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68th Armored Infantry Battalion Photos

B Company, Bob Davies' Squad. Davies at top, John Garrett Lower Left and Chet Green just below Davies

Left side is Don Kunz, Colonel Edward's Driver

Left: Lab Right: SGT Carter HQ Radio and Code guys

The Famous Four: L-R Jim Smith 47th Tk Bn, Elton Ross 48th Tk Bn, Phil Snoberger 68th A.I.B. and Ken Baugh 68th A.I.B.

L-R: SGT Vandusing and Phil Snoberger

Maritime Alps near Pera Cava

SGT Jim Kolius Mortar Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company C. Walter Lake back left and Leame Schillo back right

Sospel, France HQ 19th Infantry. The 68th laid a commo wire 8 kilometers to Pera Cava for the 68th's HQ. Italy and the Germ...

Batzendorf Alsace in February

PFC Ray F. Lohof, B Company, 68th AIB, being helped off a tank after the battle of Ober-Otterbach, 18 December 1944.

3rd Platoon of the 68th AIB on the March in France (Alsace). PFC Ray F. Lohof right side and others unknown

Oberhoffen 6 Feb 45 B Company

Gen. Albert Smith

Buchloe, Germany

Three 68th AIB medics at Camp Home Run, Le Havre, October 1945. From left to right: Richard Berkey, Norman Eliasson, Allan Go...

Earl Kempke (center) with two unknown soldiers, location is also unknown

Earl Kempke (center) with 11 unknown soldiers, location is also unknown

Soldiers and location unknown

Earl Kempke on right side, other soldier and location unknown

Soldiers and location unknown

Soldiers getting haircuts, soldiers and location unknown

Soldiers and location unknown

S/SGT Glen Loveland is on the far left and Earl Kempke, second from the right in the front row in this B Company photo.

PVT Earl Converse, WIA 12 JAN

PFC George W Burchell Jr KIA 22 MAR 1945

HHC - PFC David Garringer

B Company T/SGT Edward Sparks

HQ Company - PFC Korzie

B Company - Earl Kempke

A Company - PFC Albert Hamlet

68th Armored Infantry Battalion Documents

Interview with Phil Snoberger
Video provided by Phil Snoberger - used as per his request

14th AD

Map 1

Map 2

Snoberger
French Legion of Honor

Snoberger
Bronze Star

Unit Citation

Attack on Hatten
S2 / S3 Journals and maps

Armor School report on Hatten

68th AIB Battalion Crest

Battalion Commander Farewell pg. 1

Battalion Commander Farewell pg. 2

Unit History, DEC 1944

Unit History, JAN - FEB 1945

Feb '45 Defense of Saessolsheim

Feb '45 S/2 & S/3 Journal Ringeldorf, France

March '45 S/3 Report

April '45 Part I

April '45 Part II

April '45 Part III

Silver Star
2nd LT Robert Billhymer

GO 11 pg 1

GO 11 pg 2

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