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Miscellaneous Photos and
Memorabilia Images- Page 142

Flags flown at the home of Sergeant Richard R. Perry, G Company 255th Infantry Regiment

Pfc Frank J. Warzak, Cannon Company 255th Infantry Regiment

Pfc James Colitas, F Company 253d Infantry Regiment and his wife. According to his
granddaughter Pfc Colitas is still active .

S/Sgt (then Cpl) John T. McCann Jr. D Company, 255th Infantry Regiment

Memorial Plaque placed in Mockmuhl, Germany by Pfc Charles S. Miles, I Company, 253d
Infantry Regiment, 8 May 2010. A generous gesture on his part.

S/Sgt Willis H. Tompkins, C & Sv
Battery, 861st Field Artillery Battalion.
(Note: Photo received was very small
and I was not able to enlarge it with a
clear image.)

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The following photographs were sent in by Keith Rodgers, Son-in-law of T/5 Charles W. Southerlan, Headquarters Battery, 861st Field
Artillery Battalion.

Pfc David Abrams and T/5 Charles W. Southerlan, Hq Btry, 861st
FA Bn on bivouac and enjoying packages from home.

L-R: T/5 Charles W. Southerlan and 1stSgt William
Tompson in bivouac area. Hq Btry 861st FA Bn

In back row: T/5 Tabor D. Brandau- L-R front row: Pvt Wesley A. Weis (Sv Btry 861st FA Bn),
T/5 John P. Ally, T/4 Lester V. Lanz, T/5 Charles W. Southerlan- Hq Btry 861st FA Bn Cp Van
Dorn MS 1944

L-R:Pvt Wesley A Weis (Sv Btry 861st FA Bn), T/5 Tabor D. Brandau, T/4 Lester V. Lanz and
T/5 Charles W. Southerlan, Hq Btry, 861st FA Bn, Camp Van Dorn, MS 1944

T/5 Charles W. Southerlan, Hq Btry 861st FA Bn, Camp Van Dorn, MS 1944

L-R: T/5 Charles W. Southerlan, T/5 Clifford R. Ditzel,
S/Sgt Kenneth R. Filipello and T/5 Raymond F. Massey,
Hq Btry, 861st FA Bn Camp Van Dorn MS 1944

L-R: Cpl Paul E. Kurth, T/5 Charles W. Southerlan and Cpl Melvin Rosemann, Camp
Van Dorn MS 1944. Cpl Kurth and Cpl Rosemann are from Sv Btry, 861st FA Bn and
T/5 Southerlan from Hq Btry, 861st FA Bn

L-R: T/5 John P. Alley, T/5 Charles W. Southerlan, Cpl Paul
E Kurth and Cpl George R. Manning.- T/5 Alley and
Southerlan are from Hq Btry 861st FA Bn and Cpls Kurth and
Manning are from Sv Btry, 86st FA Bn- Camp Van Dorn, MS
1944

L-R: Cpl Paul E. Kurth, T/5 Charles W. Southerlan and
Cpl Melvin Rosemann. Cpl Kurth and Rosemann are
from Sv Btry 861st FA Bn and T/5 Southerlan is from
Hq Btry 861st FA Bn. Camp Van Dorn, MS 1944

Soldiers from Headquarters Battery, 861st Field Artillery Battalion in Camp Van Dorn, MS
1944. None were identified.

Soldiers of the 861st Field Artillery Battalion in parade formation- Camp Van Dorn. MS 1944

THE AWARD OF THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR TO PFC ROBERT B. ANDERSON. B COMPANY, 255TH INFANTRY REGIMENT

L-R: Bill Anderson (Robert's son) and Robert B Anderson, B Company,
255th Infantry Regiment just prior to receiving the French Legion of Honor

L-R-Front Row: Robert B. Anderson, B/255th IR, and the others not
identified are Air Force Veterans. Those in the back are local citizens and
French dignitaries.

L- Robert B Anderson, B/255th IR prior to the presentations of the French Legion of Honor

T/5 Roland Caron, Cannon Company, 255th Infantry Regiment

CD updated

PFC James Maiura receives the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Service at his home after a 74 year wait.
In Jun 2016 Pfc Maiura's son contacted me about searching files to see if his father was ever awarded the CIB for his service with C Company 253d Infantry Regiment. Unfortunately at that time I did not
have access to the orders of the 253d Infantry Regiment. Members of the 63d Infantry Division association searched government records centers for over 30 years looking for those files, but to no avail.
In March 2019 I happened to find out that the Army Awards and Decorations Branch had a file of those orders made from microfilm, albeit rather blurry in most cases. I obtained a copy of that file and was
able to find that Pfc Maiura had in fact been awarded the CIB. I advised his son of my find and sent copies of orders and morning reports pertaining to PFC Maiura and he submitted an application to
recognize the CIB award and to award Pfc Maiura a Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Service based on that award. In May 2019 Pfc Maiura's son was advised that those awards had been approved and
they were received by the Maiura family in August 2019. The following are photos of Pfc Maiura receiving his awards with family and friends present. The presentation was made by retired US Army
Captain Thomas Lemin . It was a great pleasure for me to have been able to help Pfc Maiura obtain the Combat Infantryman Badge he had been dreaming about for over 74 years. It is stories like this
that make my work with the 63rd Infantry Division veterans so rewarding,

Photographs of the presentation ceremony for Pfc Maiura's Combat Infantryman Badge and Bronze Star Medal- attended by family and friends.