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[Liberated Polish Soldiers and Prisoners of War]

Photograph of twelve liberated Polish prisoners of war by a wrought iron fence. Two men stand off to the left, while ten others pose for the camera. They are wearing a mixture of military uniforms and civilian clothes. A tree and half-timbered houses are visible behind them.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dick Foures, James Ryan, Joseph Jean, Emory Deason Standing Together]

Photograph of Dick Foures, James Ryan, Joseph Jean, Emory Deason standing together in front of a building at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Foures, Ryan, and Deason are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps, while Jean wears a sleeveless shirt.
Date: May 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Gun Motor Carriage]

Photograph of a U.S. Army gun motor carriage bearing soldiers over a dirt road. The carriage is linked to another vehicle to the left.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Johns, Carlton Sparks, and Dan Melli Sitting Outdoors]

Photograph of Johns, Carlton Sparks, and Dan Melli sitting together outside on the grounds of O'Reilly General Hospital in Missouri. Johns is wearing a tee shirt and slacks and lies on a blanket. Sparks is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and garrison cap while sitting. Melli is shirtless and wears shorts. Two two-story buildings are visible behind them.
Date: May 28, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sod Detail Crap Game]

Photograph of soldiers kneeling and standing around a sod detail crap game. Those kneeling are Privates Gottschling, Lapre, Glenn Henderson, Burdzy, and T/5 Kobylecki. The soldiers standing are Sgt. Vern M. Thomas and Pvt. Leon Lopez.
Date: May 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Everett Roeder Behind Dan Melli]

Photograph of Dan Melli standing inside of a shadowy building while Everett Roeder looks in from the bright outdoors. Both are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, though Roeder also wears sunglasses and a soft cap. The caption on the reverse side declares that Melli was cooking steaks on a portable grill.
Date: May 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers Sitting by Frisco Railroad Building]

Photograph of Dan Melli, Richard Johns, and R. Natopi sitting on a low stone wall with the Frisco Railroad Building visible behind them. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, with Melli and Naptopi wearing garrison caps and Johns wearing a peaked cap.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers by Truck]

Photograph of soldiers standing by the cab of a truck. Those standing are C. Owens, Hernandez, Vern M. Thomas, and Triano. The two soldiers kneeling are Burdzy and Good.
Date: May 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dumped Tanks]

Three copy photographs of tanks on a muddy road. The first photograph shows a soldier kneeling next to the tracks of a Mark V German tank. In the middle photograph, several soldiers stand around a tank in a ditch off a muddy road after a snowstorm in Austria. In the last photograph, a soldier stands on top of a recovery vehicle prepared to winch a Mark IV tank out of a ditch and onto the road.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photo of Soldiers and Wives]

Photograph of three married couples posing together in front of a car. They are, from left to right, Elsie Hacker, Walter Hacker, Bill Bowling, Zella Bowling, Ralph Jannelli, and Anna Jannelli. A building is visible in the background.
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[R. Natopi, Dan Melli, and Johns Crouching Near Student Quarters at Camp Barkeley]

Photograph of men identified as R. Natopi, Dan Melli, and Johns crouching on grass in front of a student quarters on Camp Barkeley, Texas. The men are wearing lightly colored buttoned shirts and slacks. The building behind them is wooden, has four visible windows, and has a short stairway leading to the entrance on the right.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Slicing an Onion]

Photograph of Dan Melli standing inside of a shadowy building over a pot filled with water. Another soldier stands nearby, but both he and Melli have their torsos outside of the camera's view.
Date: May 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of O'Rourke]

Photograph of Private C. O'Rourke standing at attention in a field at Camp Campbell. Other soldiers are visible in the background.
Date: May 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freed Polish Slaves Sitting by a Fence]

Photograph of ten Polish slave laborers sitting on the ground in front of a picket fence. Two wooden buildings are visible behind them.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Gazing Out of a Surgical Truck]

Photograph of Dan Melli leaning out of a window of a surgical truck. The truck bears the image of a cross inside of a white square.
Date: May 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rudolph Meuser's Horse Groom]

Photograph of Rudolph Meuser's horse tender in a field. The suited man is standing behind a brown horse and to the right of a woodpile.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in the Forest]

Photograph of soldiers standing on a log at the reservation at Camp Campbell. The soldiers are, from left to right, Pvt. Leon Lopez, Pvt. Glenn Henderson, T/5 Gottschling, T/5 Louis Kobylecki, and P.F.C. Ketterer.
Date: May 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers in Germany]

Photograph of Charles W. Lorenz, Jess Ponce, and Nicholas Carricino standing together holding mugs and food. A wooden fence and a house is visible behind them.
Date: May 14, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Women Standing in a Boxcar Doorway]

Photograph of five young women standing within the doorway of a boxcar at a rail yard in Augsburg, Germany. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note that says these are Israeli women who were released from the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Women Standing in a Boxcar Doorway]

Photograph of five young women standing within the doorway of a boxcar at a rail yard in Augsburg, Germany.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Richard Benny with German World War I Monument]

Drawing of a uniformed American soldier named Richard Benny standing in front of a German World War I memorial. The figure is a nude man leaning backward with his eyes closed. "Wollte keine knechte" appears on an arched stone wall behind the figure.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Single Propeller Plane "56"]

Photograph of a single propeller airplane mid-flight. The fuselage left underside of its wing bear the image of an encircled white star with white bars protruding from its sides. The number 56 is written on the underside of the wing on the right. Flat scrub land is visible under the plane, as well as a line of small flags.
Date: May 13, 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Armored Division, 12th
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Joseph Kiker and George Hatt by a Building]

Photograph of uniformed American soldiers named Joseph Kiker and George Hatt standing in front of a building. Plants and a shuttered window are located behind the two helmeted men.
Date: May 30, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlo Ward by a Half-Track]

Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named Arlo Ward as he stands in front of a half-track named "Amelia Kate." A row of houses can be seen behind fences on the right.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History