"The most unforgettable character I've ever met. Patty Colavita of Brooklyn. Crazier than any 10 people I've known, formerly a dead end kid, an Oplympic boxer, a gym owner, a real Broadway commando, but a heart of gold."
"More of the fellows: Front - Karslus, Freels, Me, Stiles, O'Malley, Pft. Everett Spanks (Boston, MA). Rear, Pfc. Don Kimball, Friesen, T5 Bob Ferguson (TN), Higley, Jim O'Toole, Sawyer and Carlson". Depot 0-630, Birmingham, England.
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.