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).
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.
