Photograph of American soldiers carrying U.S. flags at the grandstand at Zeppelinfield in Nuremberg, Germany. The building is topped with a large stone swastika that is being covered by a U.S. flag.

Photograph of a squatting soldier and a young child in front of a pond. They are looking at a group of young ducks that are gathered in the foreground.

Photograph of two uniformed and helmeted U.S. soldiers standing next to a truck. "Angela II" is painted upon the lower portion of the truck's open door. The two men are identified as Homer Petross' squad leader and his truck driver, Willard Pottinger. A two story building stands behind them.

Photograph of a concrete military pillbox fortification that is topped with a cylindrical turret. The structure is built into the earth. The small figures of two people can be seen standing to the far right.

Photograph of armed Allied soldiers moving over hills of rubble in Nuremberg, Germany. A few walls and building frames remain among the debris.

Photograph of a four United States tanks parked under a pair of tall brick buildings. A detached trailer sits in front of the tanks to the left.

Photograph of Homer Petross manning a machine gun that is mounted on top of a U.S. Army half-track. "Angela II" is painted along the bottom of the vehicle's right door.

Photograph of a bombed-out German building that stands behind a railroad track. Most of the walls that would be facing the track normally are now gone. Rubble is piled up around the building's bottom level.

Photograph of Homer Petross sitting for a portrait. The smiling man is wearing a dress uniform, garrison cap, wire-rimmed glasses, and a cross over his left chest.

Photograph of a group of uniformed German soldiers running down a road that passes beside a windowed building.

Photograph of Homer Petross standing to the right of a captured German 7.5 cm Pak 40 (Panzerabwehrkanone 40) anti-tank gun. Petross is wearing glasses and a U.S. Army uniform. The gun is on a wheeled carriage and has a steel shield at its base. Two wooden buildings stand in the background.

Photograph of Homer Petross kneeling beside a young blonde girl and hugging her. Two boys can be seen behind them sitting near a pond. Two young ducks are located on the ground in front of Petross. Three houses can be seen across the pond in the background.

Photograph of the burnt ruins of Adolf Hitler's Berghof, a residence in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Smoke curls behind a barren tree which stands in front of a earthen slope. The house stands to the right and has blackened walls and broken windows. A soldier can be seen standing near a brick wall in front of the building.

Photograph of an ox-drawn wagon laden with hay that is moving through a town. Small trees and buildings line the left side of the road.

Photograph of Homer Petross speaking into a microphone in front of a congregation at the Farmers Branch Church of Christ. He is wearing a World War II era helmet and Army uniform.

Photograph of two German buildings. The leftmost building is an open woodshed with boards piled at its sides. The stone house in the background is two stories tall and has double windows spaced regularly along its side.

Photograph of Homer Petross standing to the right of a friend doing a handstand. The two men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms.

Photograph of a pair of railroad tracks that run toward a destroyed concrete bridge.

Photograph of two German soldiers training with an MG-42 machine gun. One soldier lies on the ground behind the weapon, while another kneels to its side. Farm buildings are visible in the background.

Photograph of a group of uniformed and helmeted soldiers walking through a forest beside an armored tracked vehicle. Smoke creates an obscuring haze across the photo.

Photograph of Homer Petross wearing a U.S. Army uniform, chest ribbon, wire-rimmed glasses, and a garrison cap. He also wears identification tags around his neck.

Photograph of a snow plow covered underneath a field of snow. The cabin and exhaust pipe of the plow is visible above the snow. Bare trees can be seen trailing behind the vehicle.

Photograph of a German barn where Allied trucks were stored. A man and three women stand at the wide open door of the barn while holding long-hafted tools. Wooden framed carts stand in the foreground. A half-timbered farmhouse is visible to the left. The note on the reverse side of the image say that American soldiers stayed here during the final push of the European theater of World War II.

Photograph of military personnel and armored vehicles traveling down a German street. Damaged buildings line the street, and piles of rubble are located on either side of the street in the foreground.