Photos from 1st Lieutenant Burrell Marsh Allen, Headquarters Battery 861st Field Artillery Battalion 63rd Division

The Bob Hope show in Germany 1945

Jerry Colona, member of the Bob Hope cast in Germany 1945

7th Army Tank and Gun Park at Boblingen Germany airstrip- Germany 1945

7th Army Tank and Gun Park at Boblingen Germany airstrip- Germany 1945

7th Army Tank and Gun Park at Boblingen Germany airstrip- Germany 1945

Aerial view of Glider Park, near Stuggart Germany- 1945

1st Lt Burrell M. Allen in Paris France 1945

Right front: Lt Col Donald Beere, CO 861st FA Bn with ladies in Nancy France returning from Grenoble Rest Camp- 1945. Officer in the rear not identified

1st Lt Burrell M. Allen, France 1945

Lt Garner D. Farrell, Hq 862d FA Bn returning from Grenoble France Rest Camp. He is not in Class A uniform because his baggage was lost.

Aviation personnel in the 100th Infantry Division Germany 1945. Some were previous 63rd Infantry Division memberts. Rear Row: L-R- 1st Lt Melvin H. Gruensfelder (Hq 863d FA Bn), Williamson, 1st Lt Burrell M. Allen (Hq 861st FA Bn) , 1st Lt James O. Townsend (Hq 863d FA Bn), and Mark. Front row: Seigneur, Thomas, Murphy and Weihe

Aerial view of Pforzheim, Germany showing bomb damage- 1945

Aerial view of battlefield NE of Heilbronn Germany after capture from German SS troops, 1945

Lt Allen’s aircraft crew: T/5 Edward W. Hereth and T/4 Robert Greenwood in front of Lt Allen’s L-4 aircraft. Germany 1945

Aerial view of pontoon bridge across the Rhine River north of Worms, Germany 1945

Lt Allen’s unit stayed with this French family while in Willerwald, France 1945. L-R: “Papa”, Mary Louise, “Mama” and two friends

A rare color photo of Lt Burrell M. Allen (L) and Lt Harry Green with Lt Allen’s L-4 aircraft. Germany 1945

Members of Headquarters Battery 861st FA Bn camp out just prior to the attack on the Siegfried Line- Mar 1945

Members of Headquarters Battery 861st FA Bn camp out just prior to the attack on the Siegfried Line- Mar 1945

T/5 Edward W Hereth and T/4 Robert Greenwood check out Lt Allen’s aircraft engine prior to a flight over the Danube, April 1945 Germany

T/4 Robert Greenwood and his brother standing in front of Lt Allen’s L-4 aircraft.

L-R: T/5 Edward W. Hereth and T/4 Robert Greenwood, aircraft crew members, Germany 1945

L-R: ????, T/4 Robert Greenwood and T/5 Edward W. Hereth, aircraft crew members, Willerwald, France 1945

T/4 Robert Greenwood, aircraft maintenance crew member, Willerwald, France 1945

1st Lt. Burrell Marsh Allen and his L-4 Piper Cub , Willerwald, France, 1945

1st Lt Burrell M. Allen and US P47 fighter aircraft at Weisbaden airfield, Germany 1945

Crashed German bomber near Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1945

German HE111 aircraft at Boblingen, Germany airstrip-1945

1st Lt Burrell M. Allen with P51 fighter aircraft at Boblingen airstip Germany 1945

US P51 fighter aircraft landed at 861st FA airstrip in Boblingen, Germany 1945