Prologue,
Preface and Forward
This website is dedicated to my father, William Heller 1910-1972. |
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By direction of the President, under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, as amended, you are awarded a Bronze Star Medal for meritorious services in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States. Citation: Technician Fourth Grade WILLIAM HELLER, 36 682 818, Signal Corps, Third Signal Company. from 15 August 1944 to 8 May 1945 in France, Germany, and Austria. Technician Heller and a comrade, a Photographic Team assigned to the Division Photographic Section, with great devotion to duty and often at great personal risk, photographed all combat operations of the Division, from the beaches of Southern France to the final operations of the Division in Germany and Austria, thus providing the Division with a complete authentic pictorial record of its campaign. |
Bill, born and raised in Chicago, operated a portrait studio on the south side of Chicago
for more than forty years. Married to Sylvia with one son (me - my brother Jerry came
along after the war), Bill entered World War 2 when he was 33 years old. |
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The captions on this website, were from my father's handwritten notes on the back of the photos. Other information came from my conversations with him, and other World War II veterans of the 3rd Infantry Division, US Army. |
A special thank you to Ed Heller, my son, |
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After basic training at Camp
Croft, near Spartanburg, South Carolina, Bill shipped out to North Africa. Naturally, in
the US Army's typical modus operandi, Bill started out in the
infantry as a rifleman, instead
of his specialty, photography. He fought in the invasions and
occupations of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. |
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