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[William Giannopoulos Sitting Under a Sign Denoting the Italian Border]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos sitting cross-legged under a sign that says "You are now entering Italy through the courtesy of Company A 1st Battalion 411th Infantry Spearheading 7th Army." He is wearing a garrison cap, glasses, and U.S. Army uniform. a soldier stands to the right and crouches to the left of Giannopoulos.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[George Hatt Beside War Memorial]

Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named George Hatt standing beside a statue of a naked man. "Der Wollte" is written on stone.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Under a Sign Denoting Austria]

Photograph of three soldiers sitting under a sign that says "You are now entering Austria thru the courtesy of the VI U.S. Corps." A hillside with trees is visible on the left.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[George Hatt Before a Collapsed Building]

Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named George Hatt standing in front of a completely collapsed building. Ceiling beams cover the pile of rubble. Intact buildings are visible in the background.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Front of Hutments]

Photograph of Walter Litwinski and Charles Kozak standing in front of a hutment at a camp.
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stephen A. Melisko Outside Hutment]

Photograph of Stephen A. Melisko posing in uniform outside a hutment at Camp Barkeley.
Date: May 22, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Port of Le Havre]

Photograph of the ocean and town at the port of Le Havre, France. There are ruined, bombed, and shelled out docks and buildings in the background, alongside some that still stand.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of South Carolina Capitol]

Postcard with a colored drawing of the state capitol in Columbia, South Carolina. A note from Helen Landau to her parents-in-law is written on the back.
Date: May 13, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Amid Wreckage]

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes standing amid the wreckage of a harbor at Le Havre, France. A ship is visible in the background.
Date: May 30, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Volleyball Team in Front of Barracks]

Photograph of soldiers, who were members of the company volleyball team, standing by a net in front of barracks in Augsburg, Germany. Lt. Albert Gaynes is the second man from the left.
Date: May 15, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Albert Gaynes]

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes, in his dress uniform, standing in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the center of the Arch de Triomphe in Paris, France. Other people and several trees are visible in the background.
Date: May 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Albert Gaynes in Paris]

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes, in his dress uniform, standing in a street in Paris, France.
Date: May 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook of Soldiers at ROTC Camp] (open access)

[Scrapbook of Soldiers at ROTC Camp]

Scrapbook of pictures of soldiers at an R.O.T.C. summer camp during May and June of 1937.
Date: 1937-05/1937-06
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Soldiers in Chairs]

Photograph of two soldiers, including Albert Gaynes on the right, sitting on chairs in front of a building in Rain, Germany. Steps are visible in front of them.
Date: May 16, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sign at the Blue Danube]

Photograph of a sign by the side of the road near the Danube River. There is a wooden house to the right, and several cars on the road. The text on the front of the photograph reads: "Sign says - You are now crossing the Beautiful Blue Danube - thru the courtesy of the 12th Armored Div. Dillingen, Germany May 5, 1945".
Date: May 5, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of James B. Kite]

Photograph of James B. Kite posing in a suit and tie.
Date: May 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gaynes by a Pier]

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes standing at a bombed out pier in Le Havre, France. Buildings and the ocean are visible in the background.
Date: May 30, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Wiesenhorn, Germany Street]

Photograph of a city street in Wiesenhorn, Germany, with homes lining the street and a building with a tall tower at the end of the street.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldiers in Tent City]

Photograph of three soldiers standing in a line next to a metal pole in Fulda, Germany. The back of the photo identifies two of the soldiers as Eldon Kohler and Louis Britton.
Date: May 18, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Prickly-Pear Cactus at Camp Barkeley]

Photograph of a patch of prickly pear cactus at Camp Barkeley. The plants are bearing fruit.
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Outside Building]

Photograph of a group of men from A company of the 714th Tank Battalion, sitting in front of a building. Those in the back row are, from left to right, Herman Francouer, Suitor, Dale Goon, Joseph Mrozowski, Teeter - , and Lester Stricoff. The soldiers in the center row are Jim Campbell, Henry Mullett, Parr, George Brooks, Frank Metzger, John Radigan, and Norm Helm. Those in the front row are Davis, William Ralston, Martalla, and Sherman Double.
Date: [1945-05..1945-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[VE Day in Germany]

Photograph of soldiers posing outside a building on VE Day in Germany.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Motor Park at Pappenheim]

Photograph of a motor park in Pappenheim, Germany. Soldiers stand around the cars, and houses are visible.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank Campo in Heidenheim]

Photograph of Frank Campo standing next to a building. He holds a flag in one hand.
Date: May 29, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History