[Church in Herrlisheim]

Copy photograph of a church in Herrlisheim, taken after the 12th Armored Division left in 1945. The church has been partially destroyed.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Marseille, France]

Photograph of Marseille, France, seen from a hill facing across the city and towards the sea. A typed note on the back of the photo says "Seventh Army, Marseille, France. Panoramic of Marseille, port, and islands."
Date: August 28, 1944
Creator: Bonnard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tank Hulks at Herrlisheim, France, 1945

Photograph of damaged tanks lying in a field beside an evergreen forest. The ground behind these tanks is deeply indented.
Date: October 1945
Creator: Bright, Elmer
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruins of Dunkirk, France]

Photograph of ruined buildings in the city of Dunkirk, France. Rubble litters the foreground, and most of the photo contains the decrepit shells of ruined buildings. A tall belfry building stands intact in the center of the background.
Date: 1940
Creator: De Meester, J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Marvin Brown and Elwood Vaughn in France]

Photograph of two soldiers holding rifles and standing outside of a building. A typed note on the back of the photo says "L to R Brown and Elwood Vaughn, 2nd Platoon C/56. France 1945."
Date: 1945
Creator: Folkman, Stan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldier with Wine Bottles]

Photograph of a soldier sitting down and sleeping next to a bench on a sidewalk, with several wine bottles in his lap and arms. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "? France 1949. By Dale Himle."
Date: 1949
Creator: Himle, Dale
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Russo Smiling at Camera]

Photograph of a soldier smiling. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Russo, B/56. France or Germany, 1945. By Dale Himle."
Date: 1945
Creator: Himle, Dale
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carl Von Czoernig Standing by a Wall]

Photograph of Carl Von Czoernig holding a tin cup in his right hand and his helmet under his left arm. He stands against a stuccoed wall that obscured a covered ambulance. A building rises in the background.
Date: 1944
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Worker Giving Coffee to Soldiers]

Photograph of a woman from the Red Cross passing out coffee and donuts to American soldiers in France. She is standing at the back of a covered truck that has speakers on its roof. The soldiers have been identified left to right as Max Rubenstein, Jack Dinkin, unknown, Irwin Sternlicht, and unknown.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in a Snowy Copse]

Photograph of John Bernier, Stephen Dulleba, and Peter Garofolo standing together in a snowy copse of trees. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, with Dulleba and Garofolo wearing white armbands bearing crosses. Bernier props himself up against the snowy half of a tree trunk.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers near a Cement Building]

Photograph of three uniformed United States Army soldiers and two men in dark civilian clothes near the foot of a multi-story cement building. One soldier, Frank Lussiana, is sitting in a chair backwards. A truck bearing the image of a cross on a white field is behind a fence to the left.
Date: 1944
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1st Nazi Captive, Houffbach, Fr

Photograph of a German prisoner of war standing in a French street with people gathered on the sidewalks behind him. He wears a long coat and soft cap, and holds his arms in submission. A uniformed soldier to the left holds a rifle and observes the prisoner.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Petross, Homer
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plowing Thru Snow Osthoffen, Fr[ance]

Photograph of a snow plow covered underneath a field of snow. The cabin and exhaust pipe of the plow is visible above the snow. Bare trees can be seen trailing behind the vehicle.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: Petross, Homer
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of French Scenery]

Postcard of a lake surrounded with trees, with mountains in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo is addressed to Mr. T. W. Whitefield in Durham, North Carolina: "Dear Folks, Just a note to let you know I'm now in France. Will write more when we get settled. I'm doing ok and hope all of you are too. Write soon. May God bless you. Your devoted son, Clarence."
Date: November 15, 1944
Creator: Whitefield, Clarence
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

12th AD Fights Near Colmar Pocket

Photograph of a group of uniformed and helmeted soldiers walking through a forest beside an armored tracked vehicle. Smoke creates an obscuring haze across the photo.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[152nd Signal Company Men with French Children]

Photograph of soldiers from the 152nd Signal Company smiling and standing behind a group of French children. Everyone in the group is wearing a winter coat. Buildings and a statue are partially visible behind the group.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[17th Armored Infantry Battalion Soldier]

Photograph of three uniformed soldiers from the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion together in front of a corrugated tin building. Two of the soldiers wear helmets and stand on either side of a sitting man. The building has straw and canvas on its roof. Clothes hang from a nearby tree branch to the right.
Date: November 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[82nd Medical Battalion Moving Out]

Photograph of 82nd Medical Battalion soldiers and vehicles moving out of Hussern, France.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Advanced Detachment E.M. Hotels at Auffay, France]

Photograph of rows of temporary military housing for the U.S. Army in Auffay, France. A printed note on the back of the photo calls these buildings "Advanced Detachment E.M. Hotels" that were built from scavenged building materials. The legs of two soldiers can be seen sticking out of two of the houses to the right.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Advanced Detachment Signal Company Personnel]

Photograph of the Advanced Detachment of the 152nd Signal Company personnel in France. The uniformed men are identified as Sergeant Edgar Sanders, Sergeant Louis Mattingly, Sergeant Lawrence Sarginger, Sergeant John Polarski, Sergeant John McDowell, and Sergeant Albert Lipschultz in front of a covered jeep. Spools of wire sit on the left side of the photo, while crates sit to the right. A stone house is located behind the men in the upper right corner of the image.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Nice]

Photograph of an aerial view of Nice in the French Riviera.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of the Louvre Palace]

Photograph of an aerial view of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. There are people walking on the street outside the museum.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of the Seven Bridges]

Photograph of an aerial view of the seven bridges in Paris, France, with buildings visible around them. The Eiffel Tower is visible in the background.
Date: [1941..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