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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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of William C. Royle]

Photograph of William C. Royle in uniform seated by a desk with a typewriter on top. The photo was taken at a U.S. Army base in West Berlin, Germany.
Date: 1966
Creator: unknown
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History