A Company 253rd Infantry regiment 63rd Infantry Division Photos

 

A Company 253d Infantry. Rear L-R: Marvin Albrecht, Paul Vermillion. Front: Sgt Carl Jackson

Light Machinegun Squad A Co 253d Infantry in Sarreguemines- Mar 45: Front L-R:Nagel, Cartwright, Rear L-R: Vermillion, Martin, Smith

Third Platoon, A Company 253d Infantry – April 1945- Germany

Robert Creamer on the left and James Fleming on the right- A Company 253d Infantry Regiment-

 

Change of address card sent by Pfc Robert Creamer-A Company 253d Inf Regt- Image sent in by Kathy Creamer Silvester- Grand Daughter

Pfc Walter J. C. Woolman 6673345, A Company, 363d Medical Bn and A Company, 253d Infantry Regiment

L-R: Mrs Josephine M. Woolman and Pfc Walter J. C. Woolman 6673345, A Company, 363d Medical Bn and A Company, 253d Infantry Regiment.

Photo taken by Herr Rolf Meister, German Historian in 1988 during a visit of A Company, 253d Infantry Regiment veterans to the Buchhof/Stein area. L-R: Mrs Urban and Mrs Vermillion, Dr. Linscott , Professor Dr, Guenther Beck-German Historian, Pfc Clifford Urban, T/Sgt Carl A. Jackson, S./Sgt Paul Vermillion, Hermann Henninger and Freiherr Von Goler Ravenburg.

A Company 253d Infantry Camp Van Dorn, MS, 1943. Standing L-R: Sgt Jeremiah Flynn and S/Sgt W. Adams. Seated L-R: T/Sgt William Flynn, Marge Hooven(wife of Sgt Edmund Hooven) and Sgt Edmund Hooven

Paul Vermillion,A Company 253d Infantry taken in New York just prior to shipment to France in November 1944

 

Members of A Company 253d Infantry Regiment in barracks area- Cp Vand Dorn MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

A Co 253d Infantry troops at Cp Van Dorn MS.44 (L-R) Orville Helmbold, Muncy, Harold W Mahar, Edmund Hooven with Joseph Costella in front. – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

Members of 3d Platoon, A Co 253d Infantry Regiment- Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

(L-R) Orville Helmbold, Guy Adams and Edumund Hooven, A Co 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

A Co 253d Infantry troops at Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944. Standing- Hughes. Sitting (L-R) Edmund Hooven, Orville Helmbold and Muncy – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

A Co 253d Infantry troops at Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944: Standing (L-R) Joseph Costella, Harold W. Mahar and Orville Helmbold. Seated (L-R) Muncy and Edmund Hooven – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

 

Orville Helmbold- A/253d Inf Regt- Umpire on firing range. Cp Van Dorn MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

NCO’s from A Co 253d Infantry Regiment. Cp Van Dorn MS-44 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

Muncy (L) and Orville Helmbold, A 253d Inf at lunch on the firing range. Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

A Co 253d Infantry Guard detail(after guard duty of course) at Post PX- Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

A Co 253d Inf troops relaxing on barracks steps: Sitting (L-R) Frederick Svoboda, Muncy and Melbourne Eckert. Standing troops unidentified. Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

A Co 253d Inf troops preparing for Guard Duty. (L-R) Harold Mahar, Joseph Costella, Edmund Hooven, Orville Helmbold and Hughes. Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

First Platoon, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment on break after a long march. Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photgraphs were furnished by Jim Hooven son of Edmund W Hooven, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment.

Sgt Guy Adams A Co 253d Infantry at Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944. Sgt Adams received a battlefield commission to 2d Lt in Europe.

Joseph Costella, A Company 253d Infantry at Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944

Pfc Charles Carpenter A Company 253d Infantry at Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944

Charles Carpenter A Company 253d Infantry, somewhere in Europe.  Lieutenant Carpenter was killed in action on 18 April 1945.

Cpl James P King, A Company 253d Infantry at Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944. S/Sgt James P King was Killed in Action on 6 March 1945

Capt Longino Little, A Company 253d Infantry at Cp Van Dorn MS-1944

 

 

Pfc Melvin E Clark, A Co 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

Pfc William R. Poethkow, A Co 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

1/Lt Wilson Davis (L) and 1/Lt Malvin F Walker, A Company 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

1stLt Malvin E Walker(L) and T/Sgt Elwood V Seiler (R) A Company 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

1stSgt James George (L) and 1stSgt Hubert A Reda (R) A Company 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

 

Pvt James L. Martin Sr A Co 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

Sgt Raymond W Hasenstein A Co 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn,MS 1943- photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

Top Row (L-R) Pfc Roland Hiles, Pfc John Taylor and Pfc Melvin Clark. Bottom Row (L-R) Pvt James Martin, Pvt Warren Miller and Sgt Anthony P. Kastauskas, A Company 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

3d Platoon, A Company 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

2d Squad, 3d Platoon, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

T/Sgt Elwood V. Seiler (R) and friend A Co 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

Pfc John Klasik, Jr A Co 253d Infantry Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry, Cp Van Dorn, MS 1943 – photograph were furnished by Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr, A Company 253d Infantry Regiment

 

1943 Christmas Menu from A Company 253d Infantry Regiment was submitted by
Pfc Roland H. Hiles Jr of A Company 253d Infantry