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CD's now available for those who want their history all in one place, more or less:

1- The 63rd Infantry Division Chronicles CD:  This CD is a revision of The Chronicles book that was first printed in 1991 and reprinted in 1996.  It has been revised to include
updated rosters and awards lists.  Additional photos have been added as well as several new features such as a photo tour of Camp Van Dorn and a view of Germany's Westwall
(The Siegfried Line).  The original publication consisted of approximately 400 pages.  The revision consist of 853 pages with over 300 photos. .  Added features include:
All unit rosters, by company or battery, with details concerning assignment, awards and other data.
Wartime Field Rations review
A Booklet- "The Infantry Replacement Training Center"
63d Infantry Division Memorials
63d Infantry Division Unit's Itineraries in Europe
63d Infantry Division Booklet- Victory in Europe
Roster of Support Personnel accompanying Task Force Harris
List of Medals awarded to division personnel
Siegfried Line Information
The War is Over- Surrender Documents
                                           Price $15 +$3 S&H

2.  Separate CD's have been prepared for each Infantry Regiment
of the 63rd Infantry Division.  These CD's contain historical documents
that do not appear in The Chronicles, although there is some
duplication of rosters, awards list and photos.  
The regimental CD's also include personal experience
accounts from regimental veterans.

a.  The 253d Infantry Regiment CD: Contains :
All unit rosters, by company or battery, with details
concerning assignment, awards and other date.
253d Infantry unit rosters by company with details
253d Infantry Itineraries in Europe
63d Infantry Division Booklet- Victory in Europe
63d Infantry Division Memorials
63d Infantry Division Unit's Itineraries in Europe
253d Infantry Medical Detachment Booklet
253d Infantry combat photos (3 sections)
253d Infantry individual awards
253d Memoirs of Lt William E. Taylor
253d Infantry Occupation photos (3 sections)
253d Infantry Monthly Combat Operational Reports
253d Infantry personal experiences
POW Diary of James Smith
253d Infantry- Recommendation for 2d Battalion PUC.(Buchhof/Stein)
253d Infantry Roster
253d Infantry Unit Awards
253d Infantry Colors and Crest
Chuck Miles Memoirs
253d Infantry Deaths in Europe
Eugene Reich- Distinguished Service Cross
Harckham Memoirs
253d Infantry I Company Memoirs
253d Infantry Memorial at Buchhof, Germany
253 Infantry Miscellaneous Photos (3 sections)
253d Infantry Battle Honors
253d Infantry Regimental Orders
List of 63d Infantry Division Wartime individual awards
WWII as seen by Paul Vermillion
A Combat Medics Experiences
Camp Shanks, New York
Cpl Charles C. Rudibaugh's experiences
Diary of Capt William Scott Brown, B Company
1st Lt Charles D. Rhodes Jr experiences
A Booklet "The Infantry Replacement Training Center"
John Kinney's Memoirs- H Company
History of the Medical Detachment
Sgt Jack Doolan's experiences- L Company
Sgt John Spagnoli's experiences- L Company
Siegfried Line Information  
Roster of Support Personnel accompanying Task Force Harris
Tim Malone's book, "The Battle of Buchhof and Stein am Kocher"
T/Sgt Aubrey Rogers experiences.
Wartime Field Rations    
The War is Over- Surrender documents             
                                         Price $12 +$3 S&H


b.  The 254th Infantry Regiment CD: Contains :
254th Infantry units, by company with details.
63d Inf Division alphabetical roster.
63d Inf Division Itineraries.
63d Infantry Division Booklet- Victory in Europe
63d Inf Division Memorials.
254th and 255th History by Colonel Hatcher.
Wartime experiences of Charles Ball.
254th Infantry 1st Battalion Daily Journals.
Capt Restani's article "Attack at Enschringen, Germany"  A Company.
Battle of Jebsheim from a French Point of View.
Memoirs of BG Hamblen.
254th Infantry Colors and Crest.
254th Infantry Combat Photos (2 sections).
The Private who cracked the Siegfried Line.
254th Infantry individual awards.
John Burney's personal experiences- A Company.
Lest we Forget Jebsheim- Lt Michael J. Myers G Company.
Memoirs of LTC Tucker- Hq 1st Bn.
Memories of the Battle of Jebsheim- Fred Clinton D Company.
254th Infantry Miscellaneous Photos (2 Sections).
Memoirs from Jack Newcombe letters home- A Company.
254th Infantry Occupation photos(2  sections).
254th Infantry Regiment monthly Combat Operational Reports.
254th Infantry orders and rosters.
254th Infantry personal experiences.
254th Infantry roster.
The Hill at Ingelfingen- Brian Keller- A Company.
254th Infantry unit awards.
List of 63d Infantry Division Wartime Individual awards
254th Infantry deaths in Europe.
254th Infantry Regimental memorials.
S/Sgt Hugo Boetcher's Diary- D Company.
Memoirs of Pfc Edward A. Brown- G Company.
Memoirs of Pfc John Ritner- I Company.
254th Infantry Regiment recommendation for 1st Bn PUC.
Memoirs of  S/Sgt John Erhardt- M Company.
254th Infantry Regiment Booklet- "Trail of Blood and Fire".
Camp Shanks, New York.
Booklet- The Infantry Replacement Training Center.
Siegfried Line Information.
Roster of support personnel accompanying Task Force Harris.
Movements of Thomas E. Glunt, Hq Co, 9 Dec 43-21 May 46.
Wartime Field Rations.
The War is Over- Surrender Documents
                                     Price $12 +$3 S&H

c.  The 255th Infantry Regiment CD:  Contains :
255th Infantry Regiment roster by company with details
B-255 Infantry December 1943 Payroll
63d Infantry Division Booklet- Victory in Europe
63d Infantry Division Memorials
254th and 255th Infantry History by Colonel Hatcher
255th Infantry Combat photos
255th Infantry Deaths in Europe
255th Infantry individual awards
255th Infantry Regiment Liberation of  Landsberg Concentration Camp
Memoirs of 1st Lt Jack Kerins- D Company
Memoirs of Robert Anderson- B Company
255th Infantry Meritorious Unit Citations
255th Infantry Miscellaneous Photos (3 sections)
255th Infantry Occupation Photos (2 sections)
255th Infantry monthly Combat Operational Reports
S/Sgt Jack E. Jaloski personal experiences- E Company
255th Infantry Regiment personal experiences
Memoirs of Pfc Andrews Aarhus- Anti Tank Company
255th Infantry Regiment roster
255th Infantry Regiment Colors and Crest
255th Infantry Regiment orders
List of 63d Infantry Division Wartime Individual awards
Memoirs of T/5 Mordecai Bauman- Service Company
Memoirs of Sgt Chris Makas- B Company
Memoirs of Frank C. Fultz- Hq Co 1st Bn
Memoirs of Corporal John Graves- H and Hq Company
Camp Shanks, New York
Booklet:  "The Infantry Replacement Training Center"
Memoirs of Kenneth W. Erickson- Anti Tank Company
Memoirs of Howard R. DeMar
Siegfried Line Information
Roster of support personnel accompanying Task Force Harris
Wartime Field Rations.
The War is Over- Surrender Documents
                                          Price $12 +$3 S&H   


3. The Pictorial History of the 63rd Infantry Division in WWII- Contains
Introduction to the Pictorial History
Miscellaneous Photos (14 Sections with over 1480 photos and images)
Combat Photos (6 Sections with over 800 photos and images)
Occupation Photos (7 Sections with over 900 photos and images)
The War is Over- Surrender Documents
63d Infantry Division Memorials
Photo tour of Camp Van Dorn, MS
Wartime Field Rations
Camp Shanks, NY
                                          Price $10 + $3 S&H



All CD's are viewable on Windows and are in "pdf" and Excel format.  Acrobat reader is a free download from the Adobe internet site.

Content of these CD's is an ongoing project.  Changes will be made at least once a year to include any new historical data, photos or personal experiences received
or uncovered by your Historian.  Revisions will be offered at half the prices shown for those buying the current editions.

DVD's are now available that include all files relating to the organizational elements of the division:

#1-Each DVD contains the following:
History of the unit involved (One of the Regiments, Div Arty, Support Bn or Special Troops)
Morning reports for that element
63d Infantry Division History (Chronicles)
General Orders
WWII Blood and Fire publications
Pictorial History of the 63d Infantry Division.
The price for the DVD is $30 + $3 S&H.  This is a good value since it contains information included on six
(6) different CD's or a $69 value.

#2- DVDs containing every unit History including the 63d Infantry Division History, Division Orders,  
WWII Blood and Fire issues, Pictorial History of the 63d Infantry Division and Five (5) unit morning
report DVDs containing morning reports for all division units.  All for $45 plus $6 S&H-Priority
Mail(NOTE:  If you select this item you do not need DVD #1 as this set includes histories and morning
reports of all division units)

Please send your order to James Sellers by email at earthboy6@sbcglobal.net. I will tell you the price and
you can tell me your mailing address. Payment is by check payable to James Sellers.

Funds received are used to pay for the 63rd Infantry Division Web Site, materials and postage.
4.   CDs for all other units of the 63rd Infantry Division

History of the 63d Infantry Division Artillery CD:  Contains::
63d Infantry Division Unit's Itineraries in Europe
Division Artillery Deaths in Europe
Division Artillery Combat Photos (2 Sections)
Division Artillery Miscellaneous Photos (2 Sections)
Division Artillery Occupation Photos (2 Sections)
Division Artillery Rosters
Division Artillery individual Awards
List of 63d Infantry Division Wartime Individual awards
63d Infantry Division Booklet- Victory in Europe
63d Infantry Division Memorials
Division Artillery Book, Part 1- Division Artillery Officers
Division Artillery Book, Part 2- 1943-1944
Division Artillery Book, Part 3-  Combat days
Division Artillery Book, Part 4- Occupation and Deactivation
Battalion Crest- 718th Field Artillery Battalion
Battalion Crest - 861st Field Artillery Battalion
Battalion Crest- 862d Field Artillery Battalion
Battalion Crest- 863d Field Artillery Battalion
Camp Shanks, New York
Diary of Sgt George E. Gries C Battery, 863d FA Bn
Memoirs of Captain Butt- Headquarters 863d FA Bn
Memoirs of Captain Breeding- 863d FA Bn
Siegfried Line Information
Roster of support personnel accompanying Task Force Harris
Unger Memoirs- 718th FA Bn
V. Terminello Memoirs B Battery, 863d FA Bn
Wartime Letters of Lt Burrell Allen- 861st FA
Wartime Field Rations    
The War is Over- Surrender documents                                               
                                                              Price $12 +$3 S&H

63d Infantry Division Special Troops CD:  Contains: (Hq, Hq Co, 63d Recon Trp, 63d
Band, 763d Ord Co, 63d QM Co, 563d Sig Co, 63d MP Platoon and 63d CIC/CID
Detachment.)
Special Troops, by company with details
63d Infantry Division Unit's Itineraries in Europe
Special Troops Combat Photos
Special Troops Deaths in Europe
Special Troops Miscellaneous Photos (2 Sections)
Special Troops Occupation photos
63d Infantry Division Booklet- Victory in Europe
63d Infantry Division Memorials
Special Troops individual Awards
List of 63d Infantry Division Wartime Individual awards
Special Troops Rosters
Special Troops Unit Awards
Camp Shanks, New York
Collenberg Castle Story- 763d Ord Co
Siegfried Line Information
Roster of support personnel accompanying Task Force Harris
Wartime Field Rations
The War is Over- Surrender Documents
                                                                    Price $12 +$3 S&H



63d Infantry Division Support Battalions CD:  Contains:
Support Battalions , by company with details
63d Infantry Division Unit's Itineraries in Europe
63d Infantry Division Booklet- Victory in Europe
63d Infantry Division Memorials
History of 263d Engr(C) Battalion- Sec I
263d Engr Bn Training and Preparation- Sec II
263d Engr Bn February 1945 Operations- Sec III
263d Engr Bn March 1945 Operations- Sec IV
263d Engr Bn April 1945 Operations- Sec V
263d Engr Bn May 1945 Operations - Sec VI
263d Engr Bn Jun 1945 Operations- Sec VII
263d Engr Bn Jul 1945- Operations - Sec VIII
263d Engr Bn Aug 1945 Operations- Sec IX
263d Engr Bn Changes in Command - Sec X
263d Engr Bn Battle Honors
263d Engr Bn Rosters
263d Engr Bn Combat Photos
263d Engr Bn Deaths in Europe
263d Engr Bn Personal Experiences
263d Engr Bn Orders
263d Engr Bn Miscellaneous Photos (2 Sections)
263d Engr Bn Occupation Photos
Introduction to the 363d Medical Battalion
363d Med Bn Individual Awards
363d Med Bn Battle Honors
363d Med Bn Rosters
363d Med Bn Combat Photos
363d Med Bn Miscellaneous Photos
363d Med Bn Occupation Photos
Roster of Support Personnel accompanying Task Force Harris
Siegfried Line Information
List of 63d Infantry Division Wartime Individual Awards
Camp Shanks New York
Wartime Field Rations
The War is Over- Surrender documents
                                                                                      Price $12 +$3 S&H

5-  Miscellaneous History CDs.

63d Infantry Division Orders CD: Contains:
Key Officers Roster
63d Inf Div Special Troops Orders (3)
253d Inf Regt Orders (15)
254th Inf Regt Orders (47)
254th Inf Regt Officers Roster
254th Inf Regt Purple Heart Award List
254th Inf Regt Combat Infantryman Badge awards (a portion of)
255th Inf Regt Orders (99)
263d Engr Bn Orders (4)
263d Engr Bn Awards for Feb, Mar, Apr, May Jun, Jul and Aug 1945
263d Engr Bn Casualties for Feb, Mar and April 1945
263d Engr Bn Officers roster
List of Bronze Star Medals awarded by the 3d Inf Div to 254th Inf Personnel
CMH- SSgt John Crews, 253d Inf Regt
CMH- 1st Lt James Robinson, 861st FA Bn
63d Infantry Division General Orders (674)
Citations for all Silver Star Medals Awards
Citations for all Soldier's Medals Awards
Citations for all Bronze Star Medals (Heroic Achievement-Valor) awards
DSC Award- Captain Robert H. Meade- 253d Inf Regt
DSC Award- Captain Robert S. Young- 255th Inf Regt
DSC Award- LTC Robert E. Tucker, 254th Inf Regt
DSC Award- Pfc Eugene B. Reich- 253d Inf Regt
DSC Award- Pfc Gerald B . Stegemeyer- 253d Inf Regt
DSC Award- Pfc Walter J. Dilbeck Jr- 253d Inf Regt
DSC Award- Jack M. Collette- 254th Inf Regt
French Croix de Guerre with Palm- 254th Inf Regt
The Infantry School Order (1)
PUC- 1st Bn 254th Inf Regt- Ensheim/Siegfried Line Germany
PUC- 2d Bn 253d Inf Regt- Buchhof/Stein, Germany
PUC- 2d Bn 254th Inf Regt- Jebsheim, France
PUC- 3d Bn and Co A & B 253d Inf Regt- Kleinblittersdorf, Germany
PUC- 3d Bn 254th Inf Regt- Siegfried Line Germany
PUC- 254th Inf Regt- Colmar Pocket Battles
PUC- C/253d Inf Regt- Bubingen, Germany
718th FA Bn Roster prior to 15 April 1944
Silver Star awards made by the 3d Inf Div to 254th Inf Regt Personnel
98th Inf Division Special Order (15 pages- Cadre for 63d Inf Div)
Hq Field Artillery Replacement Training Center order (5 pages)
List of 63rd Infantry Division Wartime Individual Awards
                                                                  Price $10 + $3 S&H

The World War II Blood and Fire Newspapers CD: Contains all available copies of the
wartime Blood and Fire Newspapers (98 editions) published from June 1943 to August 1945.  
Copies of each page can be printed on 8 X 101/2 paper.
                                                                     Price  $10 +$3 S&H

Unit Morning Report CD- CD's have been prepared containing the unit Morning
Reports for each Infantry Regiment for the months of December 1944 thru May 1945.
Separate CD's have also been prepared containing unit Morning Reports for Division
Artillery units, Support Battalions (Engr and Med) and Special Troops for the months of
January 1945 thru May 1945. CD's are  priced at $10.00 each.+$3 S&H
(Morning Reports for July to November 1944  are missing for most units)
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