you can help us identify more of the names or places or times, please send the info to webmaster@517prct.org
Updated June 2003: Kelly Edwards was at the June 2003 reunion in Oklahoma City with a printout of these pictures. She asked members of D Company, including Floyd Polk, Bob Cooper, Bob Hart, Rodger Goodsell, and Frank Gallucci, to identify all that they could. More to come soon. Thanks to Kelly and the men of Company D.
Updated December 2003. More photos identified by Jim McWilliams (via Mike Kane Jr.)
| collage1 |
Top Left: Lt. Starkey on the right Top right photo: Eric Anderson Middle row, left: Fred Canziani in the foreground; Scarf over mouth: John Sarti Right (in blanket) Mike Kane Bottom Row, left: Kane, Gallucci, Stegall |
| collage2 |
Top left photo (L to R) Dick Young, Big Lewis, Fred Canziani, Campion, Joe Molina
Bottom Left: Mike Kane (L) |
| collage3 |
Middle Photo of Marching column, extreme left: Joe Cantamessa |
| collage4 |
Top right photo is LaBarr (closest to camera, leaning on elbow). He was KIA. Top
Right: Believes this is not LaBarr, but rather Robert Davis. |
| collage5 |
Top left photo is John Sarti Top, middle: Herman Kusen Top right photo (L to R) Jim McWilliams and Fred Canziani Bottom center photo (upper) is Larry Prebenson Bottom center photo (lower) is Mike Kane |
| Group1 |
Top Right: Mike Kane (Third from Left) Bottom Left: Mike Kane (L) |
| Group2 |
Top Middle: James Starr, facing left Top right: 1st Lt. Carl Starkey |
| Group3 |
Top Right: Could be Dick Young (with water bucket) and John Haney |
| Group4 |
3rd photo on left side is Mel Edwards Bottom Left photo is Arnie Hughson Group picture with white house in background: Bob Boese (extreme right); Lloyd Henry (second row foreground, facing left) |
| Group5 |
Top left photo is Big Lewis 2nd photo on left is Fred Canziani 3rd photo on left (standing L to R) James, Jim McWilliams; sitting behind McWilliams there are 3 men looking at the camera- the 3rd man from the left in this group is Rennebaum Bottom Right: ?, Mike Kane, Frank Wayda, James Olsen, James Starr |
| Group6 |
Top left and top right: Walter Evjen Top center photo is Bill Uhlir Center left photo (standing in the foreground) Capt. James, Jake Stegall; standing in the background is Toivo Moisio Bottom center photo is Mel Edwards |
| Group7 |
incl. Sospel Top Left photo- Mel Edwards Top Center photo- Ben Shankman Center Center photo- Bill Uhlir Center Right (Sospel sign), L-R: Mike Kane, James Olsen and ? |
| Group8 |
Top Center photo- McDade (KIA Trois Points, Belgium) Middle center: Stegall Right Center: Joe Molina Bottom Right: Frank Wayda |
| Group9 |
Top left photo- Mike
Kane |
| Group10 |
Bottom center photo- Jake Stegall Bottom Right: Standing: John Sarti (L), Ted Lobur (R) |
| Group11 |
Top left photo (L to
R)- Jimmy (Little) Olsen, Fred Canziani |
| Group12 |
Top Left photo- the
man on the left is Ed Smith, on the right is John Sarti |
| Group13 |
Top Left photo- Jake Stegall Top Right: Radford Lewis Center Left photo (Standing L to R)- unknown, Jimmy Olsen, Starr (Seated) John (Johannes) Guderjahn |
| Group14 |
Top left photo (foreground L to R)- unknown, Mike Kane Top Right: Radford Lewis Center left photo (L to R)- unknown, Hood, Featherston Bottom left photo- Lewis Bottom Right: Lt. Allen |
| Group15 |
Top left photo-
Starr (saluting), Capt. James (Holding papers)
Center,
center: Phil Lovell (?) |
| Group16 |
Top left photo-
Orville Cyrus |
| Group17 |
Top left photo- Jake
Stegall |
| Group18 |
Center left, the man on the right is Edward Smith Top center photo (L
to R)- Starr, Jake Stegall, unknown Bottom Right: Hughson and Jake Stegall |
| Group19 |
Top center photo- Jake Stegall
Center center is Ed Smith |
| Group20 |
Top Center photo- Toivo Moisio Top
Right: Ted Hillhouse Center right: Mike Kane, Woody Kennamer, Jim McWilliams; Priest is Father Rativeau (Taken in Joigny, France) Bottom Left: (L) Mike Kane; Short woman is Father Rativeau’s housekeeper and seated is his or her mother. |
| Group21 |
2nd left photo: Adam Razdik Center left photo: Ben Shankman 4th left photo: Fred Canziani (r) Second Right Photo: Sgt Goodrid (KIA at Trois Ponts); Third Right Photo: Daniel Ogniewski (KIA at Sospel) Bottom Right: Lloyd Henry
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| Group22 |
Top left photo:
Felix Povinelli Second Right: Toivio Moisio Fourth Right (on Ridge): Mike Kane (R) Bottom Right: Dick Young |
| Group23 |
Top left photo: Jake
Stegall |
| Group24 |
2nd left photo:
(standing L) Jake Stegall |
| Group25 |
Top left photo: Fred Canziani Second Right (on cannon): (L-R) Lewis, Wayda and Mel Edwards |
| Group26 |
Col de Braus |
| Group27 |
2nd left photo: John
Haney |
| Group28 |
Top left photo:
McCarthy Bottom Left: Don Dillon (in foreground, in front of Jeep) |
| Group29 |
Top left photo: Bob
Simmons |
| Group30 |
Top left photo: Ben
Shankman (left side, sitting next to box), Cyrus (right side, standing),
Starr (sitting next to Cyrus) |
| Group31 |
large group photos
Center photo: (standing L to R) Faiola, Gettman,
Lewis, Bonner, Jimmy Olsen |
| Group32 |
Top left photo: |
| Group33 |
Sospel
Top photo: (background, standing next to tree)
Sgt. McKeon |
| Group34 |
Col de Castillon, Berlin |
| Group35 |
Berlin |
| Group36 |
Berlin |
| Group37 |
Frank Gallucci told me that the photos in Groups 37-40 were photos that they were given at jump school, and the men pictured are not members of the 517th. -- Kelly Edwards |
| Group38 |
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| Group39 |
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| Group40 |
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