Photograph of American soldiers carrying U.S. flags at the grandstand at Zeppelinfield in Nuremberg, Germany. The building is topped with a large stone swastika that is being covered by a U.S. flag.

Photograph of two uniformed and helmeted U.S. soldiers standing next to a truck. "Angela II" is painted upon the lower portion of the truck's open door. The two men are identified as Homer Petross' squad leader and his truck driver, Willard Pottinger. A two story building stands behind them.

Photograph of armed Allied soldiers moving over hills of rubble in Nuremberg, Germany. A few walls and building frames remain among the debris.

Photograph of a bombed-out German building that stands behind a railroad track. Most of the walls that would be facing the track normally are now gone. Rubble is piled up around the building's bottom level.

Photograph of a group of uniformed German soldiers running down a road that passes beside a windowed building.

Photograph of the burnt ruins of Adolf Hitler's Berghof, a residence in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Smoke curls behind a barren tree which stands in front of a earthen slope. The house stands to the right and has blackened walls and broken windows. A soldier can be seen standing near a brick wall in front of the building.

Photograph of two German buildings. The leftmost building is an open woodshed with boards piled at its sides. The stone house in the background is two stories tall and has double windows spaced regularly along its side.

Photograph of a pair of railroad tracks that run toward a destroyed concrete bridge.

Photograph of two German soldiers training with an MG-42 machine gun. One soldier lies on the ground behind the weapon, while another kneels to its side. Farm buildings are visible in the background.

Photograph of Homer Petross wearing a U.S. Army uniform, chest ribbon, wire-rimmed glasses, and a garrison cap. He also wears identification tags around his neck.

Photograph of a German barn where Allied trucks were stored. A man and three women stand at the wide open door of the barn while holding long-hafted tools. Wooden framed carts stand in the foreground. A half-timbered farmhouse is visible to the left. The note on the reverse side of the image say that American soldiers stayed here during the final push of the European theater of World War II.

Photograph of military personnel and armored vehicles traveling down a German street. Damaged buildings line the street, and piles of rubble are located on either side of the street in the foreground.

Photograph of two uniformed and helmeted U.S. soldiers standing next to a truck. "Angela II" is painted upon the lower portion of the truck's open door. The man wearing glasses and a garrison cap is Homer Petross, and the helmeted man is his truck driver. A shuttered window is visible behind the truck.

Photograph of two uniformed and helmeted U.S. soldiers standing next to a truck. "Angela II" is painted upon the lower portion of the truck's open door. The two men are identified as Homer Petross' squad leader and his truck driver, Willard Pottenger. A two story building stands behind them.

Photograph of a German mortar crew operating their mortar. The three helmeted and uniformed men crouch beside their weapon while two other men stand behind them. The leftmost visible man is holding a mortar shell in his hand.

Photograph of the remains of a bridge that crossed a narrow river. The remains of overturned vehicles can be seen along the area where the bridge once stood. Soldiers can be seen surveying the damage on either side of the wreck. The notes on the reverse side of the photo indicate that the bridge was destroyed via mines.

Photograph of a twin engined airplane parked among trees to the side of a German highway.

Photograph of an armored Allied vehicle moving down the dusty road of Coburg, Germany. A helmeted soldier stands beside the vehicle. Tall buildings line the street, and rubble can be seen in the foreground.

Photograph of large group of German soldiers traveling down a dirt road in horse-drawn vehicles. A group of saddled horses stands together at the far right alongside two soldiers on foot. The road is lined with trees to one side and power lines on the other.

Photograph of the interior of St. Martin's Cathedral in Mainz, Germany. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "The interior of one of the nice churches over here."

Photograph of an unidentified building in Germany, showing the front facade and one wing with the circle drive visible.

Photograph of a twin engine plane parked next to the Autobahn in Germany. The road is blurry, suggesting that the photo was taken in a moving automobile.

Photograph of an unknown solider standing in front of two stumps while surrounded by the trees of the Black Forest in southwest Germany.

Photograph of a young woman wearing a sweater set posed in front of the column of a building. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Girl from Holland waiting to be repatriated to her home country. -- Augsburg, Germany."