[American Soldiers on a Sidewalk]

Photograph of uniformed American soldiers walking on a sidewalk to the right of a road. Buildings loom over both sides of the road, and a jeep drives nearby.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tony Antonowich Rising From a Bunk]

Photograph of Tony Antonowich wearing a pair of shorts while sitting up on his bunk. William Giannopoulos reclines in the bunk beside Antonowich. Two bottles sit on a table in the foreground nearby.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Standing in Doorway of a Maintenance Van]

Photograph of a uniformed soldier standing in the open doorway at the rear of a maintenance van. Three gas cans hang from the rear of the vehicle to the left and right of the doors. The soldier is focusing on an object within his hands. "Munich" is handwritten at the bottom right portion of the photo.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Kneeling with Hose]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos kneeling on the ground while spraying a hose to the right. He is smiling and wears a soft cap, glasses, jacket, and U.S. Army uniform. Trucks can be seen parked in front of and to the right of a corrugated metal door behind him.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[War Damaged Buildings]

Photograph of two buildings that have been damaged during the course of war. Piles of rubble lie between them.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers on an M4 Tank]

Photograph of three uniformed soldiers on an M4 tank and under the tank's T-34 Calliope rocket launcher. Two men sit on the vehicle while another has partially lifted himself up on the side. Trucks can be seen in the background.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Soldiers Under a Tent Canopy]

Photograph of two uniformed soldiers standing under a tent canopy that hangs beside a building with a tiled roof. A table laden with plates and a crate stands next to a stack of small barrels on the right.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Repairing an M5 Tank]

Photograph of an M5 tank that is parked in a field and being repaired by a soldier. The glacis plate has been removed from the front of the tank exposing wires and machinery. The soldier is leaning over the open hood of the tank.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers with a Truck]

Photograph of three uniformed and helmeted soldiers in front of a covered U.S. Army truck. The man in the center of the group sits on the truck's hood while the other two lean against it. Two other soldiers can be seen walking towards a structure in the background to the right.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two GMC CCKW Trucks with Open Hoods]

Photograph of two trucks parked outside of an obscured building. The trucks have attached ordnance maintenance shops on their beds. These shops have a series of grated windows visible on either side, as well as encircled stars painted on their doors. Their hoods are open. A human figure is lying down next to the truck on the left.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Hugging a Tree]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos leaning forward against a tree and hugging it with his arms. He looks towards the camera and wears a soft cap and uniform. A four-story building of the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy is visible in the background. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note that says "Who is drunk - The tree or me."
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Saluting in Front of a House]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos standing in front of a dark brick house and saluting toward the camera. He is wearing a khaki uniform and glasses.
Date: July 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Playing a Backwards Fiddle]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos holding a fiddle by its body with its pegboard under his chin. The dark haired man wears glasses, a wristwatch, and a white Texas Aggies tee shirt. A blurry man behind the fiddle wears a uniform and garrison cap while splaying his fingers out from the sides of his head. This man is identified as Boskev. The two men are standing outdoors on a path that leads towards white three-story buildings.
Date: December 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Specialized Training Program Dormitory]

Photograph of a three-story dormitory building at the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso, Texas. The walls of the building have a slight diagonal tilt away from the low roof.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers Sitting on an M4 Tank]

Photograph of three uniformed soldiers sitting on top of an M4 tank and in front of the tank's T-34 Calliope rocket launcher. Another Calliope can be seen in the background. "Augsburg, Germany" is handwritten along the bottom of the photo.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos with a Gas Mask]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos holding a gas mask in front of his face. The dark haired man is wearing a uniform and spectacles. Rocky terrain and a building of the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy are visible behind him. The note on the reverse side of the image says that he had trouble wearing the mask due to his eyeglasses.
Date: December 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Workers Among Soldiers]

Photograph of a pair of uniformed women from the Red Cross standing among uniformed American soldiers. Jeeps can be seen behind the crowd in the background. "Germany" is handwritten along the lower right portion of the photo.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Standing Beside a Truck]

Photograph of a uniformed soldier standing beside the driver's side door of a covered truck. A house and a disc harrow are partially visible on the right side of the photo.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double Exposed Photograph of a Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Photograph of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The photo has a double exposure effect, with one image of a soldier sitting on the jet's tail fin while holding a carbine and the other image showing a man sitting in the fuselage of the camouflaged vehicle.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Statue of a Man and a Horse]

Photograph of a sculpture of a man sitting next to a horse. The statue stands to the side of a road that has the rear end of a car visible to the left.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Standing by a Truck]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos wearing a soft cap, glasses, scarf, and jacket while standing beside a U.S. Army truck. The truck has lettering painted along its hood and an encircled star painted on its door. The reverse side of the contains a note from his wife, Kathryn, regarding the scarf that he's wearing.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers in Front of a Fence]

Photograph of three uniformed and helmeted soldiers standing in front of a picket fence that surrounds a two-story building and a yard filled with bushes. A sign on the fence says "Service Sector" and hangs between the men.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

1st 134th Battalion Reunion

Photograph of a group of men standing in a room during the first reunion of of the 134th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion. The men are holding mugs of beer towards a central point while smiling at the camera.
Date: [1946..1947]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Building with Statuary]

Photograph of a building that has ornately carved pillars and arches as well as three sculptures built into recesses on the walls. The statue in the center is the full figure of a man standing on a pedestal, while the other two are partial figures of women that are built into much shallower recesses. People and other buildings can be seen to the right. The angle of the photo is tilted, and the word "Germany" is handwritten along the bottom.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History