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).
Depot 0-630, Birmingham, England. Company officers. 2nd Lt. R. O. Lesher (Tuscon, AZ), 2nd Lt. A. C. Appel (Indianapolis, IN), 1st Lt. Dean Hastings (Chicago, IL), Capt. M. C. Kelly (San Antonio, TX), 1st Lt. H. A. Cannada (Jackson, MS), 2nd Lt. N. C. DeZinnio (Bridgeport, CT).
"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.