last update: February 18, 2008
Dogface Gallery
A place for visitors who want to commemorate Third Division (and related
unit) soldiers with a photograph. The Gallery will also include soldiers
from the collection of photographs on the site. (continual)
Memoir:
Memoir of Charles Owen Beardslee of the 30th
Regiment. Beardslee received two Bronze Stars fighting from Africa to
Germany where he was wounded in the Third Division assault on the
Siegfried Line. (August 2007)
Updates >>>
New Additions to the Dogface Gallery includes
officers and commanders and several Third Division HQ soldiers courtesy
of Louise Warden (March 2007)
New Links:
51st Evacuation Hospital
(December 2006)
Stars and Stripes (December 2006)
Info: U.S. Army Chain of Command (December
2006)
History: Caesar Line Before Rome (December
2006)
Memoir: Cpl. Howard B. Nickelson
One of the five photographers whose story is told on this Web site,
has kindly allowed this memoir to appear here. Nickelson, from
Livingston, Montana, was drafted in 1941 and served with the Third
Division at Camp Lewis and Fort Ord before landing at Fedala in November
1943 as a member of the Tenth Engineers. Nickelson was assigned to the
Third Signal Company on the Anzio Beachhead and was mustered out on
points in Salzburg, Austria, two days before the German Surrender
(November 2006)
VIP bios for Mark Clark and Edward Brooks added. Photos taken in 2006 by
Gilles Guignard in southern France (Cavillaire, Mirabeau, Aix en
Provence, La Couccurde), at the Maison Rouge Bridge, Besancon and more
added as alternate images showing current views and conditions.
(November 2006)
Extensive information updates from several sources and text proofing
performed. Additional images added to Anzio and Colmar sections. (August
2006)
Advertisements and Affiliations
Google Advertisements and Search; and Barnes & Noble Search Affiliation
has been added to the site. Viewers legitimately seeking information or
making purchases through these links help to fund the continuance of the
site. Any money collected by dogfacesoldiers.org through these links is
used for hosting fees, research, research materials, typing assistance,
scanning, digital editing and travel. A PayPal Donation button has also
been added to the main page. Donations collected will be used in the
same way, as well as for educational and travel expenses such as to and
from military events, Third Division reunions and the author's desire to
create a European Travel Fund to visit the trail of the Third Division
Photographers featured on this site (July 2006)
Anzio to Rome
With gratitude to Howard Nickelson, photographic images taken by the
Third Signal Company photo team are sequenced in this section showing
the Third Division on the Anzio beachhead, the breakout through Cisterna
and Cori and the division's entry into Rome. Some of the caption info is
from Nickelson's hand-written memoir with added notes from Al Brown
whose memoir can be found on this site. (July 2006)
GI Entertainment
Post-war images of various entertainment events including Clifton
Fadiman's "Information Please"; Jack Brachen's "What Do You Know?" show
including shots of actress Bruni Loebel (The Big Lift), singer Margot
Hielscher; and more. (July 2006)
Fuzzy's Folly
Howard Nickelson's account of the creation of the five-man photo unit on
Anzio. (June 2006)
Photographers
Additional photos of the photographers added featuring shots from Anzio
and France along with photos of the units' lab trailer "Fuzzy's Folly".
The images and the caption information are courtesy Howard Nickelson.
(April 2006)
Howard Nickelson
Captioning information and notes from Howard Nickelson updates many
captions and includes specific photo credit. Howard is the last
surviving member of the photo group. Specific information includes the
story of the photo group's creation at Anzio. (April 2006)
Memoir: Sgt. Albert Brown
First Web posting of a memoir from Staff Sgt. Albert S. Brown of Company
H, 30th Regiment. Notable information on life at Anzio and Siegfried
Line. This memoir was created and is hosted by dogfacesoldiers.org.
(April 2006)
German Military Equipment
Special thanks to Lee Archer at www.panzerwrecks.com for caption info
relating to German heavy equipment. (March 2006)
USO
Eight photographs added to the USO section. (February 2006)
Bio: Howard Nickelson
Bio info for Howard Nickelson added. A group of 17 photographs added to
the Photographers Gallery. (February 2006)
Captions
Caption information revised to include more of the role of other units
operating with the Seventh Army, especially the 45th and 36th Infantry
Divisions. Captions in Austria section pertaining to The Berghof
updated. (January 2006)
VIPs
The VIP section has been updated with unit insignia and bios for Maj. Gen. William Eagles<
/b> (45th Division) and
Maj. Gen. John Dahlquist (36th Division).
(January 2006)
Maps
Individual section maps showing progress and locations for each
slideshow section. (January 2006)
Links
Non-commercial links to Web sites pertaining to dogfacesoldiers.org.
(January 2006)
In Development ...
Miscellaneous Photographs: More photos in slideshow format.
Death: Section under consideration of the personal devastation of
war with text from photographer Bill Toomey's letters to home.
VIPS 2: A second section of VIP shots in slideshow format.
Letters: Selected text from Bill Toomey's letters to home.
Rose Toomey: A linked tribute page to Rose Toomey including text
from "Mouthful of Rivets."
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