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[Veteran Photos in France, Belgium and Germany]

Photograph of several veterans in Belgium, France and Germany around 1943. The top left photo shows Summfrour and a paratrooper up on St. Pauls Cathedral. The towers of St. Paul Cathedral are shown on the top right and the bottom right is a photo of London from St. Pauls. On the second page,the top left photo is of Giavando Didriksen in front of an old church, the top right photo shows a plane crash near camp, and the bottom right is of a plane headed to London
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ike's Headquarters and City Hall in Frankfurt]

Photographs taken in Frankfurt, Germany. The photos on the first page are identified as "Left: S.H.A.F. Ike’s headquarters in Frankfurt. Top right and bottom right: bombed out building in Frankfurt. Note poles holding up walls on right of building walls." and the photos on the second page are identified as "Top left: City Hall Frankfurt. Bottom left: Next door to City Hall. Top right and bottom right: More bomb damage. Still the krauts would not give up."
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trucks in the Snowy Weather]

Photographs of several men standing next to trucks in the snowy weaher. The photos on the first page are described as "Left: Convoy of trucks on the way to get gas. Middle: German bomb shelter near our gas dump. Right: French farm with load of grain." and the photos on the second page are identified as "All three pictures: Men unloading the trucks after our return."
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Collage of Buildings and Softball Team]

Collage photograph showing different buildings, people and a softball team. The photo on the top left is Baggae and Martin old castle which was built 100 to 1311 AD Thatch Roof. The top right photos shows a softball team-Meighan, Giavando, Cook, Bastle, Ane, Jekyell, Byrd Hoihard, Zuzamil, Mccorkil. The bottom right shows a mansion where Roxie Crews lived in.
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Muse River Scenes]

Collage of photos taken in Belgium in the mid 1940s. The photos on the first page are identified as "All three pictures: Scenes along Muse river in Liege, Belgium. Five of our group were here about half way between Liege Belgium and Aachen Germany. From here visited Brussels and Aachen Germany. We were supplying an engineering group building and air strip. We didn’t stay very long. The Germans began the battle of the bulge from Aachen coming our way. We and the engineers loaded up and went back to our units fast." The photos on the second page are described as "Left: A little Belgian girl with a dress made from an American flag. She was proud of it. I wonder what happened to her and her family. They were living where the battle of the bulge took place. Middle: Aachen Germany Far right: trolley that ran between Liege and Aachen Germany."
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Collage Photo of Several Men]

Photograph of a collage of several men engaged in different activities.Byrd, Winberry, Bastle and Roxi are identified as the people on the top.
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photos of Roxie Crews in Germany]

Photographs of Roxie Crews in Frankfurt, Germany. The photos on the first page are described as "Top left: Summfrour and me. Top right and bottom left: We brought our trailer “office” on to Frankfurt. Sometimes we got our gas in barrel easier to handle. We used the hanger for the cans out of the weather.". The photos on the second page are described "Left: Me and a large bicycle factory was here. Top right: Me and the masur, Summfrour, flags at half-mast the day Roosevelt died. Bottom right: Me in a field of wild poppies. Beautiful – the poppies.".
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: Partain, Douglas Wise
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Collage Photo of a Restaurant, Trailer & Statues]

Collage photographs described as "Left: Joe’s place, the home of good hamburgers and cold beer. Painted on their trailer by Lorton. Top right: kids feeding pigeons on Metz. Bottom right: funeral precession in Metz. Note, mourners walk." The photos on the second page are identified as "Left: German Siegfried lime – dragon teeth tank trap between Metz and Saarbrücken Germany. Top right: statue in Metz. Bottom right: statue in Saarbrücken."
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Soldier Standing in Front of a Building]

Photograph of a soldier standing at attention in front of a building.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldiers in Mess Line]

Photograph of soldiers standing in line in front of a building holding tin plates and cups. A typed note on the back of the photo says "C 56th chow line, Goldburghausen, Germany."
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Truck on City Street]

Photograph of a truck driving on a street lined with buildings. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Germany? Early morning down a very steep hill at ? - Germans surprise still in bed."
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Field with Smoke in the Distance]

Photograph of an open field with smoke rising from the vicinity of a town on the horizon. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Can't remember the town, Hollingen? Long way across that field."
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldiers in Yard]

Photograph of two soldiers standing with their arms around each other's shoulders in front of a fence in a yard. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Himle, Golden, B/56. By Dale Himle, Germany."
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: Himle, Dale
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lt. Col. Scott Hall in Germany]

Photograph of a soldier, identified as Lt. Col. Scott Hall of the 43rd Tank Battalion, standing next to a road sign that says "Kochel, Über Schlehdorf, 7 Km."
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Blue Danube Crossing Sign] (open access)

[Photograph of Blue Danube Crossing Sign]

Copy of a text page from an unidentified publication that includes a photograph of a sign in front of a bridge that says "You are crossing the Beautiful Blue Danube thru courtesy of 12th Armored Division." Below the photo is a handwritten note that says "Dillingen," as well as a typed caption: "'Nuf Said!" Also below the photo is a segment of an article about the story surrounding picture.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographs of Killed Soldiers and Combat Haircut]

Two photographs on a page, with the top picture depicting the bodies of two soldiers laying on a beach, and the bottom picture showing a soldier giving another soldier a haircut. The caption of the first photo says "Enemy 'time' fire was often deadly," with a handwritten note underneath: "Photo not mine, RVO." The second photo's caption says "Right: Combat haircut being administered to Vergil Smith, Detroit, by Frank Marnik, Mollenauer, Pennsylvania. Sight-seers are Robert Milam, Centersville, Georgia and John Belcher of Shawnee Oklahoma. Photo taken in Feuchtwangen, Germany by Robert V. Oakes, Davenport, Iowa."
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: Oakes, Robert V.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Landsberg Concentration Camp Prisoner]

Photograph of a prisoner standing near a building at Landsberg Concentration Camp in Germany. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Landsberg Conc. Camp."
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lech River Dam]

Photograph of the Lech River dam near Landsberg, Germany. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Lech River near Landsberg."
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bodies in Landsberg Concentration Camp]

Photograph of emaciated bodies laying on the ground at Landsberg Concentration Camp in Germany.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bodies in Landsberg Concentration Camp]

Photograph of bodies laying on a dirt pathway at Landsberg Concentration Camp in Germany.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Outside Bürgerbräukeller]

Photograph of two unidentified soldiers standing outside the Bürgerbräukeller building in Germany.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Players on Baseball Diamond]

Photograph of men playing a game on a baseball diamond in Heidenheim, Germany. A town is visible in the background.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mannheim Bridge]

Photograph of a bridge with the word "Mannheim" bolted to the side, over a road in Germany. A windshield and the back of a man's head are visible in the foreground.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Players on Baseball Diamond]

Photograph of players on a baseball diamond in Stuttgart, Germany.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History