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Photograph taken by United States Army Major Elmer Prince of Morgantown, W. Va. Note the German "pillbox" in the foreground used to the defend Hitler's Eagle Nest.

13. Eagle's Nest Above Cloud, Hitler's Hideout, Near Berchtesgarden, Bavarian Alps, Germany

IDNO:
038319
Title:
Eagle's Nest Above Cloud, Hitler's Hideout, Near Berchtesgarden, Bavarian Alps, Germany
Date:
1945/08
Description:
Photograph taken by United States Army Major Elmer Prince of Morgantown, W. Va. Note the German "pillbox" in the foreground used to the defend Hitler's Eagle Nest.
Unidentified man dressed in laborer's clothes, including sturdy boots. This photograph was taken approximately three months after Germany surrendered. Note the unusual pipe the man has in his mouth.

14. Bavarian 'Mountaineer', Bavarian Alps, Germany

IDNO:
038320
Title:
Bavarian 'Mountaineer', Bavarian Alps, Germany
Date:
1945/08
Description:
Unidentified man dressed in laborer's clothes, including sturdy boots. This photograph was taken approximately three months after Germany surrendered. Note the unusual pipe the man has in his mouth.
Photograph taken by United States Army Major Elmer Prince, approximately three months after Germany's surrender.

15. Young Boy Wearing Bavarian Costume, Bavarian Alps, Germany

IDNO:
038321
Title:
Young Boy Wearing Bavarian Costume, Bavarian Alps, Germany
Date:
1945/08
Description:
Photograph taken by United States Army Major Elmer Prince, approximately three months after Germany's surrender.

16. Schliersee Lake, Bavarian Alps, Germany

IDNO:
038323
Title:
Schliersee Lake, Bavarian Alps, Germany
Date:
1945/07
One of the few bridges to survive Allied bombing during the war in Germany.

17. Bridge Over Danube River Near Ulm, Germany

IDNO:
038324
Title:
Bridge Over Danube River Near Ulm, Germany
Date:
1946/03/20
Description:
One of the few bridges to survive Allied bombing during the war in Germany.
Photograph taken by United States Army Major Elmer Prince of Morgantown, W. Va.

18. Destroyed Bridge of Reich's Autobahn Between Ulm and Stuttgart, Germany

IDNO:
038325
Title:
Destroyed Bridge of Reich's Autobahn Between Ulm and Stuttgart, Germany
Date:
1946/03/20
Description:
Photograph taken by United States Army Major Elmer Prince of Morgantown, W. Va.
Long, flat stretch of the Autobahn heading towards the Alps.

19. Autobahn Near Salzburg, Germany

IDNO:
038326
Title:
Autobahn Near Salzburg, Germany
Date:
1945/08
Description:
Long, flat stretch of the Autobahn heading towards the Alps.
The Autobahn is the freeway system built during the reign of the Third Reich. Employing 100,000 Germans during the 1930s depression, the Autobahn became an essential part of the infrastructure for the German military during World War II.

20. Autobahn Near Ulm, Germany

IDNO:
038327
Title:
Autobahn Near Ulm, Germany
Date:
1945/07/05
Description:
The Autobahn is the freeway system built during the reign of the Third Reich. Employing 100,000 Germans during the 1930s depression, the Autobahn became an essential part of the infrastructure for the German military during World War II.
Left to right: Major Elmer Prince of Morgantown, W. Va., Mrs. J. G. Arnold of Munich, Germany, Sargent Johnson of Charleston, W. Va.

21. Major Elmer W. Prince of Morgantown, W. Va. and Friends at Arnold pressing Plant, Munich, Germany

IDNO:
038333
Title:
Major Elmer W. Prince of Morgantown, W. Va. and Friends at Arnold pressing Plant, Munich, Germany
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Left to right: Major Elmer Prince of Morgantown, W. Va., Mrs. J. G. Arnold of Munich, Germany, Sargent Johnson of Charleston, W. Va.
This post card photograph was included in West Virginia University student, Charles K. McWhorter's narrative documenting his military experiences during World War II. The Our River on the right, borders between Luxembourg and Germany. This area was on the heavily fortified Siegfried Line in Germany. After a bloody five day offensive in January, 1945, McWhorter's unit, the 319th Infantry of the 80th Division broke through the line into Germany.

22. Sure and Our Rivers in Luxembourg and Germany

IDNO:
038830
Title:
Sure and Our Rivers in Luxembourg and Germany
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
This post card photograph was included in West Virginia University student, Charles K. McWhorter's narrative documenting his military experiences during World War II. The Our River on the right, borders between Luxembourg and Germany. This area was on the heavily fortified Siegfried Line in Germany. After a bloody five day offensive in January, 1945, McWhorter's unit, the 319th Infantry of the 80th Division broke through the line into Germany.