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| Miscellaneous Photos and Memorabilia Images- Page 35 |
| The following photographs were furnished by S/Sgt Tom Styles, C Company 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion and depict bridge building in the Artillery Impact area along Beaver Creek at Camp Van Dorn, MS and the last four (4) photos relate to construction a floating bridge on the Leath River, at Camp Shelby, MS- All in 1944 |
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| Gathering materials to build a bridge. C/263d Engr(C) Bn at Cp Van Dorn MS 1944 |
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| Moving right along with their bridge over Beaver Creek, Cp Van Dorn MS 1944 C/263d Engr (C) Bn |
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| Making progress on the Beaver Creek Bridge. C/263d Engr (C) Bn |
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| Still at it. C/263d Engr (C) Bn bridge over Beaver Creek 1944 |
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| Still gathering materials for their bridge over Beaver Creek, Cp Van Dorn MS C/263d Engr (C) Bn 1944 |
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| "Is this one OK, I cut it myself?". C/263d Engr (C) Bn. |
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| "I wish you would make up your mind where you want to start cutting this log" C/263d Engr (C) Bn. Bridge Building at Beaver Creek Cp Van Dorn MS 1944 |
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| Almost finished. C Company 263d Engr (C) Bn building a bridge over Beaver Creek-1944 |
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| C/263d Engr (C) Bn completes a bridge spanning Beaver Creek , Cp Van Dorn MS 1944 |
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| Men of C/263d Engr along with their CO, Capt Shepherd trying to decide how to celebrate the completion of their bridge. 1944 |
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| Well I suppose one way of celebrating is to push the Company Commander into the water and call it something like "launching". You might get away with that. C/263d Engr (C) Bn 1944 |
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| Construction of a Floating Bridge over the Leath River in Camp Shelby MS 1944. C/263d Engr (C) Bn |
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| Floating bridge construction continues- Leath River Camp Shelby MS 1944 C/263d Engr (C) Bn |
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| C/263d Engr (C) Bn completes their floating bridge across the Leath River in Camp Shelby MS 1944 |
| C/263d Engr (C) Bn floating bridge even can support heavy vehicles |
| "Men, now that we know heavy vehicles can cross our floating bridge without any problems I guess we can walk across it now. We left the mess truck on the other side." C/263d Engr (C) Bn |