Photograph of soldier Bill Bowling posing with his wife Zella, who holds a bag by her side. A building is visible in the background.

Photograph of nine helmeted U.S. Army soldiers standing in a row beside a medical station. The station, left, is a structure with a single visible window and the image of a dark cross on a white square. The soldiers are visible from shoulders up. They are identified as Addock, Ewing, Lieutenant Ray, Nat, Leone, Dan, Quillman, Thomas, and Captain Halpern.

Photograph of Charlie Staples standing in front of a barracks at Camp Barkeley.

Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers posing among rocks and small shrubs that lie below large stone building. A cement stairway leads down from the building to the rocky area. The soldiers are identified from the top left as Dan Melli, Jackie, John, Davis, and Ross.

Photograph of the elderly Monsieur and Madame Forrestre standing together in their garden on Rue Sauvage in Auffay, France. Monsieur Forrestre wears a flat cap, waistcoat, and pants while his wife wears a dark dress. Nathan Levine and Dan Melli billeted with the couple.

Photograph of soldier Walter Hacker standing with his wife Elsie. A building is visible in the background.

Photograph of nine uniformed soldiers near a lean-to. Three helmeted men on the left look down at a man kneeling by a bucket. Two men are under the shade of the lean-to. To the right, a mustached soldier holds a hammer over another soldier who is bending over.

Photograph of three uniformed soldiers from the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion together in front of a corrugated tin building. Two of the soldiers wear helmets and stand on either side of a sitting man. The building has straw and canvas on its roof. Clothes hang from a nearby tree branch to the right.

Photograph of nine soldiers with the Advance Detachment near Cherbourg, France, goofing off at the rear of a truck. On the right, a soldier stoops down to pick up a metal bucket, and the man behind him holds up a hammer. Another man in the middle of the photo sits on the ground in front of a bucket, and the other four look at him.

Photograph of Carl J. Lyons and two friends outside their barracks at Auffey, France.

Photograph of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion billets in Auffey, France. There are helmets and crates outside the billet.

Photograph of a soldier, Van Haulkon, standing next to a donkey on a dirt road at Camp Ennis.

Postcard with an illustration of a town in the country, with a horse pulling a cart on the street. Typed text on the back of the photo says "Chanctonbury Ring, Washington, Sussex." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania says, "Dear Helen and all. This is a typical scene of this country and represents it quite well. The fireplace is doing quite well and we just had a little food with some toasted bread over the fire place. Snowing a bit out now. Bro Woodward, Woodrow W. Aten."

Photograph of John Pado, Lee Baird, C. Smith, and R. Castell squatting near a small tent, with other tents and soldiers in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Hijinks with advance detachment near Cherbourg, France. November, 1944."

Photograph of a large group of soldiers in the field in Anglesville, France, November 1944. A number of men are identified on the image with the names Eaton, Hoeweler, Guthrie, Drawers, Orzel, Deyton, Czecha, Callihan, Danielson, Biesman, Scott, Brown, Bixley, Anderson, Booth, Roszman, Harms and Lovelace.

Postcard of a lake surrounded with trees, with mountains in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo is addressed to Mr. T. W. Whitefield in Durham, North Carolina: "Dear Folks, Just a note to let you know I'm now in France. Will write more when we get settled. I'm doing ok and hope all of you are too. Write soon. May God bless you. Your devoted son, Clarence."

Photograph of three men outside a shelter, ready to receive visitors. Taken at Auffey, France, November 1944.

Photograph of three soldiers standing outside of their hut. The photo reads: "A Co. 17th AIB ready to receive visitors."