Photograph of a German officer wearing a dress uniform and peaked cap. He is holding his belt. The room he is in has a lightly hued wall, a dark curtain, and an ornate tiled floor.

Photograph of a uniformed and helmeted American soldier sitting under a tree and holding a rifle.

Photograph of a uniformed and helmeted American soldier sitting under a tree and holding a rifle.

Photograph of a smiling soldier wearing a soft cap, shirt, and jacket. The man has dark hair, beard stubble, and exposed chest hair. Train cars with people standing their doorways are visible behind the soldier.

Photograph of American soldiers posing together in front of a group of trees outdoors. Six are standing behind three men on the ground. The men are in various states of dress. The helmeted man on the left and the jacket man on the right both have firearms slung over their shoulders.

Photograph of two uniformed and helmeted soldiers standing in front under a tree. They are both holding an end of a lightly colored snake.

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.

Drawing of several boxcars on a railroad trestle that passes beside small houses and trees to its right.

Drawing of several boxcars on one of several railroad tracks. People can be seen standing on several of the cars.

Photograph of the members of the Second Platoon of Company C of the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion. The reverse side of the photo identifies each of the helmeted and uniformed men, as well as indicates that only ten remaining by January 19, 1945.

Photograph of Jean de Lattre wearing a dress uniform with metallic buttons, ribbons over his left breast pocket, and patches along his left shoulder. He is wearing a kepi hat with a thin brim.

Photograph of three soldiers on an M4 tank. Two of the soldiers are standing behind the tank's turret and look to the left with binoculars, while the other man sits within a hatch on the tank's turret. The reverse side of the photo has a note that says they were testing sandbag and armor plate reinforcement on tanks.

Photograph of Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr., Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch, and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley standing together and talking.

Photograph of an American tank crossing a pontoon bridge that spans the Rhine River. Soldiers can be seen on top of the tank and walking along the bridge. Remnants of a stone bridge can be seen in the river to the right. These piles of rubble lead up to an ornate bridge archway. The stone archway has a damaged roof and two turrets that would have framed the bridge.

Photograph of jeeps and tanks located around two half-timbered German houses. One jeep is coming through a fence to the left. Between the two homes, two jeeps are parked in a row and another tank is parked beside them. Helmeted soldiers can be seen standing around or on top of the right tank. A forested hill rises behind the two houses on the right. The reverse side of the photo has a note that indicates that the group was in combat.

Photograph of a uniformed soldier named Ralph van Buren. He is wearing a gun holster for a Walther P-38 pistol on his right hip. His left leg is propped up on an armored car's foot rail. Two trees and a house are visible behind the car.

Drawing of Adrian Mariluch smiling and wearing a jacket, tie, and garrison cap. A note on the reverse side of the photo says that he was a member of Company A of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion and killed in Herrlisheim, Germany.

Photograph of a column of tanks waiting beside a forest. Sever have soldiers sitting on top of their hulls or standing beside them.

Drawing of Edward Ostrach smiling and wearing a buttoned shirt and helmet. A note on the reverse side of the photo says that he was a member of Company A of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion and killed in Herrlisheim, 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.

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.

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.

Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named Arlo Ward as he stands in front of a half-track named "Amelia Kate." A row of houses can be seen behind fences on the right.

Photograph of five young women standing within the doorway of a boxcar at a rail yard in Augsburg, Germany. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note that says these are Israeli women who were released from the Buchenwald concentration camp.