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[U.S. Army Trucks on a German Field]

Photograph of a German field that has several parked American Army trucks.
Date: September 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Morris and John Hagood by French Homes]

Photograph of Warrant Officer Junior Grade William Morris and Lieutenant John Hagood standing together in front of a field stone house in France. They are wearing coats, and Hagood wears a helmet. A pile of crates stand to the right of the men. Another soldier can be seen smoking in the background.
Date: September 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Crouching Beside a Tank]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos crouching beside the machinery of a tank's treads. Two other soldiers can be seen talking to each other on the other side of the tank behind the gun.
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Standing on a Tank with a Machine Gun]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos standing on top of a tank turret while holding a .30 caliber machine gun. He is wearing glasses and a U.S. Army uniform. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note from Giannopoulos regarding his living situation.
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[66th AIB Football Team]

Copy photograph of the 66th Armored Infantry Battalion football team, posing in their football uniforms in 1945. Player #5 is Smiley, #25 is Bob Kampling, #21 is Lester Poreter, and #7 is Les Melchoime. Floyd Enix, Joe Despoto, "Nails" Morovoski, and Ed Gent are also pictured.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Watching Baseball Game]

Photograph of a crowd standing in the bleachers watching a baseball game in the 12th Armored Division Ball Park in Heidenheim, Germany. One or two players are visible in front of the bleachers.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Members of 12th Armored Division MP Platoon]

Photograph of four members of the 12th Armored Division MP Platoon. Their names, from left to right, are Nicolas Kepf, Manzoni, Heinz Linder, and Hawkins.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of German Civilians]

Photograph of Louis Lapinski holding a carbine standing in a group of German civilians next to a train.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbert Schaff with Two Young German Girls]

Photograph of Herbert Schaff wearing a U.S. Army uniform and garrison cap while standing on a cobbled road. He has his arms around two young German girls. The girl wearing the ribbon and black dress on the left is Helga, and the girl wearing a floral print dress and jacket is Inga. People, a boy on a bicycle, and two-story buildings can be seen in the background.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbert Schaff with Two Young German Girls]

Photograph of Herbert Schaff wearing a U.S. Army uniform and garrison cap while sitting on a jeep's front bumper. He has his arms around two young German girls. The girl wearing the ribbon and black dress on the right is Helga, and the girl wearing a floral print dress and jacket is Inga. Another jeep is parked to the left. A fence and trees are visible in the background.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Houses in Schnaitheim]

Photograph of an aerial view of buildings in Schnaitheim, Germany.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John Papile and Bob Semptner Working on a Truck]

Photograph of John Papile and Bob Semptner sitting on the wheel well of a truck. Papile looks toward the camera, while Semptner leans over the open hood of the truck.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Camp Lucky Strike in France]

Photograph of rows of tents, taken from inside of a tent. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Camp Lucky Strike, France."
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of People in Residential Street]

Photograph of men, women, and children milling in a residential street, with a large home in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "'Black Market' trading in route Germany to LeHavre."
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldier]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing in front of the 44th Tank Battalion quarters in Tokyo.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographs of William F. Hill]

Two photographs of William F. Hill. In the photo to the left, he stands next to a truck while another unidentified man blows a trumpet. In the photo to the right, he stands at attention in front of a fence, with a house in the background.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Canteen]

Photograph of people standing outside the American Red Cross canteen in Yokohama, Japan. Vehicles are visible on the far right.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim - September 1, 1945]

Photographs of two locations around Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first two photos are of a house where Wolfgang Mozart composed music. One uniformed soldier poses nearby in the first photo, while Joe Hurt and Technical Sergeant Nelson stand near the building in the second. The image to the bottom left contains an ivy covered castle gate tower. The structure is conical and built of crumbling stone and has several thin windows. In the fourth photo, Don Melli and a soldier named Nelson pose in front of the tower.
Date: September 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: September 1945, Dispensary - Rüsselsheim]

Photographs of Dan Melli in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first photograph shows Melli holding a needle over a cream carafe in a shadowy room. Jars and equipment lie on a covered table to the left. A stethoscope hangs on the wall behind Melli, and a small china hutch sits to the right of him. The bottom photograph features Melli standing in front of the dispensary with a young German girl named Hannala.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier at Camp Lucky Strike]

Photograph of a soldier identified as Winder sitting in front of tents at Camp Lucky Strike near Le Havre, France.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers by Vehicle]

Photograph of four soldiers, including Sergeant Asthalter, standing by an Army vehicle while waiting to start on their journey home to America. A building is visible in the background.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Boxcar]

Photograph of soldiers Seward and Jacobs sitting in a boxcar on the way to the port of Le Havre, France.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Boxcar Doorway]

Photograph of soldiers, including one identified as Jake and Leonard M. Kornman, standing in the open doorway of a boxcar on the way to the port of Le Havre.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers on Way to Port]

Photograph of soldiers getting off a train on their way to a port.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History