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[Bodies on the Ground]

Photograph of bodies on the ground in Landsberg, Germany.
Date: April 28, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Crossing a Bridge in Schwabmünchen]

Photograph of tanks and uniformed American soldiers crossing a bridge in Schwabmünchen, Germany. Soldiers can be seen riding atop the tanks as well as walking beside them.
Date: April 27, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 1st Platoon, Company A, 56th Armored Infantry Battalion]

Photograph of a large group of soldiers posing together in front of a building. A typed caption below the photo says "Members of 1st Platoon, Company A, 56th Armored Infantry Battalion, pause for photo after capturing Burgau, Germany, April 25, 1945. Photo by Robert V. Oakes, Davenport, Iowa."
Date: April 25, 1945
Creator: Oakes, Robert V.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Guarding the Dillingen Bridge]

Photograph of uniformed American soldiers watching the Dillingen Bridge from a tank. One of the soldiers crouches and aims a rifle, while another sits on top of the tank's turret and mans a machine gun. The bridge spans the Danube River.
Date: April 22, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Raising Flag, Nuernberg Shrine

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.
Date: April 21, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Half-Tracks in Dinkelsbühl, Germany]

Photograph of half-tracks carrying American soldiers through a brick street in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Stone buildings line the road. The photo is shot through a sidewalk arch which contains woman holding a child.
Date: April 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ed Goeppinger]

Photograph of Ed Goeppinger posing in front of a building on his 20th birthday on April 19, 1945. He wears a helmet and has binoculars around his neck.
Date: April 19, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Column of Tanks March to Nuremberg]

Photograph of a column of tanks waiting beside a forest. Sever have soldiers sitting on top of their hulls or standing beside them.
Date: April 16, 1945
Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Repairing Damage at Oschenfurt, Germany]

Photograph of groups of uniformed and helmeted U.S. soldiers in the streets of Oschenfurt, Germany, and attending to repairs. A street in the foreground has been reduced to rubble, and nearby soldiers carry blocks of stone. Intact buildings of timber and stone stand in the background.
Date: April 16, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sherman Tank in Germany]

Photograph of a Sherman tank plowing through the destruction in the town of Schweinfurt, Germany. All of the buildings have been damaged and the road is completely torn up, a result of constant bombing.
Date: April 11, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German Prisoners of War]

Photograph of German prisoners of war walking in a column in Wurzburg, Germany. There are other soldiers and a truck on the road. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Henry Taylor Among Debris]

Photograph of Henry Taylor standing among the debris of a house in Giebelstadt, Germany.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hole in Turret]

Photograph of a hole in the turret of a tank.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sgt. Walter Lehman]

Photograph of Sergeant Walter Lehman with a gun at his side. There is a building in the background.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Donald Hoppe By Truck]

Photograph of Donald Hoppe standing against a truck in Germany.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Fred Lefavour]

Photograph of Fred Lefavour standing next to a hole in the ground. There is a truck parked in front of a building in the background.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Guy Arcaris]

Photograph of Guy Arcaris standing next to a truck. There is a building in the background.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Jerry Duhan]

Photograph of Jerry Duhan standing in front of a truck.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John Crowley]

Photograph of John Crowley standing in the rubble of a house. He holds a kitchen pot in one hand.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of William Carmody]

Photograph of William Carmody leaning against the side of a truck in Giebelstadt, Germany.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[66th AIB Mortar Crews]

Copy photograph of 66th Armored Infantry Battalion mortar crews set up in the middle of a field outside the German town of Nassig. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Battlefield Outside Nassig]

Copy photograph of the battlefield outside the German town of Nassig, where the 43rd Tank Battalion fought. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Car]

Photograph of a soldier driving a car near railroad tracks. A handwritten note on the front of the photo says "Our car, Landsburg."
Date: April 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tanks and Supporting Units]

Copy photograph of tanks and supporting units in a field outside the German town of Nassig. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History