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Edmund O'Connell
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Sgt. Edmund Burke O'Connell served as an Army combat newsreel photographer with the 3131st Signal Service Company which reorganized into the 196th Signal Photo Company during the Italian Campaign of the World War II.
This tribute page includes personal and wartime Signal Corps photographs featured in a new book, The Last Farewell - A journey of the heart, O'Connell's posthumous memoir of his wartime service in Italy.
This page also serves as a forum to locate surviving veterans of the 196th SPC and 3131st Signal Photo Company and their families to share their story. Write the_last_farewell@mail.com to read an excerpt from the book and to learn more about the history of this unit.
SEARCHING FOR:
JOHN T. MASON, ARMY PHOTOGRAPHER
I continue to look for surviving family members of Army photographer John T. Mason, Detroitt, Michigan who served with O'Connell through much of 1944 . Email: Write the_last_farewell@mail.com if you can be of help.
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Identification Card
O'Connell's military press credential issued by AFHQ in Italy - 1944
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5th Army Photographers Enjoy Venice, Italy
U.S. 5th Army photographers, T/5 Sam Spirito, and T/4 Martin Brooks of the 196th Signal Photo Co. tour Venice, Italy in a gondola. 1 May 1945
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Danger Mines
T/4 O'Connell seen north of Bologna during final push north.
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Touring Roman Ruins
T/4 Burke O'Connell and an unidentifed fellow photographer explore the ruins of ancient Rome
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