M Company 254th Infantry regiment 63rd Infantry Division Photos

Pfc Lake T Long, M Company 254th Inf Germany 1945 – photograph were furnished by Lawrence Schwade, Mortar Platoon M Company 254th Infantry Regiment

Unidentified soldier, M Company 254th Infantry Germany 1945 – photograph were furnished by Lawrence Schwade, Mortar Platoon M Company 254th Infantry Regiment

Unidentified Sergeant from M Company 254th Infantry – Germany 1945 – photograph were furnished by Lawrence Schwade, Mortar Platoon M Company 254th Infantry Regiment

Unidentified soldier, M Company 254th Infantry Germany 1945 – photograph were furnished by Lawrence Schwade, Mortar Platoon M Company 254th Infantry Regiment

Four (4) views of Mortar Platoon, M Company 254th Infantry in action. Top right : Pfc Edward Rosenkrantz. Bottom right: Pfc Vernanzio Poccia. Bottom Left (on the left) Pfc Rosenkrantz. – photograph were furnished by Lawrence Schwade, Mortar Platoon M Company 254th Infantry Regiment

Pfc Edward Rosenkrantz

(on the left) Pfc Rosenkrantz

Pfc Vernanzio Poccia

Unidentified soldiers Mortar Platoon, M Company 254th Infantry Germany- 1945 – photograph were furnished by Lawrence Schwade, Mortar Platoon M Company 254th Infantry Regiment

 

Machine Gun Platoon, M Company 254th Infantry ready for training at Camp Van Dorn, MS 1944

Pfc Robert A. Moffatt, Machine Gun Platoon, M Company 254th Infantry Camp Van Dorn, MS 1944

Pfc Robert A. Moffatt, M Company 254th Infantry (In rear of Bazooka) with buddies, training at Camp Van Dorn, MS 1944

Pfc Robert A Moffatt (2d from left in rear) Machine Gun Platoon, M Company 254th Infantry with buddies. Camp Van Dorn, MS 1944

A typical company street and barracks in the 63rd Infantry Division area of Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

John. D. Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment, Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

1st Sgt James A. Hon (Left) (KIA 6 Feb 45 near Jebsheim, France) M Company 254th Infantry Regiment. At Baton Rouge, LA bond rally 1944 – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

Gordon Gatlin, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment, Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

Alex Janos(Left) and John D. Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment, Cp Van Dorn, MS 1944 – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

The military cemetery at Epinal France where many of the 63rd Infantry Division casualties have been laid to rest. -1995 – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

Ray Gordon (Right) explains to French military personnel how it was back in 1945. Photo taken by Erhardt on a 1995 return visit to the Colmar Area – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

John D. Erhardt(left) meets with Ginus Jack Matthews, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment, near Ashville, NC in the 1970’s – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

View from atop Hill 216, Sigolsheim, France. A French Military Cemetery is now located on the hill. 1995 – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

 

S/Sgt John D. Erhardt at Camp Philip Morris, LeHarve, France on the way home in April 1946 – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

 

M Company 254th Infantry Regiment veterans take time out to pose for group photo at the San Diego Reunion September 1997. Front Row- Left to Right. Eddie Kocinski (Co. Medic. Wounded in Colmar Campaign. Retired Homicide Detective; Jerry Snodgrass,(Wounded in Southern Germany. Retired from regular Army as 1st Sgt; Oscar Lindemann (our official German language interpreter.) CEO of family-owned wholesale cheese producer; Arch Hamblen- Wounded at the Siegfried Line- Retired Brig Gen- West Point Grad. Back Row- Left to Right: Harold Van Hook- Retired building contractor; John D. Erhardt- Lawyer; Van Poccia- Retired Major from career in US Army.; Francis X. Sullivan- Retired detective, St Louis Police Department; Ray Gordon- West Point Grad – Successful career in sales after early retirement from the Army; Dennis Smith- Wounded in Colmar Campaign. Successful career in oil and gas industries. – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.

M Company 254th Infantry Regiment, Cp Van Dorn, MS Summer 1944. Van Poccia- 1st Row, Extreme Left. Francis X. Sullivan, 2d Row, Extreme Left. Leon Robinson, 2d Row, fourth from left. Henry Saltow, Back row, 2d from left and John D. Erhardt, Front Row- 3d from left – photograph From S/Sgt John D Erhardt, M Company 254th Infantry Regiment.