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.

Photographs of Dan Melli and John and Joe Hurt in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top four photographs show the men consorting with two very young girls identified as Hannala and Greshia. The picture on the top left has the two blonde children standing alone by a picket fence. The image to the top right has Melli kneeling between them and embracing them. The second image on the left has Joe Hurt embracing the girls. The second photo on the right shows both Hurt and Melli sitting with the girls on the hood of an army jeep. The next photo shows Melli and Hurt leaning against the jeep with two young German children leaning against a fence to the left. The final photo features John and Joe Hurt sitting on the jeep's hood.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing in front of a 155mm gun that has been covered with canvas. Behind him, a surgical truck sits between two wooden houses.

Photographs of street scenes in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top photograph shows a narrow street with houses on the left side and a riverbank on the right. A caption points out that Wolfgang Mozart lived in the first house. The second photo features Captain Brookshire and First Sergeant B. Kasidlo standing in the middle of a street near an army truck. A dog named "Rolfe" stands between them, and a girl rides a bicycle near houses on the left. The bottom photo shows Brookshire and Lieutenant Samont standing in a road with an army truck behind them to the right.

Photographs of scenes from around Rüsselsheim, Germany following the American occupation. The top photo features Dan Melli sitting on a low brick wall in front of a dispensary with Thomas Walsh leaning through a window. The next photo features men identified as Magnani, Technical Sergeant Nelson, Ferdinand Caravelli, and Captain Brookshire standing together in front of a row of homes. The final picture has Dan Melli standing next to the provocatively posed Technical Sergeant Nelson.

Photograph of Gerry Ottaviano and Dan Melli wearing U.S. Army uniforms, coats, and helmets. They are standing in front of wrecked buildings that are missing walls and portions of their roofs. Rubble litters the ground around them and there is a cellar hole to the right of them.

Photographs of Dan Melli in and around the envirions of Blaubeuren, Germany. The image on the top left shows an American military parked by a Blaubeuren sign at a railroad station. The top right image shows Dan Melli sitting by a medical truck that has "Louise" written on its covering. The center picture features a blurry soldier standing in front of a captured German train with piles of open crates nearby. Dan Melli poses with a wrought iron fence on the bottom left, and with two young German children on the bottom right.

Photograph of several United States Army members gathered around an army maintenance truck. Some sit at the truck's side, inside its open doors, on its covered trailer, and against the stone wall of a half-timbered building. The blurry image of a running boy is visible to the left of the trailer.

Photographs of Dan Melli and Nathan Levine taken around Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top photograph features Dan Melli playing a bass drum while Nathan Levine sits to the right. Covered mess hall tables appear on either side of the picture. The second photo shows Melli and Levine walking together outside of a half-timbered building. The third photo shows Melli and Levine in a dark room. Melli holds a Coca-Cola bottle, and three other bottles stand on a shelf between the two men.

Photographs of soldiers preparing to be discharged and leave Germany. The first photo involves a First Sergeant calling out while holding a paper. Soldiers mill about to the right, with Ferdinand Caravelli looking towards the camera. The middle-left photo shows Joe Hurt carrying a full sack over his back and standing in a street. The middle-right photo shows Nathan Levine standing in front of a German theater. The bottom photo is a close up of Dan Melli and a man named John. They are smiling, standing in front of a wall, and wearing shirts and ties.

Photographs of Dan Melli in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first photograph shows Melli holding a needle over a cream carafe in a shadowy room. Jars and equipment lie on a covered table to the left. A stethoscope hangs on the wall behind Melli, and a small china hutch sits to the right of him. The bottom photograph features Melli standing in front of the dispensary with a young German girl named Hannala.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing in front of an Army truck. He is wearing a field jacket and is smiling. The rear end of another vehicle is shown close up to the right.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing near a dirt road and wielding shaving implements. He is holding a safety razor under an open water pipe to the right, and he gestures towards the camera with a straight object. Melli is wearing an a-shirt and has shaving cream applied to his face. Two soldiers working with crates behind a truck in the background.

Photographs of Russian soldiers who visited Dan Melli's station in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first photo shows a mustached man standing at the corner of a building. A sign indicating the dispensary points forward near his head. The photo on the bottom left shows eight uniformed Russian soldiers standing together and posing for the camera. The final photo shows Russians gathered around a vehicle. The three men to the left are looking into the vehicle, while two men on the right look toward the camera.

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.

Photographs of the Opel automobile factory in Rüsselsheim, Germany, before and after American bombing operations. The first photo shows the factory with the word "Opel" written across its front and two large smokestacks rising from its roof. The second photo shows an American soldier standing amidst rubble and the shells of wrecked rooms. The third photo shows a collapsed ceiling, broken frames, and assorted rubble. The fourth photo shows a pile of rubble to the left and a relatively intact five-story building to the right.

Photograph of uniformed U.S. Army soldiers standing on and around a captured German Panzerkampfwagen Panther tank. Nathan Levine and Dan Melli stand by the vehicle's tracks while John Vitolo stands near the turret to the left.

Photograph of landscape in Blauburen, Germany. A brook flows past trees and fenced yards. A house can be seen at the foot of a wooded hill in the background.

Photograph of two German girls sweeping debris from a street with brooms while United States military personnel and other adults move around medical trucks. Various buildings line the street.

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.

Photographs of two locations around Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first two photos are of a house where Wolfgang Mozart composed music. One uniformed soldier poses nearby in the first photo, while Joe Hurt and Technical Sergeant Nelson stand near the building in the second. The image to the bottom left contains an ivy covered castle gate tower. The structure is conical and built of crumbling stone and has several thin windows. In the fourth photo, Don Melli and a soldier named Nelson pose in front of the tower.

Photograph of uniformed U.S. Army soldiers standing on and around a captured German Tiger tank. Nathan Levine and Dan Melli stand by the vehicle's tracks while John Vitolo stands near the turret to the left.

Photograph of United States military personnel crouching in front of a half-timber home with a picket fence. The uniformed men are identified as Roger Roy, Sergeant Pennell, and Ross.

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.