[Station Hospital at Camp Barkeley, Texas]

Photograph of Camp Barkeley's station hospital and it's courtyard. The one story building has several pairs of windows along its side and is topped by three metal chimneys. A stone pillar topped by a stylized statue of an eagle bears a relief of a caduceus. Three trees stand around this pillar. A fenced-in pool has a raised statue of a stylized bull at its center.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Liberated Polish Soldiers and Prisoners of War]

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.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Standing by a Covered 155mm Gun]

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.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nathan Levine Resting Outside Evacuation Station]

Photograph of Nathan Levine kneeling underneath the tent structure of an evacuation station. He is holding a helmet under his arm and kneels beside a blanket covered with a frying pan.
Date: September 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim River Main]

Photographs of street scenes in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top photograph shows a narrow street with houses on the left side and a riverbank on the right. A caption points out that Wolfgang Mozart lived in the first house. The second photo features Captain Brookshire and First Sergeant B. Kasidlo standing in the middle of a street near an army truck. A dog named "Rolfe" stands between them, and a girl rides a bicycle near houses on the left. The bottom photo shows Brookshire and Lieutenant Samont standing in a road with an army truck behind them to the right.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John Vitola and Another Soldier]

Photograph of John Vitola and another soldier standing together in front of the plywood wall of a quarters. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps. Vitola drapes his left arm over the other man's shoulder.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Six Soldiers Posing by Tents]

Photograph of six uniformed and helmeted soldiers posing together in front of two tents. Four men stand behind two crouching men. Three of the men are identified as Dan Melli, Irving Denemark, and Nathan Levine.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Joseph Franzone Standing by a Row of Tents]

Photograph of Joseph Franzone standing on a field in front of a row of tents. He is wearing a cap and a U.S. Army uniform. Another soldier is reclining on the grass behind him.
Date: September 30, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Christmas Decorations in the 82d Medical Battalion Mess Hall]

Photograph of the 82d Medical Battalion's mess hall at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Benches and covered tables are arranged in a horseshoe pattern, leaving an open section of floor. The tables are set with plates and cups. Fir branches and tinsel adorn the surrounding windows.
Date: December 25, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim]

Photographs of scenes from around Rüsselsheim, Germany following the American occupation. The top photo features Dan Melli sitting on a low brick wall in front of a dispensary with Thomas Walsh leaning through a window. The next photo features men identified as Magnani, Technical Sergeant Nelson, Ferdinand Caravelli, and Captain Brookshire standing together in front of a row of homes. The final picture has Dan Melli standing next to the provocatively posed Technical Sergeant Nelson.
Date: August 22, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gerry Ottaviano and Dan Melli Standing by Ruined Buildings]

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.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Scrapbook, Page 1]

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.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nathan Levine Standing Outside Evacuation Station]

Photograph of Nathan Levine standing in front of the tent structure of an evacuation station. He is wearing an Army uniform, helmet, and a satchel. The man with his hands crossed in the background is Lieutenant Kurtz. Trees covered the background.
Date: September 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers Together in a Woodland]

Photograph of U.S. Army soldiers Dan Melli, Bernikow, and Irving Denemark standing together in a woodland. They are wearing army uniforms. Melli and Denemark are carrying bedrolls on their backs. Other soldiers are visible in the background to the right.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Lined Up Beside a Medical Station]

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.
Date: November 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Gathered Around a Maintenance Truck]

Photograph of several United States Army members gathered around an army maintenance truck. Some sit at the truck's side, inside its open doors, on its covered trailer, and against the stone wall of a half-timbered building. The blurry image of a running boy is visible to the left of the trailer.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Private Irving Denemark Standing by Tents]

Photograph of Private Irving Denemark wearing a U.S. Army uniform, helmet, and satchel. He is standing on a pebble-strewn dirt path in front of a group of tents.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim - October 18, 1945]

Photographs of Dan Melli and Nathan Levine taken around Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top photograph features Dan Melli playing a bass drum while Nathan Levine sits to the right. Covered mess hall tables appear on either side of the picture. The second photo shows Melli and Levine walking together outside of a half-timbered building. The third photo shows Melli and Levine in a dark room. Melli holds a Coca-Cola bottle, and three other bottles stand on a shelf between the two men.
Date: October 18, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Men beginning to be discharged!]

Photographs of soldiers preparing to be discharged and leave Germany. The first photo involves a First Sergeant calling out while holding a paper. Soldiers mill about to the right, with Ferdinand Caravelli looking towards the camera. The middle-left photo shows Joe Hurt carrying a full sack over his back and standing in a street. The middle-right photo shows Nathan Levine standing in front of a German theater. The bottom photo is a close up of Dan Melli and a man named John. They are smiling, standing in front of a wall, and wearing shirts and ties.
Date: September 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli and Irving Denemark in a Wooded Area]

Photograph of Dan Melli and Irving Denemark standing together in a wooded area. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, helmets, and bedrolls.
Date: September 29, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Susselman, Dan Melli, and Richard Johns by a Building]

Photograph of Susselman, Dan Melli, and Richard Johns standing next to a wooden two-story building. Susselman is wearing an O'Reilly General Hospital tee shirt. Melli wears a loose buttoned shirt. Johns wears a soft cap and a U.S. Army uniform with an unbuttoned jacket.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: September 1945, Dispensary - Rüsselsheim]

Photographs of Dan Melli in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first photograph shows Melli holding a needle over a cream carafe in a shadowy room. Jars and equipment lie on a covered table to the left. A stethoscope hangs on the wall behind Melli, and a small china hutch sits to the right of him. The bottom photograph features Melli standing in front of the dispensary with a young German girl named Hannala.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History