Photos from B Company 263rd ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION

C Company, 263d Engineer Combat Battalion at Camp Van Dorn, Miss, 18 November 1944. Photo provided by Noreen Fertig. A couple of those in the photo are from A Company 263d Engineer Combat Battalion. Top Row(L-R): Pfc Robert R. Walters, Pfc Anthony Baratta, Pfc Alfred H Busse, Sgt Raymond J. Lauchlen (I think this is who the soldier is- No other soldier in the unit with a similiar name), T/5 Anthony Kaboski (NBD 21 May 45), T/5 Aubry W. Albright ( A/263), T/5 Thomas E. Gross, T/5 Robert D Alton, Pfc Jesse L Knowles Jr (A;263d- KIA 3 April 1945), S/Sgt Mark C. Callahan, S/Sgt Albert P. Cavallaro. Bottom Row (L-R) S/Sgt Joseph F. Welsh, Pfc Raymond L. Brooks, T/5 Ruggles (There were two Ruggles in C Company- this one is either Frederick or Justin), T/5 Nicolo D’Angelo, T/5 Ralph Dunlap, T;4 Vincent Bellino, T5 Levi Geisler Jr and Pfc Peter Scanlon, In the middle row center behind Dunlap and Bellino is Pfc John H. Leiby.

 

Far Left- S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B/263d Engr (Combat) Bn- Germany 1945 photographs 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/263d Engr (Combat) Bn Enjoying the good life in Paris, France 1945 photographs were furnished by Dan and Peggy DeCelles, son and daughter-in-law of S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B Company, 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion

Group of POWs and some US Soldiers. S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles is the shortest man in the middle of the front row. B Company 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion Germany 1945 photographs were furnished by Dan and Peggy DeCelles, son and daughter-in-law of S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B Company, 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion

 

Center: S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B/263d Engr (Combat) Bn. Germany 1945 photographs were furnished by Dan and Peggy DeCelles, son and daughter-in-law of S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B Company, 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion

Left:  T/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B/263d Engr (Combat) Bn.  Germany 1945.  Probably taken after he left the division photographs were furnished by Dan and Peggy DeCelles, son and daughter-in-law of S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B Company, 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion

2d from right, front row: S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B Company, 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion. Germany 1945 photographs were furnished by Dan and Peggy DeCelles, son and daughter-in-law of S/Sgt Ernest J. DeCelles, B Company, 263d Engineer (Combat) Battalion