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Miscellaneous Photos and
Memorabilia Images- Page 121

The following photos were furnished by Dan and Peggy DeCelles, son and daughter-in-law of S/Sgt Ernest J.
DeCelles, B Company, 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion

S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B Company 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion. 1943 or 1944

S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B Company, 263d Engineer
(Combat) Battalion. Location unknown, probably Camp
Van Dorn MS

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Captain Frank Piontek (then Corporal),
Commanding Officer, D Company 254th
Infantry Regiment. Date and location of photo
unknown. Photo was furnished by Capt
Piontek's grandson, Frank Estep.

L:-R: Pfc William G. McKeon, L/253d Inf, Mrs Anna
Weber, widow of Frederick Weber L/253d Inf and Pfc
Frederick Clinton, D/254th Inf at the 2010 August
reunion in Fairborn, OH.

The left photo shows an inscription in the Cathedral of Strasbourg, France honoring the American
soldiers who gave their lives to free Alsace during WWII. The right photo is a close up of that
inscription. These photos were provided by Javier Tome.

Cpl Bill Pink and his wife Delsie at the Cincinnati, Ohio
reunion in September 1995. D Company, 254th Infantry
Regiment

L-R: Pfc Samuel Rhyner, his wife, Cpl Bill Pink and his wife
Delsie at the Cincinnati, Ohio reunion in September 1995. D
Company 254th Infantry Regiment

L-R: Delsie Pink, Vermaleigh Wise, Cpl Bill Pink, Cpl
Raymond Wise and Pfc Fred Clinton at the Cincinnati, Ohio
reunion in September 1995. D Company 254th Infantry
Regiment

L-R: Cpl Bill Pink and S/Sgt Charles A. Stewart at
the Cincinnati, Ohio Reunion in September 1995.
D Company 254th Infantry Regiment

L-R: Pfc Fred Clinton, Cpl Bill Pink, Rhea Lazar wife of S/Sgt Ralph
Lazar and S/Sgt Charles A. Stewart at the Cincinnati, Ohio reunion
in September 1995. D Company 254th Infantry Regiment

Sgt George E. Gries, C Btry 863d FA
Bn training for AA defense, Camp Van
Dorn, MS-1944

T/4 Marvin H. Tunstall, B
Company 254th Infantry
Regiment- probably in 1946

T/4 Marvin H. Tunstall, B
Company, 254th Infantry
Regiment- probably in
1943-44

Sister of Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery
863d FA Bn, Miss Ruth Gries, joins the
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.

Sgt George E. Gries, C
Battery 863d FA Bn, Camp
Van Dorn, MS 1944

Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery, 863d FA Bn, Camp Van
Dorn, MS- 1944

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T/5 Reynaldo Andrade, B Company,
263d Engineer Combat Battalion. He
joined the 63rd Infantry Division in
September 1943 at Camp Van Dorn. In
February 1944 he transferred to the
83rd Infantry Division. Photo provided
by Remy Mortelette.

S/Sgt Thomas J. Cahill, HQ Btry,
863d FA Bn.

S/Sgt Thomas J. Cahill, HQ Btry, 863d FA Bn (center). Other
names unknown. The above two photos of S/Sgt Cahill were
donated by his son, Patrick Cahill.