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[Scrapbook Page: Aalen - Germany]

Photographs of captured German areas. The top two images concern destroyed railroad assets in Aalen, Germany. The image on the top left is of the ruins of a railroad station. The building has been burned away to reveal brick and metal supports. A locomotive sits to the right. The top right photograph features several locomotives sitting on tracks. The third photo is of a pile of artillery shells stacked in a woodland near Ansbach, Germany. The bottom left photo is a different angle of the same shells with U.S. soldiers posing in front of them. The bottom right photograph is of Howie Philwin, Al Kobelicks, Rhodes, and Nathan Levine wearing U.S. Army uniforms and walking down a road that cuts through a forest.
Date: June 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Standing by a Sign Near the Danube]

Photograph of Dan Melli wearing a U.S. Army uniform and standing by a sign erected on the side of a road. The sign is printed with "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of the 12th Armd Division." A tree and shrubs are visible behind him. Short rails and posts line the road to the right.
Date: June 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge Over the Danube at Dillingen, Germany]

Photograph of a cement bridge that crosses the Danube at Dillingen, Germany. Trees and shrubs are visible along the distant riverbank.
Date: June 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Aalen's Swimming Pool]

Photographs of a swimming pool in Aalen, Germany. The top left photo shows Dan Melli and another man wearing swimtrunks and standing on a lawn around the pool. People can be seen reclining on the ground nearby. The photo in the top right shows Melli standing in front of a pool ladder. Behind him is an occupied swimming pool. The third photograph shows Lieutenant Bison, Allen, Dan Melli, Frank Ross, and Samuel Rascon wearing swim trunks and sitting in a line in front of a pool.
Date: June 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History