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We continue to look learn more about the history of the 196th Signal Photo Company from surviving veterans and their families. If you have photos and materials concerning this unit, or your unit was photographed by the 196th Signal Photo Company write us. We hope to publish a companion photo book to The Last Farewell in the near future.

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The co-authors tell the overall operations history of both the 196th Signal Photo Company (SPC) and the 3131st Signal Service Company for the first time in The Last Farewell - A Journey of the Heart. Photographers, Burke O'Connell, John T. Mason, and Donald Wiedenmayer crossed paths during Operation Torch, the 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa and in Italian Campaign. The 3131st was reorganized to form the 196th SPC in early 1945. Veterans and their families are actively encouraged to email the authors to share information and photographs. Special thanks to Don Wiedenmayer for providing unit rosters, copies of wartime orders and essential historical detail.

 

 

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:

Harry Morgan / Cecil "Max"Campbell / John Mason / Donald Wiedenmayer / Jerry Kosseff

Index 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.

A-F / G-L / M-R / S-Z

 

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Historical Resources

O'Connell's Equipment: Bell & Howell 35mm Eyemo Camera

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

 Bibliography / Veteran's History Project / Nauders Crossroads - 1945

 

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© The Last Farewell - A journey of the heart

By Edmund Burke O'Connell and co-authors Julie Whitman Jones and Thomas J. Sullivan, Jr.

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