22nd Infantry World War 2 Page 5

The 22nd Infantry in World War II

The 22nd Infantry enters Prüm, Germany, February 1945

22nd soldiers advance through Prüm, February 1945

22nd Infantry occupies Prüm

Staff of 3rd Battalion 22nd Infantry study map after the capture of Prüm

March 1, 1945, after crossing the Prüm River

March 1945, moving toward the Kyll River.
Note the spacing of the 22nd soldiers along the road,
and how each has picked out a tree or pole as limited cover.

22nd soldiers pile into a captured German car

April 7, 1945 - The 22nd Infantry advances deeper into Germany.
Soldiers ride on a halftrack of the Anti-Tank Company of the 22nd Infantry.
City of Bad Mergenthein is in background.

Seckenheim, Germany - May 1945
A sign is installed, naming a street after a 22nd Infantrymam killed in action.

Bound for home, 22nd soldiers sleep on the deck of the US Army Transport
General James Parker, July 3-11, 1945

The ship that brought the 22nd Infantry home.
The USAT James Parker (AP-46)

Photo from Shipscribe, from Roland W. Charles, "Troopships of World War II" (Washington, D.C., 1947)