

| G Company 253d Infantry Regiment at Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944, Top row L-R: Elwood D Hawkins and T/Sgt John Rendulick (KIA 8 Feb 45). Middle row: Harris and T/Sgt Lloyd G Stitely. Miller in front. |

| G Co 253d Infantry Regiment soldiers at Cp Van Dorn MS 1944. First on the left is S/Sgt Marion G Schmidt. Others not identified. |

| Servicemen in New York City, November 1944. On the left is S/Sgt Marion G Schmidt G Company 253d Infantry Regiment |
| T/Sgt Eugene Yakas, F Company 254th Infantry Regiment, Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944. |
| Soldiers returning to the US- 1946. Pat Patrizio, Hq 63d Inf Div is in there somewhere. |
| Richard R. Kretschmer, C Company 263d Engr Bn and his wife Juanita. Then and now-1944-2004 |
| L-R-Rear: Cole, Cronin, and Grover Von Pentz. Front: Irvine Cherniocoff and John Daukas- Med Det 863d FA Bn Cp VCan Dorn MS 1944 |
| Charles W. Eubanks, B and C Company 253d Inf Regt, Then and Now |
| L-R: Elgin G Lemmon Sr, Stan Cuprisin and Paul Fisher, B Btry 862d FA Bn, Cp Van Dorn MS May 1944 |
| L-R: Pat Patrizio (Hq 63d Inf) Mrs Patrizio and Arty Engler (63d Band) -mini reunion in Philadelphia- 1947. |
| The following photos were furnished by Sgt Bernie Marquis, 63rd Infantry Division Band |
| Bazooka training.- Sid Adoff and Don Pablo, 63d Band, Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 |
| Sgt Bernie Marquis, 63d Band on board ship in Marseille, France harbor waiting to sail for home |
| Sgt Bernie Marquis, 63d Band at Delta Base 1, Marseille, France processing to return to US- 1945 |
| 63d Band, Activation Day, Camp Blanding Fl 15 Jun 43 |
| 63d Band on manuevers, Camp Van Dorn, MS 1944. Dolan (back to camera), Bernie Marquis, W. O. Pollakof and O'Bannon. |
| 63d Band members take a break from training in the "Nazi" village, Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 |
| 63d Infantry Division Band, Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943. L-R Top Row: David Schwartz, William Roane, Thomas Curran, Arthur Morales, Harold Gallaspy, Hoke, George Soper, Cecil Frye, Napier, Byron Bailey, Ben Leff, James Waldo, Haskill Taylor, Soloman Jacobsen, Joseph Madera, Uchida, John Shaum, Mydlowsky and Robert Harbin. Center Row: WO Wright, Ward Rush, George Nolte, Edwin Shanholtz, Bucalo, Edward Dolin, Sidney Adoff, Charles Blue, Michael Ratz, Louis Petrone, Max Cheikes, Charles Jones, Irwin Rochlin, Clarence Franc, Joe Hilty, Don Pablo, Smith and Bernard Marquis. Bottom Row: Frank Musingo, Edward Cooley, Leo Leick, Grilli, Ernest O'Bannon, Peter Tannenbaum, Raymond Harcksen, John Shideler, Miller, Charles Stutz, William Card, George Marble, John Campbell, Clyde Baker, Richard Hunter, Alton Landers, John Bovell and Artie Engler. |