Thanks so much to the family of Engineer, Jack Naugle for these great photos and docs. Son and nephew of Jack write ...
Jack was the RR engineer in the 724th RR during WWII and especially in France where his unit was doing ammunition trains out of Paris toward the advancing front towards Germany.
All four of the Naugle brothers served overseas during WW II and all returned alive safely which was quite the homecoming story in this small south central PA town (15,000-20,000 population at the time). 3 of the brothers already had jobs on the Western Maryland RR before their enlisting in the services and they returned to those jobs in Hagerstown, MD as Road Foremen after the war. They are buried in Hagerstown. The youngest brother married a woman from Chambersburg and ran the woman's father's dairy farm nearby until his death.
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these photos have good resolution; use a 3-button scroll mouse and click on the photo and use the scroll wheel to enlarge/reduce.
Looking for the Jack Naugle photos on your site, but cannot find them They were posted in June 2013 of the 724th ROB, in which Jack Naugle served. Ho0w do I get to them?
Kip Naugle - Jack's nephew.
Kip, these photos are displaying here now---2025-11-13--- just a few days after we had traveled to Hernando, MS for the memorial service for Jack, "Skip" our cousin, the son of Uncle Jack who had the presence of mind to take all 724 of these photos as they progressed through France and into Germany pursuing the retreating German armies. As you know, we had no idea they even existed or how harrowing our Uncle's experience had been during his service with the Luftwaffe seeking them out at night, even as they ran with no lights, carrying ammunition and supplies in support of Allied forces. Since the photos are high resolution and are so many, it does take some minutes to load. Thanks to Nancy Cunningham for providing the web space!
Brother Bob.
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