Franklin writes about his Father-in-lawRoy Edward Mitchell ....
Just found these additional photos of the battalion. The box car in the background appears to be one of the barracks cars they converted from French boxcars.
R. Edward Mitchell is individual in uniform. We don't know the tee shirt guy.
Back of Tiger Tank photo, " a German Tiger tank that lost his argument with a Yank".
More here: https://goo.gl/oiR9Fk
712th Railway Operating Battalion -- Roy Edward Mitchell
U.S. War Department Railway Reports 1943-44 E 55-202 E 55-277 and E 55-229
War Dept Railway Reports 1943-44 E 55-202 E 55-277 and E 55-229
War Dept Railway Reports 1943-44 E 55-202 E 55-277 and E 55-229 by Nancy on Scribd
774th Railway Grand Division -Mileposts : the memoirs of the 774th Railway Grand Division 1945
Mileposts : the memoirs of the 774th Railway Grand Division
Author: John F Daily, Corporal.; Harry J Isett
Publisher:[Rome] : [Tipolitografia delle Ferrovie dello Stato], [1945]
728th Railway Operating Battalion Clovis, New Mexico and France
Parade below in NM and unit christens first locomotive Cherbourg,France
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