Photograph of a cement bridge that crosses the Danube at Dillingen, Germany. Trees and shrubs are visible along the distant riverbank.

Photograph of landscape in Blauburen, Germany. A brook flows past trees and fenced yards. A house can be seen at the foot of a wooded hill in the background.

Photograph of Chaplain Falbauer wearing a U.S. Army uniform and helmet while sitting in the passenger seat of a covered jeep. Bags sit under the windshield, a gas can hangs near the open door, and bundles are visible hanging off of the back.

Photograph of two German girls sweeping debris from a street with brooms while United States military personnel and other adults move around medical trucks. Various buildings line the street.

Photograph of Dan Melli and another soldier kneeling outdoors and looking down the sights of their rifles. A brick building with a tiled roof is located behind the men. Clothing and a rug hang from wooden poles near the house.

Photograph of Dan Melli leaning out of a window of a surgical truck. The truck bears the image of a cross inside of a white square.

Photograph of Dan Melli wearing swim trunks and standing on a rocky beach in Nice, France. The Mediterranean Sea is visible behind him.

Photographs of Dan Melli in and around the envirions of Blaubeuren, Germany. The image on the top left shows an American military parked by a Blaubeuren sign at a railroad station. The top right image shows Dan Melli sitting by a medical truck that has "Louise" written on its covering. The center picture features a blurry soldier standing in front of a captured German train with piles of open crates nearby. Dan Melli poses with a wrought iron fence on the bottom left, and with two young German children on the bottom right.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing near a dirt road and wielding shaving implements. He is holding a safety razor under an open water pipe to the right, and he gestures towards the camera with a straight object. Melli is wearing an a-shirt and has shaving cream applied to his face. Two soldiers working with crates behind a truck in the background.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing near a mirror and brushing shaving cream onto his face. He is holding safety razor in his right hand. Carts, an open plain, and a road are visible in the background.

Photograph of Dan Melli sitting on a railing outside of Furst Chateau, a two-story brick building. Melli is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and sitting on the railing of a stairway that leads downward into a basement. There are two rows of windows with shutters.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing inside of a shadowy building over a pot filled with water. Another soldier stands nearby, but both he and Melli have their torsos outside of the camera's view.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing in front of a 155mm gun that has been covered with canvas. Behind him, a surgical truck sits between two wooden houses.

Photograph of Dan Melli wearing a U.S. Army uniform and standing by a sign erected on the side of a road. The sign is printed with "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of the 12th Armd Division." A tree and shrubs are visible behind him. Short rails and posts line the road to the right.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing in front of an Army truck. He is wearing a field jacket and is smiling. The rear end of another vehicle is shown close up to the right.

Photograph of Dan Melli wearing a U.S. Army uniform and standing with a uniformed French soldier. The French soldier holds a rifle by his side. Behind them stands a column, an arch, an ornate wall, and an armless statue of woman.

Photograph of Dan Melli and Robert Goodthunder standing in a street beside a medical truck and in front of a jeep. Trees and hills are visible in the background.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing to the side of a medical truck and writing the name "Louise" on its canvas covering. Melli is wearing a U.S. Army uniform.

Photograph of Dan Melli standing inside of a shadowy building while Everett Roeder looks in from the bright outdoors. Both are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, though Roeder also wears sunglasses and a soft cap. The caption on the reverse side declares that Melli was cooking steaks on a portable grill.

Photograph of ten Polish slave laborers sitting on the ground in front of a picket fence. Two wooden buildings are visible behind them.

Photograph of Gerry Ottaviano and Dan Melli wearing U.S. Army uniforms, coats, and helmets. They are standing in front of wrecked buildings that are missing walls and portions of their roofs. Rubble litters the ground around them and there is a cellar hole to the right of them.

Photograph of John Vitolo Leaning against a 155mm gun that is covered and hanging off the back of a truck. Two wooden houses are visible in the background and an army truck can be seen to the left.

Photograph of twelve liberated Polish prisoners of war by a wrought iron fence. Two men stand off to the left, while ten others pose for the camera. They are wearing a mixture of military uniforms and civilian clothes. A tree and half-timbered houses are visible behind them.

Photograph of Lieutenant Wagner and Captain Judicie sitting on the side of an army truck. The truck bears the image of a cross inside of a white square on its side. Two more trucks can be seen down the road. Wooden buildings and attached picket fences line the road.