902nd, camps out at port.
Orders came in to move the entire 902nd into France and join up with the 7th Army for the final thrust into Germany. We were all excited and ready to go. But going was not that easy. Our unit consisted of 30 to 40 photo experts, plus the equipment for special chemicals, photo enlargers, printers and finishing equipment plus installation removal, required lots of work. And our move over land and sea seemed endless. The logistics was mind boggling. We were going from Southern Italy into France and overland into the Alsace-Lorraine area bordering on the Rhine.
Describing this journey now, almost 65 years ago, I realize how technology has changed the photographic world. Digital photography is so easy now. We could have sent the photographers with digital cameras and have them transmit the images via internet anywhere in the world. )
This journey took about a month. We dismantled our processing plant, packed it all up in crates and loaded it all on trucks.
