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Pictorial History of the 63rd
Infantry Division in Combat-Page 19

The following photos were furnished by Pfc Thomas E. Glunt, Hq Co 2d
Bn, 254th Infantry Regiment. Thomas was in the Intelligence Section and
most of the photos were taken by Ralph Lane of that same unit. My
thanks to Thomas for his generous contribution of photos to this web site.

Troops of the 254th Infantry Regiment crossing the Neckar River.

Tent of Lane and Johnson,
HqCo2dBn 254th Inf at Staging area
2, Delta Base Section Marseille,
France Dec 44."Ice Box Hill"

1st Class Rail Cars awaiting troops of the 63rd
Infantry Division for movement from Marseille to
Camp Oberhoffen area. Dec 44

Damaged railyards in the Marseille, France area Dec 44

Lyon, France as seen from 63rd Inf Div troop train- Dec 44

Burned out boxcars in the Lyon railyard

Taking a rest from the rigors of "1st Class" train travel. In
the photo are Ferd Mueller, Larry Johnson and Hank Wallace
of Hq Co 2d Bn 254th Inf. Other are also from Hq Co or
Anti-Tank Company 254th- Enroute Sarreguemines area- 18
Dec 44

Chow line on train trip stop over. L-R: Vollweiler, Meek,
Chaney, Silberman, Miller and McCroskery all of Hq Co
254th Infantry- Dec 44

254th troops barter for wine. Identified as
Larry Johnson Hq 2dBn 254th and George
Bates(possibly Hq 363rd Med)

Original Intelligence Section Hq 2d Bn 254th Inf: LtoR: Tom Glunt,
Larry Johnson, Richard Zeese, Buss Short, Ferd Mueller, Hank
Wallace. Photo taken by Ralph Lane. Bill Hart missing.