The 225th Picture Gallery
(Assorted Images)

On this page, you'll find assorted pictures contributed by various former members of the 225th. Technical note: If your browser supports JavaScript, you can view a larger version of each photo by clicking on the "Enlarge the Photo" button; otherwise, just click on the smaller image to load a larger one. Any former members who can add to the captions are invited to send information to the Webmaster.

	SCR-268 Radar An SCR-268 radar concealed in the swamps outside of Burgaw, North Carolina, July 1943.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Elmer Knapp, C Battery.

	Radar Section, 1943 A typical radar section poses with the same camouflaged SCR-268 radar outside Burgaw, North Carolina, July 1943.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Elmer Knapp, C Battery.

	Battery C Mobility Truck 29 belonging to C Battery, depicted somewhere in the ETO, 1944-45.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, A Battery.

	Two GIs and a Stuka Frank Dorsey (left) and William J. Bechand, Jr. pose on the starboard wing of a Ju87 Stuka dive bomber in Germany, June 1945.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	AAA Training Members of the 225th stand at attention at Camp Davis, North Carolina, 1943. Noteworthy are the tarpaper-covered barracks buildings in the background.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Field Shower Members of the 225th wash up in a makeshift shower, in the vicinity of Burgaw, North Carolina, Summer, 1943.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Sandbagged Searchlight A searchlight on its trailer sandbagged for protection.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Front of Searchlight A nice frontal view of a 60-inch searchlight.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Back of Searchlight The General Electric logo is visible on this view of the back of a 60-inch searchlight.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Searchlight with Trailer An excellent view of a searchlight with its trailer.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Prime Mover! One of the battalion's trucks (the front bumper is stenciled "225 AAA").
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Going Mobile Two battery-mates and their precious transport. There's a jeep in the background and by the look of the landscaping we may be in Normandy's hedgerow country.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Catching Some Rays Four GIs bask in the glow of a searchlight somewhere on the Continent.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Tired Trio Three members of the battalion pose in front of a farmhouse.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	R and R after V-E Day Members of the 225th pose with a well-stocked bar in the old Luftwaffe barracks at Unter Biberg Airdrome, south of Munich. Most of the artwork is courtesy of the former Nazi tenants, including the prop (note the 225th's insignia right below it).
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

	Illuminating the Eiffel Tower The 225th's searchlights illuminate the Eiffel Tower, June 1945.
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Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

Buddies I Two members of the 225th ham it up on the roof of a building at an unidentified location. Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

Buddies II Three members pose for the camera on the same roof. Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

Present Arms! A member of the battalion "presents arms." Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

Searchlight Power Generator The gas-powered generator that ran a searchlight appears at left. Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

Machine Gun Emplacement A typical antiaircraft machine gun emplacement. Photo reprinted courtesy Frank Dorsey, Battery A.

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