Resource Type

[Gerry Ottaviano and Dan Melli Standing by Ruined Buildings]

Photograph of Gerry Ottaviano and Dan Melli wearing U.S. Army uniforms, coats, and helmets. They are standing in front of wrecked buildings that are missing walls and portions of their roofs. Rubble litters the ground around them and there is a cellar hole to the right of them.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Scrapbook, Page 1]

Photographs of Dan Melli in and around the envirions of Blaubeuren, Germany. The image on the top left shows an American military parked by a Blaubeuren sign at a railroad station. The top right image shows Dan Melli sitting by a medical truck that has "Louise" written on its covering. The center picture features a blurry soldier standing in front of a captured German train with piles of open crates nearby. Dan Melli poses with a wrought iron fence on the bottom left, and with two young German children on the bottom right.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cecil Couts Holding a Young Girl's Hand]

Photograph of Cecil Couts holding hands with a young girl while standing under a house's window. The girl wears a floral dress and a ribbon in her hair. She is crying.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hemshrot by Half-Track]

Photograph of Marvin Hemshrot standing next to his half-track in a German street. Another half-track is visible to the right.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Truck]

Copy photograph of Ray Perkett, sitting at the wheel, and two other unidentified soldiers in a truck.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank Rumph Standing with Two Young Women]

Photograph of Frank Rumph wearing a United States Army uniform and standing with his arms around the shoulders of two young women. The woman on the left is wearing a floral blouse, skirt, and hose, while the woman on the right wears a white blouse, dark skirt, and hose that has been rolled down. They stand in front of a tall stone wall.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German Bunker on the Siegfried Line]

Photograph of a concrete German bunker lying amidst a field of yellow flowers.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car Burning in a German Street]

Photograph of United States Army soldiers standing on a road near houses in Germany. The man facing the camera is identified as George Ayers. A car down the road is on fire. The flames are almost as high as the roofs of the surrounding businesses.
Date: 1945
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Soldiers Preparing Chickens]

Photograph of two uniformed soldiers standing in an alley. The man on the left, Linvel Powell, holds a white basin in his right hand and a chicken in the other. The other man, Solly Sauls, holds a chicken in his left hand. A house is visible beyond a nearby fence.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed Buildings of Munich, Germany]

Photograph of destroyed buildings on either side of a street in Munich, Germany. A donkey-drawn cart containing people is coming down the road. Large piles of rubble line either side of the street.
Date: 1945
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Road South of Danube]

Copy photograph of a road south of the Danube River, where Bob Beach was promoted to major and wounded on the same day. There are trees and electric poles on both sides of the road.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Diessen]

Copy photograph of Colonel Charles Bromley standing with several other soldiers in front of a fence in Diessen, Germany.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank Rumph Standing with Two Young Women]

Photograph of Frank Rumph wearing a United States Army uniform and standing with his arms around the shoulders of two young women. The woman on the right wears a white blouse, dark skirt, and hose that has been rolled down, while the woman on the right wears a dark blouse and skirt. They stand in front of a tall stone wall.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers on a Command Post Half-Track]

Photograph of two United States Army soldiers sitting on top of a command post half-track vehicle. Antennae bend over toward the rear of the covered vehicle. The soldier on the left is identified as Clyde Fleming.
Date: 1945
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Next to Half-Track]

Photograph of Chester Bragg, Henry Figurski, Vincent Purgatorio, Leonard Kimmel, and Einer Lapic posing next to a half-track in Germany.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German Women Lined Up for Discharge]

Photograph of dozens of German women arranged in a line outdoors in Aalen, Germany. Many can be seen with bags and luggage. Soldiers and United States Army vehicles are visible in front of and behind the line. Buildings and a tree line are visible in the background.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Zane Jones Sitting on a Captured Volkswagen]

Photograph of Zane Jones sitting on a spare tire on the hood of a captured German Volkswagen. The vehicle is parked in field with building visible in the distance.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Gathered Around a Maintenance Truck]

Photograph of several United States Army members gathered around an army maintenance truck. Some sit at the truck's side, inside its open doors, on its covered trailer, and against the stone wall of a half-timbered building. The blurry image of a running boy is visible to the left of the trailer.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Jeep]

Copy photograph of five soldiers in a Jeep, with Ray Perkett at the wheel.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim - October 18, 1945]

Photographs of Dan Melli and Nathan Levine taken around Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top photograph features Dan Melli playing a bass drum while Nathan Levine sits to the right. Covered mess hall tables appear on either side of the picture. The second photo shows Melli and Levine walking together outside of a half-timbered building. The third photo shows Melli and Levine in a dark room. Melli holds a Coca-Cola bottle, and three other bottles stand on a shelf between the two men.
Date: October 18, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Foncek, Arthur Fonjemie, and Joseph Pomagier Standing by a Truck]

Photograph of Foncek, Arthur Fonjemie, and Joseph Pomagier wearing U.S. Army uniforms and standing in front of an army truck. A two-story house stands behind them.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier with French Girl]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing next to a young French girl in the snow. Tanks and other soldiers are visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographs of E. J. Simons and Others in Various Locations]

Four scanned photographs featuring E. J. Simons and other uniformed American soldiers at various locations in Europe. The original photos were taped onto a sheet of paper along with captions. The photo on the top right features soldiers identified as Joe, Ucyroski, and E. J. "Spike" Simons sitting on a bench in Paris, France. A stone wall, trees, and a statue are visible behind them. The next photo features Simons standing between two soldiers and a view of the Eiffel Tower in the background. The third photo has soldiers named Armstrong and Tummons sitting with Simons in a room in Germany. An open window and overhead fixture provide light. Armstrong sits on a sofa to the left, Tummons sits on a dressing table in the center, and Simons sitting to the right. The bottom photo shows two soldiers and Simons standing in front of the American Red Cross' Rainbow Corner club in Paris, France.
Date: {1945~,1945-06-06}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Men beginning to be discharged!]

Photographs of soldiers preparing to be discharged and leave Germany. The first photo involves a First Sergeant calling out while holding a paper. Soldiers mill about to the right, with Ferdinand Caravelli looking towards the camera. The middle-left photo shows Joe Hurt carrying a full sack over his back and standing in a street. The middle-right photo shows Nathan Levine standing in front of a German theater. The bottom photo is a close up of Dan Melli and a man named John. They are smiling, standing in front of a wall, and wearing shirts and ties.
Date: September 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History