Friday, July 13, 2007

Post War Occupation

I was doing a bit of Googling on Wertheim and came across these pics from 1945. They were on a site dedicated to the 63rd Infantry Division and their deeds during WWII. The site is at http://www.63rdinfdiv.com/ if you want to check it out. I appreciate their willingness to allow me to post these photos on the Peden Blog. M


4th Plat, L Co, 253rd Infantry- Wertheim, Germany May 45. Only a few can be identified in this photo. Back row (L-R) Sgt Sam Shaw, Sgt Bert Porterfield, Burtel Larson and Sgt Dolan. Sitting- all those known are Sgt Stupenski, Stirneman, Pfc Flowers, S/Sgt McJunkns, M Orley, Pfc Kay P. Devane. Photo furnished by Sgt Sam Shaw

First Platoon, C Company,, 253rd Infantry, Carbone Field, Wertheim, Germany, 16 Jul 1945


Men of C Company, 253rd Infantry at mealtime in a schoolyard, Wertheim, Germany, 1945

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Anonymous said...

In reference to the mealtime pic.
For some of us chow was always a topic of discussion. To my knowledge no one filed compliant about it lest they wanted to get into trouble.Of course there was the nearby snackbar but who wanted to sustain on burgers, fries and coke(coke cola)."C" ration was not bad for a few days in the field and beyond that we wanted a hot meal and to return to our unit at Peden Barracks to shower.

July 19, 2007 at 12:35 AM

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