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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
Bridge Building C/263d Engr
Gathering materials to build a bridge.
C/263d Engr(C) Bn at Cp Van Dorn
MS 1944
Bridge building C/263d Engr Bn
Moving right along with their bridge over Beaver
Creek, Cp Van Dorn MS 1944 C/263d Engr (C) Bn
Bridge Building C/263d Engr
Making progress on the Beaver
Creek Bridge. C/263d Engr (C) Bn
Bridge Building C/263d Engr
Still at it.  C/263d Engr (C) Bn bridge over Beaver
Creek 1944
Bridge Building C/263d Engr
Still gathering materials for their bridge over Beaver
Creek, Cp Van Dorn MS C/263d Engr (C) Bn 1944
Bridge Building C/263d Engr Bn
"Is this one OK, I cut it myself?".
C/263d Engr (C) Bn.
Bridge Building C/263d Engr
"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
Bridge Building C/263d Engr
Almost finished.  C Company 263d Engr (C) Bn
building a bridge over Beaver Creek-1944
Bridge Building C/263d Engr
C/263d Engr (C) Bn completes a bridge spanning
Beaver Creek , Cp Van Dorn MS 1944
Men of C/263d Engr Bn survey completed bridge
Men of C/263d Engr along with their CO, Capt
Shepherd trying to decide how to celebrate the
completion of their bridge. 1944
Launching the CO, C/263d Engr Bn
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
Floating Bridge Constuction C/263d Engr
Construction of a Floating Bridge over the Leath
River in Camp Shelby MS 1944.  C/263d Engr (C)
Bn
Floating Bridge Construction C/263d Engr
Floating bridge construction continues- Leath River
Camp Shelby MS 1944 C/263d Engr (C) Bn
Floating Bridge Construction C/263d Engr
Floating Bridge Construction C/263d Engr
Floating Bridge Construction C/263d Engr
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
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