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[Column of Tanks March to Nuremberg]

Photograph of a column of tanks waiting beside a forest. Sever have soldiers sitting on top of their hulls or standing beside them.
Date: April 16, 1945
Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Edward Scott Standing in Front of a Barracks Building]

Photograph of Edward Scott wearing along U.S. Army coat and carrying a bundle under his left arm. He is standing on a plank walkway that leads up to a lightly colored barracks building at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Two other soldiers can be seen standing on the wooden stairway that leads the building's entrance. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note that says that he has just returned from a ten mile hike.
Date: April 9, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Photograph of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The tail of the jet is camouflaged and the vertical tail fin is painted with a white background and a swastika. The tail has been broken off and is lying on top of the left wing. "Jet German Plane" is handwritten on the lower portion of the photo.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Reentering Hettstadt, Germany]

Photograph of armed infantrymen and tanks entering the German municipality of Hettstadt. Houses line the road behind the soldiers.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Half-Tracks in Dinkelsbühl, Germany]

Photograph of half-tracks carrying American soldiers through a brick street in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Stone buildings line the road. The photo is shot through a sidewalk arch which contains woman holding a child.
Date: April 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ralph Van Buren with a Captured Pistol]

Photograph of a uniformed soldier named Ralph van Buren. He is wearing a gun holster for a Walther P-38 pistol on his right hip. His left leg is propped up on an armored car's foot rail. Two trees and a house are visible behind the car.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Standing on a Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos holding a carbine while crouching on the tail fin of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The tail of the jet is camouflaged and the vertical tail fin is painted with a white background and a swastika. The cabin and fuselage of the jet can be seen behind Giannopoulos. A piece of paper with "World War II James Giannopoulos" has been taped to the front of the photo.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Guarding the Dillingen Bridge]

Photograph of uniformed American soldiers watching the Dillingen Bridge from a tank. One of the soldiers crouches and aims a rifle, while another sits on top of the tank's turret and mans a machine gun. The bridge spans the Danube River.
Date: April 22, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drawing of Edward Ostrach]

Drawing of Edward Ostrach smiling and wearing a buttoned shirt and helmet. A note on the reverse side of the photo says that he was a member of Company A of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion and killed in Herrlisheim, Germany.
Date: April 16, 1945
Creator: Hatt, F. George, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drawing of Adrian Mariluch]

Drawing of Adrian Mariluch smiling and wearing a jacket, tie, and garrison cap. A note on the reverse side of the photo says that he was a member of Company A of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion and killed in Herrlisheim, Germany.
Date: April 15, 1945
Creator: Hatt, F. George, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Crossing a Bridge in Schwabmünchen]

Photograph of tanks and uniformed American soldiers crossing a bridge in Schwabmünchen, Germany. Soldiers can be seen riding atop the tanks as well as walking beside them.
Date: April 27, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lawrence Fessler by Barracks]

Photograph of Lawrence Fessler standing in uniform in front of two wooden hutments at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.
Date: April 10, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers at Camp Barkeley]

Photograph of three soldiers, two identified as Sgt. Wolf and Cleland, posing in the barracks area at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.
Date: April 10, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lt. Gaynes in Germany]

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes standing in front of a military Jeep pulled to the side of the road in Dillingen, Germany. Another Jeep and several buildings are visible in the background.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eight Soldiers]

Photograph of eight unidentified soldiers from A Company of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion posing together in front of a tree in Germany. A field and trees are visible in the background.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Germany]

Photograph of a group of soldiers from A Company of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion standing in a grassy field in front of several trucks in Germany.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Women by Car]

Photograph of four women, an unidentified woman, Jane Richart, Mrs. Petranek, and Martha Downey, dressed for church. Three of them sit in a truck and the fourth sits on the running board. Brush-covered hills are visible in the background. A handwritten note at the bottom of the photo reads: "Easter Sunday 1944 - Somewhere in Texas".
Date: April 9, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ed Goeppinger]

Photograph of Ed Goeppinger posing in front of a building on his 20th birthday on April 19, 1945. He wears a helmet and has binoculars around his neck.
Date: April 19, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ginny Hoyt and Linda Aten near Lake Abilene]

Photograph of Ginny Hoyt and Linda Aten, peeking at the camera from above at the edge of a cliff. A note on the back of the photograph reads, "April 2, 1944 - Linda, Ginny."
Date: April 2, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[66th AIB Mortar Crews]

Copy photograph of 66th Armored Infantry Battalion mortar crews set up in the middle of a field outside the German town of Nassig. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol., No., Ed. 1, April 1989 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol., No., Ed. 1, April 1989

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: April 1989
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Seward, Neb.), Vol. 44, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 1991 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Seward, Neb.), Vol. 44, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 1991

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: April 1991
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Maple Park, Ill.), Vol. 26, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 1972 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Maple Park, Ill.), Vol. 26, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 1972

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: April 1972
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 41, No. 7, Ed. 1, April 1988 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 41, No. 7, Ed. 1, April 1988

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: April 1988
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History