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714th Tank Battalion Collection
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John H. Muth Collection
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John Muth Collection
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Baytown World War II Oral Histories
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56th Armored Infantry Battalion Collection
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James B. Kite, Sr. Collection
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Louis C. Britton Collection
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National WASP WWII Museum Collection
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Newsmap
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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
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[City Square of Brussels]
Postcard depicting the buildings and roads at the city square, called Place Brouckère, in Brussels. Many cars and people are visible on the roads, and there is a monument in the center of the square. The photo has been colored by hand.
Date:
[1940..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Stan Folkman and Women]
Photograph of a soldier standing behind two older women in the doorway of a home. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Folkman, Cites des Charbonnage."
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Command Post in Schmiede, Belgium]
Photograph of a street in Schmiede, Belgium. Houses are visible on the streets, and several children stand in front of white picket fences.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A German Railroad in Antwerp]
Photograph of a German railroad in Antwerp. The flatbed on the tracks is carrying a large gun.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kraut Prisoners of War]
Photograph of prisoners of war captured by First Lieutenant John Grimbal. The prisoners march down a road with an Army truck following behind.
Date:
December 17, 1944
Creator:
Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of Soldiers]
Photograph of a group of soldiers standing around a tank. A note on the back reads: "The day we were pulled out of St. Vith by the 82nd Airborne."
Date:
December 18, 1944
Creator:
Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Outside Building]
Photograph of a group of soldiers standing outside a building. They are identified as Cunningham, Ugent, Schmidf, Kinsinger, Ziegler, Gross, Dro, and Fox.
Date:
December 18, 1944
Creator:
Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Street Scene in St. Vith, Belgium]
Photograph of a street scene in St. Vith, Belgium. Army trucks drive down the road, which has buildings on either side.
Date:
December 18, 1944
Creator:
Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beer Wagon in Antwerp]
Photograph of a beer wagon being pulled by two horses in Antwerp. Two women and a man stand in the bottom right corner.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Draw Bridge in an Antwerp Harbor]
Photograph of a draw bridge of the harbor in Antwerp, Berlin. The bridge is up at the time of this picture.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Enck and Shafser in Antwerp]
Photograph of Roy Enck and Lloyd Shafser standing in uniform by a truck in Antwerp. There is a crowd of soldiers to the right.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A German Soldier Walking Along Line of Rail Cars]
Photograph of a line of rail cars. A flatbed is carrying a truck. In the distance there is a German soldier walking along the line of cars.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[German Soldiers Sitting on Flatbed Rail Cars]
Photograph of German soldiers resting on flatbed rail cars. One soldier is walking towards the men from down the tracks.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Getting in a Train]
Photograph of Allied soldiers getting on a train. The train is heading to Camp Top Hat near Antwerp, Belgium.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tent City]
Photograph of soldiers standing together in the middle of a tent city at Camp Top Hat.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three Vehicles Parked on a Sidewalk in Flanders]
Photograph of three motor vehicles parked along a sidewalk in a town in Flanders, Belgium.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. K. Griggs to Charles R. Griggs, March 27, 1945]
Letter from C. K. Griggs to his son Charles R. Griggs concerning daily life back home; the letter actually is written by Charles' mother as she says "Daddy and I were hot and hostess at the USO for Sunday night." Later she discusses the new lace cloth being made and saying that cloth at home runs "from 10 cents to 25 cents per yard."
Date:
March 27, 1945
Creator:
Griggs, C. K.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 6, 1945]
Letter to Cecile from her father about his dental health and the war.
Date:
May 6, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "War In Europe Over! Germany Quits!"]
Photocopy of a portion of The Shreveport Times front page and several articles for May 1945, including information about combat in Manila, the redeployment of 800 planes, the attack on Pearl Harbor, news of the end of World War II, and more are included.
Date:
May 7, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bass in Belgium]
Photograph of T/5 Charles F. Bass posing in uniform at Hasslet, Belgium.
Date:
October 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Eldon Kohler]
Photograph of Eldon Kohler in Brussels, profile facing to the left, wearing a dark-colored jacket. A multistory building can be seen in the background.
Date:
1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Moscow conference decisions
Front: Text describes 5 Moscow conference decisions. Maps: Moscow conference decisions as reflected on the global map. Includes photograph of Ernest Bevin (Britain), V. M. Molotov (Russia) and James F. Byrnes (U.S.) Back: Reenlistment. List of reasons to reenlist. Charts of income and retirement income for enlisted classes.
Date:
January 7, 1946
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Max Pila, 1993-1994
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Max Pila, a Holocaust survivor from Zlav, Poland. Pila discusses his family and Jewish background, antisemitism, the German invasion, life in the ghetto, executions, labor, transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, daily experience in internment, mining at Janina, the forced march to Bergen-Belsen, liberation, and life afterwards.
Date:
{1993-10-15,1994-04-01}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Pila, Max
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait of Private Dayton Simon O'Keefe]
Portrait of Private Dayton Simon O'Keefe with a caption on the photo saying this was taken at "Ft. Worth, Texas at the Wallace Studio May 10, 1943." The text on the slip at the bottom of the picture contains information about O'Keefe and his role in the military: "Dayton Simon O'Keefe Private Battery B, 190th Field Artillery Battalion # 3831117 Died November 12, 1944 in Belgium."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History