192 - HQ - Before The War
1st Lt. Fred Bruni poses for this picture with Pvt. William Hullihan of HQ Company. Both men were transferred to Headquarters Company from their National Guard units when the company was formed in early 1941.
Both men died while Japanese POWs.
Courtesy of the Hullihan family
Capt. Havelock Nelson during maneuvers at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
Capt. Havelock Nelson died while a POW.
Courtesy of the Hullihan Family
Courtesy of the Hullihan family
Members of HQ Company pose for this photo at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. From left to right are Edmund VanGalder, John Hopple, William Hullihan and Osborne McDonald.
Three of the soldiers in this picture died while Japanese POWs. The fourth was killed in action during the Battle of Bataan.
Courtesy of the William Hullihan Family
Courtesy of the Hullihan family
Some of the members of the HQ Company maintenance crew pose for this photo at Ft. Knox. -Courtesy of the William Hullihan Family
Courtesy of the Hullihan family
Sgt. Osborne McDonald poses for this picture at the motor pool at Ft. Knox during the winter of 1940. Sgt. Osbourne McDonald died while a POW. - Courtesy of the William Hullihan Family
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192nd Tank Battalion Barracks at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
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Pvt. Robert Miller, Pvt. Lyle Eesley and Cpl. Howard Stickel pose for this photo at Ft. Knox. All three men were from Columbus, Ohio.
All three soldiers died as Japanese POWs.
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Courtesy of Rowland Family
Draftees assigned to the 192nd form ranks in April 1942.
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Pvt. McLaughlin, Cpl. Howard Stickel, and Cpl. Daniel Nugent pose for this photo outside the tanks the 192nd lived in before their barracks were completed. Pvt. McLaughlin did not go to the Philippine Islands but was Killed in Action during the war. Cpl. Howard Stickel died as a POW. Cpl. Daniel Nugent survived three and one half years in Japanese POW Camps.
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Headquarters Building at Ft. Knox, Kentucky
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The 192nd Tank Battalion Guard House.
Courtesy of Matthew Rector
The 192nd Tank Battalion Guard House.
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The Headquarters building of the 192nd Tank Battalion at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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The Headquarters building of the 192nd Tank Battalion at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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Photo of the 192nd Tank Battalion's officers' barracks on the top of the hill.
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Pvt. Nick Marchese stands in front of one of the two barracks of HQ Company holding ammunition belts.
Courtesy of Marchese family
Even in the Army housekeeping needs to be done. In this photo, the members of the 192nd Tank Battalion air out their mattresses
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Members of HQ fallout for fatigue check at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. - Courtesy of the Hullihan Family
Hq Co Fatigue Check
Members of HQ Company with their dog, First Sergeant.
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Pvt. Jack Swinehamer outside the new canteen at Ft. Knox. - Courtesy of the Hullihan Family
Pvt. Jack Swinehamer
Some members of HQ Company mop down their barracks which was in this case, Barracks 32.
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Members of HQ Company shoot the breeze after a long day. - Courtesy of the Hullihan Family
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T/Sgt. Ernest Walsh does paperwork in the HQ Company tool room at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
Ernest Walsh died as a POW.
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T/Sgt. Ernest Walsh does paperwork in the HQ Company tool room at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
Ernest Walsh died as a POW.
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Pvt. Joseph Moczarny and Pvt. Lewis Wallisch. - Courtesy of the Rowland Family
Moczarny and Wallisch
Pvt. Joseph Moczarny posed fpr this photo at Ft. Knox. Moczarny died as a POW.
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Pvt. Nick Marchese, on left, his cousin, Nicholas, and Nick's father, James, pose for this photo in the backyard of his home on the west side of Chicago.
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Pvt. John T. Lewis, Pvt. Ralph Taylor and Pvt. Paul Ratay pose for this photo at Ft. Knox during the summer of 1941 on the parade ground at Ft. Knox. The parade ground was later named Brooks Field in honor of Robert Brooks of D Company who was the first tanker killed in WWII.
Pvt. John T. Lewis did not go to the Philippine Islands. Pvt. Ralph Taylor and Pvt. Paul Ratay both died as Japanese POWs.
Courtesy of Tony Medahl
Lewis, Taylor and Ratay
Pvt. John Lewis and Pvt. Paul Ratay pose for this photo at Ft. Knox. - John Lewis did not go to the Philippine Islands. Pvt. Paul Ratay died as a POW. - Courtesy of the Rowland Family
Lewis and Ratay
Bill Hullihan stands in front of an ambulance at Ft. Knox. - Courtesy of the Hullihan Family
Bill Hullihan
Major Havelock Nelson, his wife and children in a jeep at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. - Courtesy of the Gorman Family
Nelson, his wife and children
Major John Morley leans on his shipping trunk as he prepares for duty in the Philippine Islands.
Major John Morley died while a POW. - Courtesy of the Wendell Family
Major John Morley
Tank Number 2 of HQ Company. - Courtesy of the Rowland Family
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Pvt. John Hobbs and Pvt. McLaughlin pose for this photo at Ft. Knox. Pvt. McLaughlin did not go to the Philippines Islands but was Killed in Action in WWII. - Courtesy of Rowland Family
Hobbs and McLaughlin
192nd jeeps lined up at Ft. Knox. When they were first introduced, the jeeps were referred to as "peeps."
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Pvt. Elmer Engle poses for this photo at Fort Knox. Elmer Engle died while a POW.
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Bill Hullihan at Ft. Knox in 1941.
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Bill Hullihan at Ft. Knox in 1941.
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Tanks of the 192nd Tank Battalion being worked on by maintenance crew. - Courtesy of the Hullihan Family
Tank repairs in Louisiana
From the left, an unknown member of the 192nd poses with Henry Deckert and Alex Gorr at Ft. Knox. Pfc. Henry Deckert was the first member of an American tank crew killed in tank to tank action in WWII. - Courtesy of the Gorr Family
Unknown, Deckert and Alex Gorr
Ralph Hite, of HQ Company, poses for this photo on the steps of one of the two barracks assigned to Headquarters Company.
Ralph Hite died while a Japanese
Courtesy of the Ruth Tobias
Pvt. John Eber poses for this picture for his family while on leave home in 1941.
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Cpl. Fred Jannisch stands in front of the three tanks assigned to HQ Company.
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A tank of the 192nd Tank Battalion.
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Pvt. John Hando stands besides one of the three tanks assigned to HQ Company. Notice that the turrets had no guns.
Courtesy of Shelley Hando
Pvt. Woodrow Cox stands in front of a tank during his basic training at Ft. Knox in 1941. When the photo was taken, he was a member of the 753rd Tank Battalion.
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Pvt. William Blacketer, on the left, and Lt. Fred Bruni in one of the two HQ Company tanks. The tank driver is not identified Pvt. William Blacketer survived the war. As a captain, Lt. Fred Bruni became commanding officer of HQ Company. He was the highest ranking American officer executed on Palawan Island by the Japanese. - Courtesy of the Rowland Family
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192nd tank
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1st Lt. Donald Hanes and T/4 Bill Hullihan
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Members of the 192nd, Jim Griffin, John Hopple and Nick Fryziuk pose for this picture while working on tanks.
Jim Griffin died while a POW. John Hopple was Killed in Action.
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From left to right, Pvt. Eugene Greenfield, Pvt. William Mastic, Pvt. Olen Gilson, and Pvt. Robert Kidd pose for this photo while attending radio school at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 1941. All four men were from East Liverpool, Ohio. Greenfield and Gilson, who were good friends both went to the Philippines as members of the 192nd Tank Battalion. Mastic and Kidd did not go to the Philippines.
Bill Hullihan in a beep (later called jeeps)
Courtesy of the Holland family
John Hopple (B Co) on the left and Bill Hullihan on the right.
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Bob Peterson, left, and Alex Gorr watch as members of the 192nd play volleyball. -
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Members of the 192nd choosing sides for volleyball.
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Members of the 192nd prepare to play volleyball.
Courtesy of Jim Bashleben
Alex Gorr, left, with an unknown member of HQ Company.
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Alex Gorr, in front, and another member of HQ Company. - Courtesy of the Gorr Family
Courtesy of the Gorr Family
Members of HQ Company take a swim.
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An unknown member of HQ Company poses with Alex Gorr for the photo at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
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192nd at Herrignton Lake east of Harrodsburg, Kentucky in June 1941.
Courtesy of the Hullihan family.
On March 21, 1941, Cpl. Howard Stickel posed for this photo at Ft. Knox. Cpl. Howard Stickel died as a Japanese POW. -
Courtesy of Tony Medahl
PFC George Garman, Pfc. Albert DeCurtins (looking back), and Sgt. W. L. Brown take a break at Ft. Knox. PFC George Garman survived three and one half years as a POW. Pfc. Albert DeCurtins and Sgt. W. L. Brown died while POWs. - Courtesy of the Rowland Family
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Members of HQ Co. enjoying a drink.
Courtesy of the Hullihan family
Convoy to Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Michigan, to pick up new trucks, passing through Hardinsburg, Kentucky, on U.S. 60.
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The Ohio River from Kentucky during trip to Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Michigan.
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Ohio River from truck as it crosses the bridge out of Henderson, Kentucky into Indiana.
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1st Lt. Fred Bruni rides a motorcycle on trip from Ft. Knox, Kentucky, to Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Michigan. The original caption stated he was "being a cowboy."
Courtesy of the Hullihan Family
A HQ motorcycle on its way to Henderson, Kentucky during the trip to Detroit.
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Convoy to Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Michigan takes a ten minute break.
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Members of HQ Company were sent to Ft Wayne, Detroit, Michigan, to pick up trucks for the battalion.
Courtesy of the Hullihan family
Old Ft Wayne Entrance
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Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Michigan, Powder Magazine seen while the fort was being restored by the Works Projects Administration.
Courtesy of the Hullihan family
The Old Barracks at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan
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Old Fort Wayne and Barracks taken from a distance. Barely visible on left are the tents of HQ Co. On right what was a new barracks.
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Maintenance crew behind their new trucks.
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Jeep driving through the rain on the Louisana maneuvers.
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Harry King on his motorcycle during Louisiana maneuvers.
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Jeep on the Louisiana maneuvers. This was the first day in three days it didn't rain.
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Tank battalion members deal with mechanical problems while on maneuvers in Louisiana in 1941.
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Tents in which the members of the 192nd slept while on maneuvers in Louisiana.- Courtesy of the Hullihan Family
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Maintenance Tent at Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941.
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Members of HQ Company take a break during the maneuvers.
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U.S. Cavalry horses during the 1941 maneuvers in Louisiana.
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Bill Hullihan took this photo as his truck passed the U.S. Cavalry at the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941.
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U.S. Cavalry during Louisana maneruvers in September 1941.
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Headquarters Company chow tent during the Louisiana Maneuvers.
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Members of the 192nd Tank Battalion get their orders during maneuvers in Louisiana. -
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Member of HQ Company holds a King snake during maneuvers in Louisiana.
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192nd Tank Battalion members sit in their trucks and jeep while on maneuvers in Louisiana.
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HQ Company members deal with mechanical problems while on maneuvers in Louisiana in 1941.
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Members of HQ Company pose for this photo outside their tent on the Louisiana Maneuvers.
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Louisana maneuvers
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John Rowland stands in front of M3 tanks during the Louisiana Maneuvers. He had no idea that this would be the type of the tank that the 192nd Tank Battalion would have in the Philippine Islands.
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John Rowland poses next to an M3 Light Tank during the Louisiana Maneuvers
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Trucks of the 192nd Tank Battalion and Tallulah, Louisiana during the maneuvers.
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