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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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[Letter from June Yates to Cal Yates]
Letter from June Yates to Cal describing his travels across Germany after the war was over. June notes the destruction that the bombs inflicted on some of the large cities and testifies for the accuracy of the horror stories told from the concentration camps; they are still very busy as they are the only hospital for miles.
Date:
1945-05-21~
Creator:
Yates, June
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 6, 1945]
Letter to Cecile from her father about his dental health and the war.
Date:
May 6, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldier Standing in Doorway of a Maintenance Van]
Photograph of a uniformed soldier standing in the open doorway at the rear of a maintenance van. Three gas cans hang from the rear of the vehicle to the left and right of the doors. The soldier is focusing on an object within his hands. "Munich" is handwritten at the bottom right portion of the photo.
Date:
May 1945
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
[Statue of a Man and a Horse]
Photograph of a sculpture of a man sitting next to a horse. The statue stands to the side of a road that has the rear end of a car visible to the left.
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. 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
[Five Soldiers Beside an Army Truck]
Photograph of five uniformed soldiers beside a truck with an encircled star painted on its door. Two of the helmeted men stand beside the truck's wheel well, while the other three men crouch in front.
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
[Destroyed Buildings in Munich, Germany]
Photograph of a street in Munich, Germany, that is surrounded by the rubble of ruined buildings. A U.S. Army truck is visible in the street as well as a group of people.
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Sitting Beside a T-34 Calliope Rocket Launcher]
Photograph of three uniformed soldiers sitting on top of a partially visible M4 tank and under the tank's T-34 Calliope rocket launcher. The men are identified from left to right as Griff Lingo, William Giannopolous, and Calvin Singer. "Augsburg, Germany" is handwritten on the lower right portion of the photo.
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
unknown
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
[Ruined Buildings in Munich, Germany]
Photograph of damaged buildings in Munich, Germany. A pile of rubble and twisted metal frames lies between two largely intact buildings.
Date:
May 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
[Seven Soldiers and Two Tanks by German Houses]
Photograph of seven uniformed U.S. Army soldiers in a grassy field. Two tanks are parked behind them, and a group of houses are visible in the background. One of the soldiers is crouching and smoking a cigarette.
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
[Five Soldiers Beside an Army Truck]
Photograph of five uniformed soldiers beside a truck with an encircled star painted on its door. Two of the helmeted men stand beside the truck's wheel well, while the other three men crouch in front. "Augsburg, Germany" is handwritten along the bottom right.
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History