
| The following group of photographs were furnished by 1st Lieutenant Burrell Marsh Allen, Headquarters Battery 861st Field Artillery Battalion. All photos relate to that unit unless otherwise indicated. |

| The Bob Hope show in Germany 1945 |
| Jerry Colona, member of the Bob Hope cast in Germany 1945 |

| 7th Army Tank and Gun Park at Boblingen Germany airstrip- Germany 1945 |

| Aerial view of Glider Park, near Stuggart Germany- 1945 |
| 1st Lt Burrell M. Allen in Paris France 1945 |
| Right front: Lt Col Donald Beere, CO 861st FA Bn with ladies in Nancy France returning from Grenoble Rest Camp- 1945. Officer in the rear not identified. |

| 1st Lt Burrell M. Allen, France 1945 |
| Lt Garner D. Farrell, Hq 862d FA Bn returning from Grenoble France Rest Camp. He is not in Class A uniform because his baggage was lost. |

| Aviation personnel in the 100th Infantry Division Germany 1945. Some were previous 63rd Infantry Division memberts. Rear Row: L-R- 1st Lt Melvin H. Gruensfelder (Hq 863d FA Bn), Williamson, 1st Lt Burrell M. Allen (Hq 861st FA Bn) , 1st Lt James O. Townsend (Hq 863d FA Bn), and Mark. Front row: Seigneur, Thomas, Murphy and Weihe |
| End of photos from the Allen Collection. Others can be found in the Pictorial History of the 63rd Infantry Division in Combat Photo Section |
| L-R: S/Sgt John Ahearn, S/Sgt Maxcy B. Patterson and Pfc Melvin S. Nelson, I Company 253d Infantry Regiment Wertheim, Germany 1945 |

| L-R: S/Sgt Maxcy B. Patterson and Mize????, I Company 253d Infantry Regiment Wertheim, Germany 1945 |
| S/Sgt John Ahearn and S/Sgt Maxcy B. Patterson, I Company 253d Infantry Regiment, Wertheim, Germany 1945 |
| Pvt Harvey A. Grice and Pfc Charles Driemeyer Jr. I Company 253d Infantry Regiment Germany 1945 |
| Pfc Dominic H. Meccariello, I Company 253d Infantry Regiment Germany 1945 |
| At the "Ole Swimming Hole" in Wertheim, Germany 1945. L-R:S/Sgt Stanley A. Mertzman, Pfc Robert A. Eyerdam, Pvt. Eugene R. Loyd and Pfc Melvin Nelson all of I Company 253d Infantry Regiment. |

| S/Sgt Stanley A. Mertzman and T/Sgt Doyle E. Bonifield, I Company 253d Inf Regt Wertheim, Germany 1945 |
| L-R: Pvt William E. Walters, Sgt Eugene B. Atkins, Pfc Willard N. Nicholson, Pvt Purcell A. Trexler. Kneeling is S/Sgt Maxcy B. Patterson. all of I Company 253d Infantry Regiment in Etomps, France 1945 |