
| The following photographs were furnished by Gail B. Strong, Niece of Sergeant James Edgar "Ed" Buckner, Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 253d Infantry Regiment. |














| Sgt Buckner's ride home finally reaches the USA |
| End of the Buckner Photos |

| Soldiers of E Company, 253d Infantry Regiment at Camp Van Dorn, MS 15 December 1943. On the left is Pfc Joseph Ludwig and on the right is S/Sgt(then Pfc) Howard J. Nunn. |

| T/5 Albert J. Carchio, Medical Detachment, 254th Infantry Regiment, Camp Van Dorn, MS. (T/5 Carchio was Killed in Action on 23 January 1945) |
| Soldiers of Headquarters Company 1st Battalion, 253d Infantry Regiment, Camp Van Dorn, MS |



| On the left is 1st Sergeant Robert J. Johnson, B Battery, 862d Field Artillery Battalion. Camp Van Dorn, MS.l Others not identified |
| On the left is 1st Sergeant Robert J. Johnson, B Battery, 862d Field Artillery Battalion. Location unknown. Other soldier is not identified |
| 1st Sergeant Robert J. Johnson, B Battery, 862d Field Artillery Battalion with his son Robert E. Johnson, November 1944 |