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Mrs. L. M. Sinclair (open access)

Mrs. L. M. Sinclair

Letter from L. M. "Buddy" Sinclair to his wife, Katie. Buddy was stationed in France at the time of this letter around February, 1945.
Date: 1945-02~
Creator: Sinclair, L. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[General DeGaulle Leaving Notre Dame]

Photograph of President DeGaulle's car leaving Franklin D. Roosevelt's memorial service at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris France during April 1945.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elridge Hubert sitting on a Jeep in Paris]

Photograph of Elridge Hubert in Paris. He is holding a large snowball and sitting on the hood of a Jeep.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elridge Hubert at University of Paris in 1945]

Photograph of Elridge Hubert sitting under a snow-covered evergreen tree outside of the University of Paris.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elridge Hubert at University of Paris in 1945]

Photograph of Elridge Hubert standing in the snow outside of the University of Paris in 1945. There is an Army Jeep parked in the street behind him.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Colonel Nicholas Novosel]

Photograph of Colonel Nicholas Novosel wearing a helmet and coat while smoking a cigarette. The arm of Captain Butler is partially visible to the left.
Date: January 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in a Snowy Copse]

Photograph of John Bernier, Stephen Dulleba, and Peter Garofolo standing together in a snowy copse of trees. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, with Dulleba and Garofolo wearing white armbands bearing crosses. Bernier props himself up against the snowy half of a tree trunk.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers Posing Outside of Furst Chateau]

Photograph of three uniformed American soldiers posing together outside of Furst Chateau, a two-story brick building with two rows of windows with shutters. Dan Melli, Czarneke, and Nathan Levine are standing together under a central window.
Date: February 21, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Boxcar Doorway]

Photograph of soldiers, including one identified as Jake and Leonard M. Kornman, standing in the open doorway of a boxcar on the way to the port of Le Havre.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street in Herrlisheim]

Photograph of a muddy street in Herrlisheim after a battle in January 1945. Some of the houses are in ruins, and tanks are visible in the background.
Date: January 17, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nurse with Two Soldiers]

Photograph of J. F. X. Hennessey, nurse Lt. Ava Jane Biggerstaff, and Ralph Smith standing at a railing at the U. S. Army 3rd General Hospital in Marseille, France.
Date: January 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Zane Jones]

Photograph of Zane Jones wearing a coat and smiling for the camera. "Paris 1945" appears in a sunburst on the lower left portion of the photo. "Just call me Curly" is written in faded marker across Jones' collar.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers in Riem]

Photograph of John Thomas, Victor Perry, and Jack Blanche posing together in Riems, France.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographs of E. J. Simons and Others in Various Locations]

Four scanned photographs featuring E. J. Simons and other uniformed American soldiers at various locations in Europe. The original photos were taped onto a sheet of paper along with captions. The photo on the top right features soldiers identified as Joe, Ucyroski, and E. J. "Spike" Simons sitting on a bench in Paris, France. A stone wall, trees, and a statue are visible behind them. The next photo features Simons standing between two soldiers and a view of the Eiffel Tower in the background. The third photo has soldiers named Armstrong and Tummons sitting with Simons in a room in Germany. An open window and overhead fixture provide light. Armstrong sits on a sofa to the left, Tummons sits on a dressing table in the center, and Simons sitting to the right. The bottom photo shows two soldiers and Simons standing in front of the American Red Cross' Rainbow Corner club in Paris, France.
Date: {1945~,1945-06-06}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girl Posing With Gun]

Photograph of an unidentified girl posing with a German 88 anti-aircraft gun near Herrlisheim. Another gun is visible in the background.
Date: July 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers Sitting in Furst Chateau's Doorway]

Photograph of three uniformed American soldiers sitting together in the entryway of a brick building called Furst Chateau. The seated men are John Vitolo, Nathan Levine, and Murray Davis. The men wear white armbands with images of crosses.
Date: February 21, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in France]

Copy print of five soldiers in France. The three in the rear are Russell Spencer, Ricky Staub, and Roy Strange. Bill Collins and James Czarnecki kneel in the front row.
Date: February 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Madrill Flora and the Maginot Line]

Three copy photographs taken in Europe during World War II. In the first photograph, Madrill Flora sits on top of a tank. The second photograph is top half of the tank in the first photo. The last photograph shows a cave on the Maginot Line.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Standing in a Hotel Park in Grasse, France]

Photograph of several men standing in a hotel's park in Grasse, France. Three men stand in the foreground. Longoni, a bald man wearing spectacles and a sports coat, stands to the left. Two uniformed U.S. Army soldiers, Dan Melli and Ed Feron, stand next to Longoni. Another soldier is walking in the background under palm trees. A hotel building with multiple balconies and ivy growing up its side is visible to the left.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Staging Area - Calas]

Photographs of the Calas staging area in France. The top image shows soldiers identified as Bernikow and Nathan Levine standing on an earthen field in front of a row of tents. The second picture, labeled "Our billet," is of a tent structure that with an open entryway. The bottom two photographs feature groups of two and three soldiers posing together in front of the tent billets.
Date: 1945-11-10/1945-11-22
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Repairing a Damaged Roof]

Photograph of people repairing the damaged roof of a stone building. Three men are standing on the roof near a hole with a ladder nearby. A man stands on a cart below them. A uniformed and helmeted U.S. Army soldier stands in front of the cart and looks towards the camera.
Date: February 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier in Herrlisheim]

Photograph of an unidentified solider walking down the muddy street in Herrlisheim a month after a battle there. A tank is visible to the right, and there are ruins and rubble on both sides of the street.
Date: February 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Boxcar]

Photograph of soldiers Seward and Jacobs sitting in a boxcar on the way to the port of Le Havre, France.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Worker Giving Coffee to Soldiers]

Photograph of a woman from the Red Cross passing out coffee and donuts to American soldiers in France. She is standing at the back of a covered truck that has speakers on its roof. The soldiers have been identified left to right as Max Rubenstein, Jack Dinkin, unknown, Irwin Sternlicht, and unknown.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History