The Fighter (Abilene Army Air Field, Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1945 (open access)

The Fighter (Abilene Army Air Field, Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1945

Weekly newspaper published by Special Service at Abilene Army Air Field, Abilene, Texas, that includes news and advertising of interest to United States Army Air Force personnel at Abilene Army Air Field and Avenger Army Air Field.
Date: August 31, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim - August 31, 1945]

Photographs of Dan Melli and John and Joe Hurt in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top four photographs show the men consorting with two very young girls identified as Hannala and Greshia. The picture on the top left has the two blonde children standing alone by a picket fence. The image to the top right has Melli kneeling between them and embracing them. The second image on the left has Joe Hurt embracing the girls. The second photo on the right shows both Hurt and Melli sitting with the girls on the hood of an army jeep. The next photo shows Melli and Hurt leaning against the jeep with two young German children leaning against a fence to the left. The final photo features John and Joe Hurt sitting on the jeep's hood.
Date: August 31, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History