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Riel Crandall Album
Adrienne Manzone, daughter of Col. Riel Crandall, Commanding Officer of the 300th, visiting her mother in Cromwell, Connecticut found the bound album presented to Col. Crandall in June 1945 following VE-Day by the men of the 300th upon his leaving the command of the 300th. Jan Ross and Brad Peters travelled to visit Adrienne and her husband Paul in Connecticut and scanned nearly 200 pages of excellent quality photographs as well as several pages of information. Most of these photographs are from army photographers and are of excellent quality. Our thanks to Adrienne for sharing these for the web site.
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The cover of Riel Crandall's Photo Album
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The title page of Riel Crandall's Photo Album
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300th illustrated map
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Major Riel S. Crandall West Point graduation photograph.
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300th Battalion Staff at Camp White, February 1943
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1st Lieutenant Charles G. Spencer (left) and three other engineer officers at Swindon, England, 1944
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300th Engineer Combat Battalion in formation at Camp White
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Co. A at Swindon, England, 1944
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Co. A at Swindon, England, 1944
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Co. A at Swindon, England, 1944
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Co. A at Swindon, England, 1944
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Co. B, HQ, at Tent City, Swindon, England, 1944.
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Co. B, 1st platoon at Tent City, Swindon, England, 1944.
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Co. B, 2nd platoon at Tent City, Swindon, England, 1944.
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Co. B, 3rd platoon at Tent City in Swindon, England, 1944.
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Co. B at Tent City in Swindon, England, 1944.
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Medics in Swindon, England, 1944.
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Commissioned officers at Tent City, Swindon, England, 1944. Left to right: Battalion Commander Maj. John Tucker, Lt. Orville Lutz, Capt. Gene Falvey, Lt. Henry Webendorfer, Lt. Lassen, and Lt. Kettler.
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Co. C, 2nd platoon at Tent City, Swindon, England, 1944.
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Group photograph at Tent City in Swindon, England, 1944.
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Co. C, 3rd platoon at Tent City in Swindon, England, 1944.
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H & S Co. at Swindon, England, 1944.
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Co. C at Tent City in Swindon, England, 1944.
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Co. A at Tent City in Swindon, England, 1944.
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Company C with Clovis Brown, second row, fifth from left (holding a rifle across his chest with his helmet cocked over his right eye).
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Motor Pool and equipment on a D4 bulldozer
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Motor Pool and equipment on a D4 bulldozer
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300th Engineers working on a bridge.
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300th Engineers working on a bridge.
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300th Engineers on ponton in river working on a bridge they built.
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Co. B poses for a photo after completing construction of the bridge.
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Battalion constructed Treadway Bridge at Pont L' Abbe, France, 21 June 1944.
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Tucker Bridge showing under pinning and piers of double Bailey Bridge in the rear, 29 June 1944. It was two days earlier on 27 June 1944 that Maj. John Tucker, Commanding Officer of the 300th, was killed while the 300th built this bridge under fire from the Germans.
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Tucker Bridge at Carentan, France, 29 June 1944. Sign reads: Tucker Bridge, In memory of Major John E. Tucker killed while supervising construction of this bridge.
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Battalion built roundabout at road junction N-13 and N-174 between Carentan and Isigny, 11 July 1944.
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Battalion built roundabout at road junction N-13 and N-174 between Carentan and Isigny, 11 July 1944.
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Clearing debris in Isigny, France, 11 July 1944.
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Clearing debris from the town of Isigny, France, 11 July 1944.
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Clearing debris from the town of Isigny, France ,11 July 1944.
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