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alanint · 12-23-2012, 07:41 PM

From what I can see. most of the photos were taken in the immediate months following the end of WW2. Your Grandfather appears to have been an Engineer with a Technical rating in the Eight Airforce. He perhaps worked on radio equipment for that branch of service. Photos 3,4,and 5 are of Hitler's Berghof, or Alpine retreat at Bechthesgaden. Other photos appear to show a ruined Cologne and perhaps Frankfurt.
These are not unusual snapshots of a GI on leave after the end of the war.

Great photos of a member of the Greatest Generation. I know how proud you must be.

12-23-2012, 07:41 PM	#3
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	From what I can see. most of the photos were taken in the immediate months following the end of WW2. Your Grandfather appears to have been an Engineer with a Technical rating in the Eight Airforce. He perhaps worked on radio equipment for that branch of service. Photos 3,4,and 5 are of Hitler's Berghof, or Alpine retreat at Bechthesgaden. Other photos appear to show a ruined Cologne and perhaps Frankfurt. These are not unusual snapshots of a GI on leave after the end of the war. Great photos of a member of the Greatest Generation. I know how proud you must be.