Photos of C 863rd Field Artillery battalion (105mm) – 63rd Infantry Division

 

Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery, 863d FA Bn- Germany – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

L-R: Pfc Royal W. Boom, Sgt George E. Gries and Pfc Sam C Rosone, C Battery 863d FA Bn, Germany-17 Aug 1945 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery, 863d FA Bn relaxing among the Dragon’s Teeth of the Siegfried Line- Germany – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

 

Personnel in this photo are in Heilbronn, Germany and only the following are identified. It is believed that the identity is from Left to Right in the immediate front of the photo and the person on the ground. Pfc John L. Bergstrom, T;/5 Howard S. Cole, Pfc Clifford P. Freed, Pfc William C Gobel and Cpl Edward M. Kniaz. All of C Battery 863d FA Bn. 13 Aug 1945 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

L-R:Cpl James W. Cudahy and Pfc George L. Rogers, C Battery, 863d FA Bn- Germany – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

L-R: 1st Sgt James D. Goodson and Sgt Geoge E. Gries, C Battery, 863d FA Bn, Germany 1945 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

 

Personnel from C Battery, 863d FA Bn. Although not specifically identified by position it is believed that they are identified left to right. Pfc Lloyd D. Hoff, Sgt George E. Gries, T/5 Glenn P. Visser ,Pfc Alexander Durtka, Pfc Gale F. Hammond, Pfc Donald F. Buchmann, and S/Sgt Charles A. Teal. Germany, 1945 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

L-R: Pfc Albert O. Kidney, Pfc John L. Bergstrom and Cpl James W. Cudahy, C Battery, 863d FA Bn, Germany 1945 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

Sgt George E. Gries after he left C Battery, 863d FA Bn for occupation duty in Germany. 7 Mar 1946 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery, 863d FA Bn checks out the local transportation in Germany. 1945 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA enjoys the countryside in Germany, 1945 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery, 863d FA Bn surveys the “Dragons Teeth” of the German West Wall (Siegfried Line) 1945 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn takes a little break in Switzerland-1945/1946 – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries

Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn among the ruins of a German town.  Location and date unknown – photographs pertaining to Sgt George E. Gries, C Battery 863d FA Bn were furnished by Mrs Majorie Garwood, daughter of Sgt Gries