Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment
02 November 1942 - 10 December 1943
It is unknown which company of the 509th is preparing to jump in this photo.
The winery Boufarik, Algeria after return from jump in Tunisia
Back 4th Row: 1, 2, 3 Pvt. James Nunn, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (wearing M41), 9, 10, 11, 12 (wearing M41),
3rd Row: 1, Pvt. Richard Fisco, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (wearing M41), 8, 9, 10
2nd Row: 1 Cpl. , 2 Cpl. , 3, 4 Cpl. (wearing compass), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (wearing FS Knife), 10 (wearing FS Knife),
Front 1st Row: 1 (wearing M41), 2, 3 S/Sgt. , 4 Sgt. , 5 Sgt Roderick Childs (wearing mounted cartridge belt),
The winery in Boufarik, North Africa after return from jump in Tunisia
Back 4th Row: 1, 2 (white nametape), 3 Ted Finn, 4, 5, 6, 7 (wearing M41), 8, 9 Pvt. Daniel Brenner, 10, 11 (wearing M41), 12 (wearing white nametape), 13, 14, 15,
3rd Row: 1, 2, 3 (wearing M41), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (wearing M41), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
2nd Row: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
Front 1st Row: 1, 2 (wearing M41), 3, 4 Lt. , 5 S/Sgt. , 6 Sgt. , 7 (wearing M41), 8,
The winery in Boufarik, North Africa after return from jump in Tunisia
Back 4th Row: 1 Cpl., 2 Cpl., 3 (wearing a whistle), 4 (wearing compass), 5 Cpl. (wearing a whistle), 6 Cpl., 7, 8 Cpl., 9 Cpl., 10,
3rd Row: 1, 2 (wearing M41), 3 Tech 5, 4 Cpl., 5, 6 Cpl., 7, 8 Cpl., 9 Cpl. (camo M42), 10 (camo M42),
2nd Row: 1 Sgt., 2 Sgt., 3, 4 Tech 4 Lincoln Sennet, 5 Sgt. Sol Weber (camo M42), 6 Pvt. Francis 'Wolf' Tocci (camo M42), 7 Sgt., 8 Sgt. Ed Krzywanos, 9 Sgt. (wears mounted cartridge belt), 10 (camo M42),
Front 1st Row: 1 Sgt. Brad 'Slim' Chalker (wearing M41), 2 SSgt., 3 SSgt., 4, 5 SSgt., 6, 7 Sgt.,
Mortar Platoon at the winery in Boufarik, North Africa after return from jump in Tunisia
Back 4th Row: 1 Pfc. Fred Gerber, 2 Pfc. Leonard Swatsenbarg, 3 Pfc. George Michael, 4 Pvt. Harold Seay, 5 Pfc. Johnny Boyce, 6 Pfc. Francis Keane, 7 Pvt. James Ballentine, 8 Pvt. Samuel Bowser, 9 Pvt. David Vail, 10 Pvt. Jacques Theaux, 11 Pvt. Leo Martin,
3rd Row: 1 Pvt. Joseph Barressi (wearing M41), 2 Pvt. Donald Ellis (wearing M41), 3 Pvt. Joseph Cernak, 4 Pvt. Walter Borowiak, 5 Pfc. Jesse Luczyk, 6 Pvt. Joseph Bauer, 7 Pvt. Donald Kammer, 8 Pfc. Guy Jeanes, 9 Wory?, 10 Pvt. Robert Green, 11 Pvt. Vernon Bass,
2nd Row: 1 Pvt. Herbert Coberty, 2 Sgt. Elwood Barnhardt, 3 Cpl. Clifford Faulkner, 4 Cpl. Clyde Scarbrough, 5 Cpl. Franklin Wolfe, 6 Cpl. John Martin, 7 Cpl. Edwin Wegner, 8 Cpl. Eugene Brewer, 9 Cpl. Ernest Boudoin, 10 Pfc. Walter Endlick,
Front 1st Row: 1 2nd Lt. Seldon Harvey, 2 2nd Lt. Hugh Hogan, 3 2nd Lt Ernest Siegel, 4 S/Sgt. William Campbell, 5 Sgt. John Costello, 6 Sgt. Wesley Lee,
Headquarters Company - This is the last I would see them. Most would go to form a new Jump School - Charlie Audet
Back Row: 1. ? 2. Pvt Albert Beauchene 3. ? 4. Pfc Charles Audet
Middle Row: 1. 1st Sargent Jim Swain 2. ? 3. ? 4. ?
Bottom Row: 1. ? 2. ?
