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[Hitler In Profile]

Photograph of Adolf Hitler in profile.
Date: April 20, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Soldiers on Outpost Duty]

Photograph of five soldiers of the 1st Platoon Mortar Squad on outpost duty in Germany. From left to right and back to front, the last names of these men are: Imbriano, Luedtke, Tuora, Brown, and Pelant.
Date: April 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[66th AIB Dug-In In a Field]

Copy photograph of 66th Armored Infantry Battalion troops dug-in in a field prior to the attack on Nassig, Germany. The 43rd Tank Battalion tanks are in the background. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Tank in Field]

Copy photograph of a tank in a field. There are tracks in the mud around the tank. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[At Railroad Crossing]

Photograph of soldiers moving logs at a railroad crossing near Nuremberg, Germany. The man on the left, carrying a log, is Karl Olsen, and the man facing the camera on the right is Marvin Bertelson. The rest are unidentified.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge Across the Rhine]

Photograph of the Alexander M. Patch bridge across the Rhine River at Worms. The old bridge, which was blown down by the Germans during their retreat, is visible to the left.
Date: April 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children Sweeping a German Street]

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.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Convoys in Germany]

Two photographs taken in Germany. In the top photo, a convoy moves through a German village in Bavaria. The pink panels on the roof of several vehicles indicate friendly troops to aircraft. In the bottom photo, another convoy moves through a German town heading for Murnau, Germany and the Austrian Alps.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Photograph of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The tail of the jet is camouflaged and the vertical tail fin is painted with a white background and a swastika. The tail has been broken off and is lying on top of the left wing. "Jet German Plane" is handwritten on the lower portion of the photo.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Photograph of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The tail of the jet is camouflaged and the vertical tail fin is painted with a white background and a swastika. The tail has been broken off and is lying on top of the left wing.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Standing by a Covered 155mm Gun]

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.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Standing in Front of a Truck]

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.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double Exposed Photograph of a Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Photograph of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The photo has a double exposure effect, with one image of a soldier sitting on the jet's tail fin while holding a carbine and the other image showing a man sitting in the fuselage of the camouflaged vehicle.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double Exposed Photograph of a Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Photograph of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The photo has a double exposure effect, with one image of a soldier sitting on the jet's tail fin while holding a carbine and the other image showing a man sitting in the fuselage of the camouflaged vehicle.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eight Soldiers]

Photograph of eight unidentified soldiers from A Company of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion posing together in front of a tree in Germany. A field and trees are visible in the background.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Entering Nassig]

Copy photograph of the first infantrymen arriving at the barn to the left. Tanks drive towards the town. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German Prisoners in Nassig]

Copy photograph of German prisoners of war gathered in Nassig. They were captured by the 66th Armored Infantry Battalion troops with 43rd Tank Battalion tanks in support. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gun Motor Carriage Stuck in a Peat Bog]

Photograph of a U.S. Army gun motor carriage with its rear half bogged down in peat. One soldier stands on top of the vehicle while another stands in front and inspects the tracks. A caption on the reverse notes that the photograph was taken at the foot of the Alps.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John Vitolo Leaning Against a Covered 150mm Gun]

Photograph of John Vitolo Leaning against a 155mm gun that is covered and hanging off the back of a truck. Two wooden houses are visible in the background and an army truck can be seen to the left.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Liberated Concentration Camps]

Two photographs of the Landsberg Prison in Germany. In the top photo, the corpses of prisoners are laid out, while soldiers of the 12th Armored Division dig a mass grave in the background. In the bottom photo, several people walk in front of barracks for inmates, which were partially built into the ground. A wagon to the left is piled with the bodies of deceased inmates.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lt. Gaynes in Germany]

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes standing in front of a military Jeep pulled to the side of the road in Dillingen, Germany. Another Jeep and several buildings are visible in the background.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Military Personnel Standing in Front of Treatment Center]

Photograph of United States military personnel gathered on the steps outside of a half-timbered building. Captain Earl and Captain Pipell are located at the top left. John Battles, Leone, Roeder, and Dalton are sitting. A man identified as Hallenbeck stands in the foreground.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Burning German Town]

Photograph of a German town in the distance, with smoke rising from the buildings.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of German Neighborhood]

Photograph of a residential street in Germany, with two military jeeps parked on the street lined with houses.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History