Depot 0-630, Birmingham, England. "Some of the fellows". Kneeling, Sgt. Bill Sawyer (Gate City, NC), Lloyd Surcegood (NC), Abe Friesen (Blue Earth, MN). Standing, Pfc Emil Karslud (Bridgeport, CT), Ralph Freels (TN), Jim Hatton (Kokomo, IN), Walter Janneson (RI), Lloyd Carlson (VA), Jim Stiles (IN), Jim O'Malley (Philadelphia, PA).
Left to right: T5 Bill Shaw (Jackson, MS), T/Sgt. Jim Stiles (Indianapolis, IN), T/5 Frenchy Paquette (Maine), Me, S/Sgt. Tex Robinson (Dallas, TX) (not in 3278th), and T/4 Ralph Freels (TN). Depot 0-630, Birmingham, England.
Back row: Jake Bedsole (Fayetteville, NC), Paul White (Ft. Worth, TX), Sephus Adams (Varnado, LA), Abe Friesen (Blue Earth, MN), Roy Knowles (Meadows of Dan, VA), Leslie Grubb (Haydenville, OH), Willie Shaw (Jackson, MS), Ralph Freels (Knoxville, TN), Melvin Horton (OK) and Harold Morrin. Front row: George Canter (Portland, OR), Vince Muntzinger (Fort Wayne, IN), Charles McDonald (Boston, MA), Tom Riley (Holyoke, MA), and Baby the company cat (Birmingham, England!). Christmas 1944, Ord. Depot, Paris, France.
View from cliff overlooking Seine River, Camp Twenty Grand, Duclair, France. Left to right: T/4 Abe Friessen (Blue Earth, MN), Harold Morrin, Pfc. Wilie Long (Charlotte, NC), T/4 Ralph Freels (Knoxville, TN), T/5 Jim Hatton (Standing Phlox, IN), S/Sgt. Jake Bledsoe (Fayetteville, NC) and T/4 Rex Higley (Alliance, NE).
View from cliff overlooking Seine River showing river boat - Camp Twenty Grand, Duclair, France. Left to right: Abe Friessen, Jack Marriott, Willie Long, Jake Bledsoe, Ralph Freels and Rex Higley.