The following photographs are courtesy of Dick Brodfuehrer. His
father, Master Sergeant Ferdinand Brodfuehrer, was the highest ranking NCO in
the 110th Medical Battalion. Dick was the first person to research and publish a
history of this unit.
MSG Ferdinand Brodfuehrer & Dick Brodfuehrer
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110th Medical Regiment*
Camp Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas 1941 |
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Regiment was reorganized as the 110th Medical Battalion, with many of its
personnel going off to become the cadres of other Medical Battalions.
Company A of the original 110th Medical Regiment became the core of the
new 110th Medical Battalion |
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Headquarters
Section, Fort Rucker Alabama 1943 |
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TOP ROW: Sgt (Tec
4) Silkett, Motor Section Mechanic, Norfolk, NE * PFC Olsen, HQ Section
3/4 Ton Truck Driver, KS * Pvt Sanders, Detachment Section 3/4 Ton Truck
Driver and Bugler, Norfolk, NE * Pvt Cleaver, Supply Section 2 1/2 Ton
Truck Driver * Pvt Fogelsang, Supply Section 2 1/2 Ton Truck Driver,
Scottsbluff, NE * Pvt Jones, Detachment Section Basic * Pvt Sherman,
Supply Section 1/4 Ton Truck Driver |
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ROW: Cpl (Tec 5) Effross, Clerk, Omaha, NE * Cpl (Tec 5) Meyers, HQ
Section Chaplain Assistant, Omaha, NE * Cpl (Tec 5) Henning, HQ Section
Clerk, Council Bluffs, IA * Cpl (Tec 5) Owings, HQ Section Mail Orderly,
Auburn, NE * Cpl (Tec 5) Rau, Detachment Section 3/4 Ton Truck Driver,
Gering, NE * Cpl (Tec 5) Scheck, Supply Section 2 1/2 Ton Truck Driver,
Detroit, MI * Cpl (Tec 5) * Cpl (Tec 5) Schlitt, Motor Section Mechanic,
Chicago, IL * PFC ? * Cpl (Tec 5) Haack, Supply Section, MN * Pvt
MacIntosh, HQ Section Clerk, OH * Pfc Mohr, Detachment Section Cook's
Helper * Pfc ???? * Cpl Turk, Detachment Section Company Clerk,
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FRONT ROW: M/Sgt
Brodfuehrer, Battalion Sergeant Major, Columbus, NE * Tech Sgt Aylward,
Battalion Motor Sergeant * Tech Sgt Bagley, HQ Section Message Center
Chief, Allen, NE * Tech Sgt Martin, Battalion Supply Sergeant, Lincoln, NE
* Tech Sgt Prohaska, HQ Section Personnel Sergeant, Omaha, NE * Lt Legg,
Battalion Motor Officer, Lincoln, NE * Capt. Strickland, HQ Detachment
Commanding Officer, Lincoln, NE * WOJG Burke, Battalion Personnel Officer,
Lincoln, NE * WOJG Shipps, Battalion Medical Supply Officer, Lincoln,
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S/Sgt McCrory, Detachment Section Supply Sergeant, Lincoln, NE *
S/Sgt Wabs, Detachment Section Mess Sergeant * Sgt Murphy, Detachment
Section Motor Sergeant, Lincoln, NE O'Neil NE * Sgt (Tech 4) Bailey,
Detachment Section Mechanic * Sgt (Tech 4) Bush, Detachment Section Cook,
Central City, NE * Sgt (Tech 4) Beckius, Supply Section Clerk * Sgt (Tech
4) Reed, Hq. Section Classification Clerk, Omaha, Nebr
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LEFT- Master Sgt Ferdinand
Brodfuehrer |
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RIGHT->Co.
A NCOs at San Luis Obispo, CA, 1942 L to R: SSG Medric "Odie" Odgaard,
1stSgt Ferdinand Brodfuehrer, SSG Charles Putnam, SSG Richard
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Co. A NCOs at Camp Robinson,
1941 |
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LEFT-> L to R: Charles Putnam,
Richard Burgess, Medric Odgaard |
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RIGHT-> L to R: 1stSgt Ferd
Brodfuehrer, PVT Joe Gdowski, SGT Don
Munson |
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TRUCK WASHING DETAIL
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OVERSEAS
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OUTSIDE ST. LO - JULY 1944 |
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LEFT-> A hedgerow RIGHT-> A
German Battlefield Grave |
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FRANCE -
SUMMER 1944- IN BETWEEN ACTION |
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TOP - The
Red Cross with coffee and dughnuts Haracourt September 1944
BOTTOM -
110th Officer with French children St. Hilaire August 1944
Catholic
Priest blessing 110th Ambulances St. Max September
1944 |
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St. Max September
1944 |
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Left:
Unknown
Right: Frank Henning |
Left to
Right:
Ferd Brodfuehrer, Frank Henning,
Unknown, Ervin
Bagley |
Unkown
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110th Medical Battalion HQ and Co.
D clearing station at Bulligny. September
1944 |
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NOVEMBER to JANUARY
1945 |
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| November 1945 Chateau
Salins |
December 1944 Perle,
Luxemburg |
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| January 1945
Bastogne |
January 1945
Bastogne |
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Memorial to fallen American
soldiers in a church in Luxemburg |
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Dick Brodfuehrer:
"I don't know where
this was taken, and they probably didn't know either the next morning
after sampling the "liberated" happy juice."
L to R: Perhaps Ervin
Bagley on the left, and Frank Henning on the right. |
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