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Pictorial History of the 63rd
Infantry Division in Combat-Page 29

The following photos and captions were furnished by Herr Helmut Jung, German Historian from Assweiler, Germany

Engineer truck crossing Saar River near Sarreguemines enroute to
Hanweiler, Germany. Troops from 253d Infantry look on.

Machine gunners from 3d platoon L Company 253d Infantry run to the cover of
a nearby barn near Sarreguemines in Feb 1945.. . Soldier in the lead with the
machine gun is Pfc Edwin A. Daniel . Pfc Daniel was severly wounded and lost
the lower part of his left leg on 24 Feb 1945 near Bliesbruck, Germany.

German Prisoners captured by the 1st Bn, 253d Infantry in Hanweiler,
Germany are moved to a POW enclosure. 16 Feb 45

254th troops rest after Eschringen Attack 15 Mar 45

Exhausted soldiers of the 3d Bn, 254th Infantry Regiment take
a rest after the attack on Eschringen, Germany 15 Mar 45

Antitank gun crew 253d Inf Kleinblittersdorf

Antitank gunners of the 253d Infantry Regiment set up a 57mm Antitank
gun in the streetrs of Kleinblittersdorf, Germany, 21 Feb 45

254th troops moving into Eschningen, Germany 15 Mar 45

Soldiers from the 254th Infantry Regiment move into Eschringen, Germany on 15 Mar 45

POWs captured by elements of the 1st Bn 253d Infantry Regiment are
moved across the Saar River near Hanweiler, Germany, 16 Feb 45

German POW's on the move to interrogation

German POWs captured in the Saar River action near Sarreguemines by
elements of the 3d Platoon, L Company 253d Infantry are marched off to
interrogation. 7 Feb 45

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