My Dad in 1942

**30-06_mike** · 05-31-2014 09:43 PM

This is a little off the daily norm but hey it has several Garands in the picture.

A little about my Dad. He was working at Aberdeen Proving Group when the war started and had a draft deferral. After the 2nd month of the war he could no longer sit at home and not help with the effort. He told me his supervisor did everything he could to persuade him not to go. Dad said he just couldn't do it so off to the Army recruiting office he went.

Here is a partial picture of my Dad's company in 1942. I know he was at Fort AP Hill after boot camp. The unit was then sent to Wisconsin for winter training. He said that they were given some new equipment to test and that about 40% of the unit disabled from cold injuries.

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he was assigned to the 4th ID. He landed at Utah Beech on D +2. He mad it all the way to the Siegfried Line before being knocked out. He spent the remainder of the war driving trucks. He said he was okay with that after all that he had been trough.

He passed in August of 2005 and I miss him a lot. So when my Mom showed me this group picture I just had to share.

Dad is number 120. His name is Frank C. Hartman.
Thanks for letting me share.

If I can figure out how to stich the whole image together I will put that up later.

Mike

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**30-06_mike** · 06-10-2014 07:40 PM

Okay as promised I am uploading the entire company photo.

**Bob Seijas** · 06-10-2014 08:38 PM

He was surely one of The Greatest Generation, you must be proud to come from that stock.

**Bob K** · 06-10-2014 09:36 PM

Awesome!

**Al Diehl** · 06-11-2014 07:08 AM

OP would you mind if I posted a picyure of my Dad at Camp Robinson Arkansas circa 1945 in this thread? (with his M1 icon

of course)

Al

**30-06_mike** · 06-11-2014 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by Al Diehl

OP would you mind if I posted a picyure of my Dad at Camp Robinson Arkansas circa 1945 in this thread? (with his M1 icon

of course)

Al

Please do.
I think it would be great for everyone to post their family pictures. (with M1s of course)

**Al Diehl** · 06-11-2014 08:48 PM

Thanks, here you are. He is the one that the marked "Me" is pointing at.

They were supposed to be having a "GI" party which is why all of their bunks are outside. I guess that there is always a little time for some horsin' around. Oh, yeah, the one in white was one of their cooks.

His first assignment from Camp Robinson was occupied Germany icon

. Since they didn't need rifleman they made him part of the Constabulary Forces. He retired 21 years later.

Al

**browningautorifle** · 06-12-2014 12:22 AM

Is there any one of us out there that doesn't have a pic from basic with his rifle with bayonet fixed? Mine is analogue or I'd put it here...and it's and FN...

Great pics of your dad!

**Al Diehl** · 06-12-2014 07:08 AM

Most of my pictures got lost along the way. Most during a divorce. I do have an AR15A1 and an M7 bayonet, I suppose I could have my wife take a snap of a older me posing in a most menacing way.

I'll put it on my bucket list.

Al

**HOOKED ON HISTORY** · 06-12-2014 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by browningautorifle

Is there any one of us out there that doesn't have a pic from basic with his rifle with bayonet fixed? Mine is analogue or I'd put it here...and it's and FN...

Great pics of your dad!

Scan it. We need a a face to go with your fine posts.

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