1st Battalion Headquarters Company 253rd Infantry regiment Photographs

 

Soldiers from Hq Co 1st Bn 253d Infantry survey their “catch” after using TNT to fish the Tauber River, June 1945. L-R: Pfc Jack H. Beckwith, Pfc Robert C Bennett (later T/5), Pfc Ruben Gafford,, Pfc Ellis Johnson, Sgt John P Mastrogiovanni (later T/Sgt), Sgt William Ushman and Pfc Lew Ock.

Pfc John A. Dietrick, A&P Plat, Hq Co 1st Bn 253d Inf in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany May 45

 

Pfc Lew Ock, Pfc Curtis Delahoussaye and Pfc John J. Toth, Hq Co 1st Bn 253d Infantry in Wertheim, Germany, Jun 45

 

1st Lt William “Bill” Taylor, A&P Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment at Delta Base 2, Marseilles, France December 1944 Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment

Recent photo of Railroad underpass used by A&P Platoon personnel for protection from strafing by German fighter plane while mine sweeping a road near Reppenheim, Germany 1945. Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment

1st Lt William E. Taylor, A&P Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn 253d Infantry Regiment. Place- probably Lyon, France December 1944 while en route from Marseilles to Camp Oberhofen, France Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment

Pfc Ralph Dickson, A&P Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn 253d Infantry Regiment taking a dip during a quiet period. Place and date unknown Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment

T/Sgt Lee R. Leavitt (later a 2d Lt), A&P Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment at staging area near Marseilles (Delta Base 2), France, Dec 44 Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment

 

 

1st Lt William E. Taylor, A&P Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment shaving at Camp Oberhofen, France, Dec 44. Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment

 

T/Sgt Lee R. Leavitt (later 2d Lt) A&P Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn 253d Infantry Regiment making a uniform adjustment at Delta Base 2, near Marseilles, France Dec 44 Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment

 

T/Sgt Lee R. Leavitt (later 2d Lt) A&P1st Lt William E. Taylor, A&P Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment in Lyon, France en route from Marseilles, France to Camp Oberhofen, France December 1944Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn 253d Infantry Regiment making a uniform adjustment at Delta Base 2, near Marseilles, France Dec 44 Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment

 

1st Lt William E. Taylor, A&P Platoon, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment. Thought to be at Delta Base 2, near Marseilles, France December 1944 Photo were furnished by 1st Lt William E. Taylor, Hq Co 1st Bn, 253d Infantry Regiment