[Soldiers Posing with Armored Vehicles]

Photograph of two unidentified soldiers wearing uniforms with helmets posing with a half-track armored vehicle that is in a line of parked vehicles. One man is seated on the hood of the vehicle with his legs crossed and the other man is standing to the left. The line of vehicles includes another half-track vehicle partially visible at right and several tanks in the background. The vehicle hood is marked "U.S.A. W-403606" and there is a star on the side of the personnel section at the back.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Posing with Artillery Shells]

Photograph of four unidentified soldiers crouching near a series of large, pointed artillery shells that are laid out on a tarp in a grassy area. Two of the men are holding up shells in front of them while a third crouches behind them at left, and a fourth is seated on the tarp at right. Two other men are standing behind them, looking in the back of a half-track vehicle that is opened. Another vehicle is partially visible in the background at right.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Half-Track Vehicle]

Photograph of four uniformed soldiers in a half-track armored vehicle parked directly in front of a pine tree. One man is seated in the driver's seat and the others are standing in teh back, near the mounted artillery gun, which has a camouflaged cover over part of it.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers on a Boulder]

Photograph of three shirtless soldiers who are wearing slacks and garrison caps posing together at the top of a boulder. The man in the center is also wearing a necktie and has his arm around the waist of the man on the right.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Shaving Outdoors]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier seated in a forest clearing, looking at a mirror propped on a gas can while he shaves.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Parked Armored Military Vehicles]

Photograph of two lines of armored vehicles parked in a desert area, including two tanks at the front and four half-track vehicles with covers over the backs. Tents are visible in the background at left.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Standing on Stage During Kingsbury Visit]

Photograph of eight uniformed soldiers standing in a line on stage during a visit to Kingsbury Ordnance Plant while another soldier is standing at a microphone on the left side of the stage, but turning to face them. Two men wearing suits are seated on the right side of the image and behind all of the men, there is a decorative curtain and an extremely large flag that is partially visible above them. The line of soldiers are tentatively identified (left-to-right) as: unknown (at microphone), Cpl. Myles Gates, S/Sgt. Clarence Alexis, Capt. Gordon Sympson, T/5th Lars Larson, Pfc. Harry Gaby, Pfc. Louis Cocozza, Pfc. Leo Crivello, and Sgt. Jack Allen.
Date: 1944-12~
Creator: Todd & Brown, Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers on Stage During Ordnance Plant Visit]

Photograph of a group of uniformed soldiers seated in a line on stage during a visit to Kingsbury Ordnance Plant. Another soldier is standing and walking toward a man wearing a suit next to a microphone on the left side of the image and a second man wearing a suit is standing to the right of the seated soldiers, clapping. They are seated in front of a decorative curtain and an extremely large flag is partially visible above them. The seated soldiers are tentatively identified (left-to-right) as: S/Sgt. Clarence Alexis, Capt. Gordon Sympson, T/5th Lars Larson, Pfc. Harry Gaby, Pfc. Louis Cocozza, Pfc. Leo Crivello, and Sgt. Jack Allen.
Date: 1944-12~
Creator: Todd & Brown, Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sympson Speaking on Stage During Kingsbury Visit]

Photograph of a group of uniformed soldiers seated in a line on stage during a visit to Kingsbury Ordnance Plant while one soldier (possibly Capt. Gordon Sympson) is speaking at a microphone on the left side of the stage. They are seated in front of a decorative curtain and an extremely large flag is partially visible above them. The seated soldiers are tentatively identified (left-to-right) as: Cpl. Myles Gates, S/Sgt. Clarence Alexis, T/5th Lars Larson, Pfc. Harry Gaby, Pfc. Louis Cocozza, Pfc. Leo Crivello, and Sgt. Jack Allen. A ninth soldier is seated separately, next to a man wearing a suit, on the right side of the image.
Date: 1944-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Listening to Speaker on Stage]

Photograph of a group of uniformed soldiers seated in a line on stage during a visit to Kingsbury Ordnance Plant while a man wearing a suit is speaking at a microphone on the left side of the stage. They are seated in front of a decorative curtain and an extremely large flag is partially visible above them. The seated soldiers are tentatively identified (left-to-right) as: Cpl. Myles Gates, S/Sgt. Clarence Alexis, Capt. Gordon Sympson, T/5th Lars Larson, Pfc. Harry Gaby, Pfc. Louis Cocozza, Pfc. Leo Crivello, and Sgt. Jack Allen. A ninth soldier is standing behind Crivello and Allen.
Date: 1944-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers and Military Vehicles in Grassy Field]

Photograph of several vehicles in a brushy forest clearing including an unhitched, single-axle trailer with a covered top at right and two half-track armored vehicles. At the center, three uniformed soldiers are in one of the half-track vehicles including one man leaning out of the driver's seat and two others leaning over the back of the personnel area, where the mounted artillery gun is pointed upwards. A fourth person is crouched on the ground, facing the vehicles.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Standing in Road]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing the middle of a road; he appears to be holding his gun in his right hand and pointing it at something he's holding in his left hand while looking toward the camera. The road curves to the right in the background and is bordered by forest and wire fencing on either side.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Posing in Camp]

Photograph of two unidentified soldiers wearing uniforms including garrison caps, posing together in front of a series of pitched tents. The man on the right has his arm around the man on the left and their outside arms are akimbo. The shadow of the photographer is partially visible at the bottom of the image and there is a line of parked vehicles visible in the background.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Posing Near Water]

Photograph of three unidentified solders posing together near the edge of a body of water. One man at left is crouching down and the other two are standing next to him with their arms around one another. A forest is visible behind them.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Standing Next to Tanks]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier wearing a uniform, standing next to a line of parked military vehicles including two tanks. He is standing with his hands in his pockets and facing the right side of the image.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Third Armored Division Patch #2]

Triangular sleeve patch with a black number "3" at the top, designating the 3rd Armored Division, above an image of a black cannon surrounded by chain. A red lightning bolt is crossing the cannon diagonally in the center of the patch. The background is divided into three colors, with yellow at the top, red in the lower right, and blue in the lower left.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: United States. Army
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Telephone Pole in Farm Land]

Photograph of a hilly landscape that appears to be divided into agricultural fields with a telephone pole partially visible in the foreground. A building is visible near the center of the image, in the background.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Harry Gaby]

Photograph of Harry Gaby, visible from the waist up and seated facing slightly to the left, looking toward the camera. He is wearing a military uniform, including a garrison cap, a light-colored shirt and necktie, and a darker jacket with pins on the lapel and a triangular, 3rd Armored Division patch on the left sleeve.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Third Armored Division Patch #1]

Triangular sleeve patch with a black number "3" at the top, designating the 3rd Armored Division, above an image of a black cannon surrounded by chain. A red lightning bolt is crossing the cannon diagonally in the center of the patch. The background is divided into three colors, with yellow at the top, red in the lower right, and blue in the lower left.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Creator: United States. Army.
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dave Koenig Posing Outside of Barracks]

Photograph of Dave Koenig, identified as "Dave Koenig (Pin Up Boy)," posing outside of barracks at the Waco Army Air Field. He poses shirtless on a sidewalk that runs along rows of identical, light-colored buildings.
Date: April 15, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dave Koenig in the WAAF Garden]

Photograph of Dave Koenig standing in front of a star-shaped flower garden taken from the back door of the barracks in the Waco Army Air Field.
Date: April 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #2]

Photograph of Commanding Officer Major Baird and Adjutant 1st Lieutenant Byrens posing in the Waco Army Airfield. Both men are in uniform, including hats. A two-story building is visible in the background.
Date: April 15, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Lt. Merchant William Colgin Jr. in London]

Photograph of Lt. Merchant William Colgin Jr. of Waco posing for a portrait in uniform. His torso faces the left side of the frame and his head is turned toward the photographer.
Date: 1943
Creator: Lafayette Ltd.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blood Donors at Waco Army Air Field]

Photograph of a large group of men posing together outside of a Red Cross blood donation site at the Waco Army Airfield. Handwriting on the back of the photograph notes that only 30 of the men pictured could give blood. Mr. V. J. Jacox, Red Cross Field Director, poses in the center.
Date: April 4, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History