Month

[Man on Jeep in Camp Berkeley]

Photograph of a man in a mechanic uniform standing with one foot in the cab of a Jeep. The picture was taken in Camp Berkeley, Texas.
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Standing on Tank]

Photograph of a young soldier standing on a broken down tank on a dirt road. A note on the back of the photo lists details about the King Tiger Royal Kraut Tank.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Last Resistance in Auland]

Photograph of a smoke cloud obscuring a city along a dirt road where a tank travels. The text below the picture reads "Wiping last resistance out of Auland, Austria."
Date: May 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jeep at Lake Abilene]

Photograph of a group of soldiers Boyd, Kelly, and Doughty on a Jeep that was stuck in the mud at Lake Abilene in Texas.
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier and Jerry Jet Plane]

Photograph of a soldier standing near a plane landed in a field, in Augsburg, Germany. Note on front says "ME-262." Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Me and a Jerry Jet-plane."
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Adjutant General's Office to Robert L. Downey - May 4, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from the Adjutant General's Office to Robert L. Downey - May 4, 1950]

Letter from the Office of the Adjutant General awarding First Lieutenant Robert L. Downey a bronze star medal.
Date: May 4, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History