Cyril Earl Gilbert, B and C Companies 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry 1942 - 1945

 

Cyril Earl Gilbert was inducted into the Army on 26 Feb 1942, and following initial training was assigned to B Company 22nd Infantry,
on 10 June 1942. He remained with B Company until 9 May 1945 when he was transferred to C Company. He left C Company
on 7 Oct 1945, when he was released from active duty.

 

 

Cy Gilbert - Camp Croft, SC, 1942

 

Camp Croft, SC - 1942

 

Camp Croft, SC 1942. Cy Gilbert is 3rd behind pennant.

 

Ft Dix, NJ - 1943. Cy Gilbert sitting on Griffin's shoulders.

 

Brooklyn, NY - 1943.

Left to right: Cy Gilbert, John Hartung, John Halloran, Gryzgoric, Griffin, Renvaro

 

1944 - vicinity of Newton Abbott, England

Left to right: Staff Sergeant Cy Gilbert, John Hartung, Gryzgoric, Griffin

 

1944 - vicinity of Newton Abbott, England.

Left, Stanley "Boots" Jozwiak. Right, Cy Gilbert.

 

1944 - France.

V-mail cartoon of SSG Cy Gilbert, done between Sep and Dec by Pvt Rod Pittath.

 

1945 - Pass to visit Grenoble, France.

 

1945 - Grenoble, France. Lieutenant Cy Gilbert with Co C officers.

(Editor's note: these guys are all wearing "tanker" boots--much sought after & hard to come by in the Infantry.)

 

May 1945 - vicinity of Nurnburg, Germany.

Left to right: Lt Hall, Lt Hall, Lt Murrah, Lt Gardner, LT Gilbert

 

 

 

 


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