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The following postcards are from Sergeant Leonard Klinkner's WW-II memorabilia collection.
He served with the 80th AA Battalion June 1945 through January 1946.
Loading 37mm guns and paratroopers boarding C-47's. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
Training jump. United States Army Signal Corps Photo. 
Hooked up and ready to jump. United States Army Signal Corps Photo. 
Out the door. United States Army Air Force Photo. 
Daytime jump. United States Army Signal Corps Photo. 
A Battery of 75mm howitzers stand by ready to fire. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
Notice the tents in the background. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
37MM gun in tow. It was replaced later in the war with the 57MM gun. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
River Crossing. United States Army Signal Corps Photo. 
Sighting a 75mm pack howitzer. United States Army Signal Corps Photo. 
Glider riders all aboard. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
Glider in tow. United States Army Air Force Photo.
Glider Infantry and ready for combat. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
A compililation of scenes - The U.S. Army in action. ( © W.R.T. company)
Jeep river crossing. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
Slit trench. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
105mm Howitzers. U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph.
The flip side of all postcards displayed on this page contained a section for a message and the recipient's address.
Leonard served with the 17th Airborne Division, 155 AA Battalion from it's inception in April of 1943.
He transferred into the 80th AA Battalion in June of 1945. (U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph.)
Camp Mackall postcard. United States Army Signal Corps Photo.
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