Photos from T/5 George Soper of the 63rd Infantry Division Band

Major General Louis Hibbs, CG 63rd Infantry Division meets with men of the 63rd Infantry Division on the 2d Anniversary of the Blood and Fire Division. Bad Mergentheim, Germany Jun 1945

Members of the 63rd Band on the way to a parade in Bensheim.  T/5 George Soper on the left.

L-R:  Sgt Leo V. Leick, T/4 Ernest O’Brannon and Pfc Harold Gallaspy, 63d Band, at Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1945

T/5 George Soper, 63d Band at Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1945

 

Actress Marlene Dietrich with 63d Band members, S/Sgt John Shideler, Sgt. William “Billy” Card and Pfc Albert Bianch

 

Actress Marlene Dietrich entertaining 63rd Infantry Division troops in Germany 1945

Hotel Kurhaus, 63d Band quarters in Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1945

Members of the 63d “Little Symphony Orchestra” at rehearsal for the 2d Summer “Popular” Concert in Bad Mergentheim, Germany 24 June 1945. L-R: Pfc Charles Falconio, Pfc Rudolph Legner and T/5 George Soper

“Zob” Miller, T/5 Frank Musingo and T/4 Ernest O’Bannon, 63d Band, in Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1945

The 63d Infantry Division Band  passes in review at the Division Memorial Day Parade, May 1945

The 63d Salon Orchestra rehearsal at “Music Hall” Bad Mergentheim, Germany 15 May 1945

Pfc Rudolph Legner, 63d Band, in Paris, France August 1945

The 63d Band gives a rousing farewell to a homeward bound group of 63d Infantry Division veterans, Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1945

 

 

 

 

S/Sgt John Shideler conducts the 63d Band while playing for a Carnival and Circus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1 Jun 1945

 

 

 

 

 

63d Infantry Division Band playing at a Regimental Parade in Kunzelsau, Germany 5 Jun 1945. Black arrows point to T/5 George Soper

Unidentified member of the 63d Band at Kunzelsau, Germany 5 Jun 45

Unidentified member of 63d Band in Paris, France Aug 45

Pfc Rudolph Legner (Center) 63d Band in Paris, France, Aug 45

Pfc Cecil “Sharpy” Frye, Pfc Phillip Sunkel and T/5 Joseph “Pappy” Pezzula, Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1945

63d Band rehearsal break in Bad Mergentheim, Germany 1945. L-R: Pfc Charles Gibson, S/Sgt John Shideler, Pfc Gene A Layton (behind WOJG Polakoff), WOJG Harold Polakoff, Pfc Harold T Gallaspy, T/5 Louis Petrone, T/4 Charles Blue, Sgt Leo V Leick, T/4 Ernest O’Bannon, T/5 John H Bovell (against the tree) T/4 George D Marble and T/4 Arthur P. Engler.

 

Singer Martha Tilton with the Jack Benny show entertains 63d Infantry Division soldiers at Bad Mergentheim, Germany Jul 1945