[Sherman Tank in Germany]

Photograph of a Sherman tank plowing through the destruction in the town of Schweinfurt, Germany. All of the buildings have been damaged and the road is completely torn up, a result of constant bombing.
Date: April 11, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Half-Tracks in France]

Photograph of half-tracks, full of 12th Armored Division soldiers, driving through muddy streets in Colmar, France. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: February 5, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Heck Kneeling]

Photograph of Charles Heck, with a stick in his hand, kneeling somewhere in Germany.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Liberated Prisoners]

Photograph of a group of liberated Polish and Russian prisoners, including one woman, standing in a dirt road and looking up at the camera.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mike Shovan and Charles Danton Embracing by a Wall]

Photograph of Mike Shovan and Charles Danton embracing while crouching against a wall. Shovan is balding and Danton is wearing a garrison cap.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Thomas Scoggins]

Photograph of Thomas Scoggins posing in a forest in Germany.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scoggins Sitting on Tank]

Photograph of Thomas Scoggins sitting on a tank with a rocket launcher, somewhere in Germany. Another tank and several buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Smoking Pipe]

Photograph of W. B. Cummings, standing with a pipe in his mouth, in front of a brick wall.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers by Metal Can]

Photograph of Angelo D'Andria and Roland Rickert holding Paul Koenigsberg's head over a large metal can. A vehicle and buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Entering Weilheim]

Photograph of a 12th Armored Division and infantry soldiers moving into Weilheim, Germany. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in France]

Photograph of Charles Markowitz and Jack Taylor standing on a dirt road in France. A building is visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Front of Building]

Photograph of a group of soldiers from A battery of the 92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron posing together in front of a building in Germany. They are, from left to right, Franklin McLard, Edward Mulvihill, Richard Martin, and Francis Henning.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Inside a Tank]

Photograph of two tanks besides buildings is Strasbourg, Germany. The foremost tank has four soldiers emerging from various hatches. Two helmeted soldiers are visible from the chest up behind the tank's turret. Two other soldiers' heads can be seen sticking out of hatches near the front of the tank. Two of the men are identified as Joseph Prendergast and Kenneth Bradstreet.
Date: January 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers on Table]

Photograph of three soldiers identified as Dugan, Smith, and Dutch, sitting on a table somewhere in Germany.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers with Jeep]

Photograph of William Maggio and Harry Wainwright posing on a Jeep in Germany.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tank in Erbach]

Photograph of a 12th Armored Division tank rolling into Erbach, Germany. The buildings on both sides of the road, and in front of the tank, have been reduced to rubble.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two German Soldiers Surrender]

Photograph of two German soldiers, each holding a white handkerchief, surrendering to a 12th Armored Division soldier who points his gun at them. Train tracks are visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Soldiers in Forest]

Photograph of M/Sergeant Eugene Blumenshine and T/Sergeant John Davis kneeling in front of a large tree in a forest. The rear end of a truck is visible to the left.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers at Rear of Truck]

Photograph of nine soldiers with the Advance Detachment near Cherbourg, France, goofing off at the rear of a truck. On the right, a soldier stoops down to pick up a metal bucket, and the man behind him holds up a hammer. Another man in the middle of the photo sits on the ground in front of a bucket, and the other four look at him.
Date: November 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Actress at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of actress Anita Louise looking down while at Camp Campbell. The back of a soldier's helmet is visible in the foreground.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Soldiers Drinking Beer]

Photograph of Lieutenant Bissmeyer, Ray Owen, David Weston, and Joseph Zanetta drinking beer in a forest while on field maneuvers at Camp Campbell. Buckets and a wooden box are on the ground in front of the soldiers.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German General Surrenders]

Photograph of a German general surrendering to a unit of the 12th Armored Division. A soldier in the middle of the photograph holds a pole with a white flag.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German General Surrenders]

Photograph of a German general surrendering to a unit of the 12th Armored Division. A soldier in the middle of the photograph holds a pole with a white flag.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of 494th AFA Soldiers]

Photograph of a group of soldiers from the HQ battery of the 494th Armored Field Artillery Battalion posing in a muddy field in Cherbourg, France. Those in the back row are, from left to right, Walter Hudzik, Jr., Paul Swanson, Johnson, Phom Bowie, and Peterson. Those in the front row are Ray Hicks, Francis Hecox, Robert Henderson, and Richard Wilkes.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History