Roll of Honor - 196th Signal Photo Company
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Captain Ned Morehouse commanded the 163rd Signal Photo Company (SPC) from date of activation (Sept. 42) until he was relieved of command in Italy and transferred to the 3131st Signal Service Company in Algiers, Algeria, where he then assumed assumed command with the mission of preparing that unit to move to Italy and relieve the 163rd Signal Photo Company which was to participate in the invasion of Southern France.
The 3131st Signal Service Company was not appropriately organized or equipped on paper. Morehouse sought to re-organize it strictly to perform its combat mission with a field army for combat operations in a theater such as the Italian theater.
The 3131st was deactivated and the new 196th Signal Photo Company was activated under a new Table of Organization and Equipment. (MTOE)
After Victory in Europe, May 6, 1945, 196th Signal Photo Company Personnel eligible for discharge were separated from the unit, some replacements were received, and the unit transported to the United States for 30 days R&R. Morehouse left on leave and upon his return to Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, he learned that half of his unit had been separated, and in the years that followed did not see them again
.
Personnel assigned to the 196th Signal Photo Company were compiled into an informal unit roster in 1945. The co-author(s) are grateful to Donald Wiedenmayer for providing this listing and other unit history materials.
Unit personnel are identified by first and last name and hometown of record where known. Any mistakes in the finished product are entirely unintentional. Asterisks * indicate those men who gave their lives in action.
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Last Name |
First Name |
City |
State |
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Ager |
Edward R. |
Los Angeles |
CA |
|
Baker |
Charles C. |
Atlanta |
GA |
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Bergstrom |
Canton A. |
Tacoma |
WA |
|
Blosser |
Robert D. |
Barnett |
MO |
|
Bronson |
Roland L. |
Jamaica |
NY |
|
Brooks |
Martin G. |
Wichita |
KS |
|
Brown |
Albert L. |
Ford City |
PA |
|
Bull |
Marshall H. |
Oneonta |
NY |
|
Byndas |
Mike |
Cleveland |
OH |
|
*Campbell |
Cecil Max |
Mesa |
AZ |
|
Carlson |
Ralph E. |
Jamestown |
NY |
|
Cisler |
Henry J. |
Manitowoc |
WI |
|
Coffman |
Charles Q. |
Honorville |
PA |
|
Collins |
Lloyd F. |
Manchester |
CT |
|
Cook |
Louis R. |
Pasadena |
CA |
|
Crane |
Roger |
Webb City |
MO |
|
Daley |
Robert E. |
New York |
NY |
|
Dattilo |
Leo |
St. Joseph |
MO |
|
Edwards |
Robert G. |
Ashland |
OH |
|
Elson |
Saul |
Bronx |
NY |
|
Emrich |
Walter R. Jr. |
Tottenville |
NY |
|
Erickson |
Conrad |
Watertown |
SD |
|
Falcone |
Phillip F. |
New York |
NY |
|
Fellon |
Chester W. |
Wauna |
OR |
|
Feuer |
Alfred |
Bronx |
NY |
|
Getty |
George H. |
Sparta |
MI |
|
Graning |
Paul D. |
Glendale |
CA |
|
Grubb |
Howard W. |
Youngstown |
OH |
|
Harris |
William H. Jr. |
West Hartford |
CT |
|
Hibler |
Calvin E. |
Bortram |
TX |
|
Hillyard |
Arthur V. |
Mt. Rainier |
MD |
|
Jones |
Gordon S. |
Torrance |
CA |
|
Kosseff |
Jerome W. |
Bronx |
NY |
|
Kreider |
Harry C. |
Union City |
NJ |
|
Kurland |
David D. |
Los Angeles |
CA |
|
Lees |
David B. |
Van Nuys |
CA |
|
Levine |
Melvin |
Brooklyn |
NY |
|
Leviton |
Jay B. |
Bronx |
NY |
|
Litt |
Norman K. |
Brooklyn |
NY |
|
Markman |
Martin |
Brooklyn |
NY |
|
Mason |
John T. |
Detroit |
MI |
|
Mattrick |
Thomas P. |
Worcester |
MA |
|
McQuarrie |
Donald G. |
Thompsonville |
CT |
|
McWhirter |
William D. |
Atlanta |
GA |
|
Melkonian |
Melkon T. |
Worcester |
MA |
|
Metzger |
Maynard E. |
Chicago |
IL |
|
Morang |
Frank L. |
St. Petersburg |
FL |
|
*Morgan |
Harry B. |
Charlotte |
NC |
|
Morehouse |
Ned R. |
Reno |
NV |
|
Mulcahy |
John J. |
Chicago |
IL |
|
Mulhair |
Francis P. |
Yonkers |
NY |
|
Murchio |
Louis J. Jr. |
West Englewood |
NJ |
|
Nelsen |
Nels P. |
Williston |
ND |
|
O'Connell |
Edmund Burke |
Nashville |
TN |
|
Parthemos |
James |
Baltimore |
MD |
|
Peacock |
John R. |
Ogdensburg |
NY |
|
Peterson |
Earl T. |
Tulsa |
OK |
|
Phillips |
Daniel P. |
Youngstown |
OH |
|
Rubin |
Jack |
New York |
NY |
|
Rusbar |
Chester G. |
Forty-Fort |
PA |
|
Schmidt |
Robert H. |
Yonkers |
NY |
|
Seligman |
Irving |
Newark |
NJ |
|
Spallucci |
Joseph |
Raritan |
NJ |
|
Spirito |
Severino F. |
Jersey City |
NJ |
|
Stewart |
David R. |
Ontario |
OR |
|
Tacey |
Robert F. |
Liberty |
NY |
|
Thomas |
Ralph E. |
Canton |
OH |
|
Tischler |
Samuel T. |
White Plains |
NY |
|
Tomczak |
Erazm |
Passaic |
NJ |
|
Wever |
John S. |
Martinsburg |
W.VA |
|
Wiedenmayer |
Donald |
Worcester |
VT |
|
Yaskell |
Peter |
Belleville |
NJ |
|
Yung |
Ben L. |
Los Angeles |
CA |
|
Zube |
Frank B. |
Milwaukee |
WI |
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196th Signal Photo Company Photographers - Selected Photos
These special tribute pages features some of the significant still photography of five Army Signal Corps photographers who served in the 196th Signal Photo Company. They include:
/ Cecil "Max"Campbell / John Mason / Donald Wiedenmayer / Jerry KosseffIndex to 196th Signal Photo Company - Still Photo Gallery
Known Army Signal Corps photographs attributed by Signal Corps serial number to individual members of the 3131st Signal Service Company and the 196th Signal Photo Company, Italian Campaign, 1944-1945. These photos were obtained from the National Archives and the public domain.
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Captain Melvin Gillette / Architect of the Army Pictorial Service
Selected Reference Materials (Orders and Official Documents) / Army Pictorial Service - North Africa
196th SPC - Awards and Decorations
/ 196th SPC Roll of Honor / 196th SPC - Unit History/ 196th SPC - Campaign for Sicily / 196th SPC - Motion Picture Coverage / 196th - Still Photo Coverage
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