Photograph of a news clipping with the headline "Germany Quits" published on VE Day, May 8, 1945, on display in the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of a crowd of people standing up in front of a stage at the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. Bob Hoeweler and Bill Funke stand at the podium, and unit representatives stand by their flags on the stage.

Photograph of a tent on display inside the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. There is a cot and radio equipment inside the tent, and a mannequin dressed like a soldier sits on a wooden box with its back to the camera.

Photograph of the display cases in the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion section of the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of a list of division actions on a monument to the 12th Armored Division. It reads: "Division Actions. Training: Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Camp Barkeley, Texas. Campaigns, European Theater. *Ardennes-Alsace. U.S. 7th Army - Maginot Line, Herrlisheim/Gambsheim Bridgehead. French 1st Army - Colmar Pocket. *Rhineland. U.S. 3rd Army - Ludwigshaven, Germersheim, Speyer. *Central Europe. U.S. 7th Army - Odenwald, Tauber River, Danube River, Romantique Road, Alps, Austria. 44th TB Campaigns, Pacific Theater. U.S. 6th & 8th Armies - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Leyte, Luzon. 804 lost their lives. 2647 wounded. 351 prisoners of war."

Photograph of soldiers carrying flags in a parade before the dedication ceremony of the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. A police car drives to the right of the soldiers at the front of the parade, and there are buildings in the background.

Photograph of a news clipping about the members of the 12th Armored Division returning to Abilene, Texas for the dedication of the 12th Armored Division Museum. The clipping has been blown up and placed on an easel.

Photograph of a memorial to the 12th Armored Division near the Dyess Air Base in Abilene, Texas. It reads: "Dedicated to the memory of all men of the 12th Armored Division in World War II. Camp Barkeley, 1943-44." There is a list of 12th Armored Division units and division actions in the middle of the memorial. The text under that reads: "Installed by members and friends of the 12th Armored Division Association. Memorial Committee: R. O. Collier, M. R. Drum, M. L. Glover, F. G. Hatt, Jr., J. J. King, B. Leftwich".

Photograph of people gathered around military tanks and trucks on display before the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of Brigadier General Griffin standing at a podium at the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. Several men are seated behind him.

Photograph of a green tank on parade before the dedication ceremony of the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. Cars and buildings are visible in the background.

Photograph of five men and a woman standing by a monument to the 12th Armored Division in Abilene, Texas. The two men in khaki on either side of the monument hold an American flag and the flag of the 12th Armored Division. The text on the monument reads: "Dedicated to the memory of all men of the 12th Armored Division in World War II. Camp Barkeley 1943-44". A wreath of flowers is visible to the right of the monument.

Photograph of Chuck and Elsie Petty, and Trudy and Ed Goeppinger posing together.

Photograph of Brigadier General Griffin speaking at a podium at the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. Several more older men are seated on the dais behind him, and the crowd is visible in the foreground.

Photograph of many black and white pictures of corpses found at concentration camps in Europe, mounted on a wall inside the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of a large crowd of people in Abilene, Texas, for the dedication ceremony of the 12th Armored Division Museum. Cars are visible to the left, and there are buildings in the background.

Photograph of an older African American man in a blue striped jacket and a flat cap.

Photograph of a large seated crowd at the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. A traffic light at Hickory Street is visible in the background.

Photograph of Marvin Drum wearing a dress jacket at the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. A crowd and two flags are visible behind him.

Photograph of three framed pictures of division commanders on the wall of the viewing room in the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of seven older men holding unit flags at the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of veterans, some holding unit flags, standing on a dais at the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of veterans by a truck on parade before the dedication ceremony of the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of a large crowd of seated people at the dedication ceremony for the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. Buildings and cars are visible in the background.