Architect's Drawing of Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1945
Description:
Drawing of the Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing. Architect L. D. Schmidt, Fairmont, W. Va. Rev. Michael McInerney, O.S.B, Architect Associate, Belmont, N. C.
Leo Bocage included this photograph in a paper he wrote as student at West Virginia University in 1946. The assignment was for veteran's to write about their experiences while in the military during World War II. The boys in the photograph are not identified.
West Virginia University student, Leo Bocage included this photograph in a paper he wrote in 1946 regarding his experiences while in the military during World War II. Fermenting sake was the Okinawa's largest industry.
Memorial for World War II Correspondent Ernie Pyle, Ie Shima Island, Okinawa, Japan
Date:
1945
Description:
Ernie Pyle was an "embedded" reporter who wrote from the trenches, during world War II. His columns were popular because he focused on the GIs fighting the war. He was killed by Japanese machine gun fire on the island of Ie Shima, Okinawa. The inscription on the memorial reads, " At This Spot The 77th Division Lost A Buddy, Ernie Pyle, 18 April 1945".
Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany
Date:
1945
Description:
Dachau opened in March 1933, and was the first concentration camp established by the Nazis in Germany. It served as a prototype and model for other Nazi concentration camps that followed. The prisoners in the photograph were mostly likely killed before the camp was liberated.
Pile of Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany
Date:
1945
Description:
On April 29, 1945 Dachau was surrendered to the American Army by SS- Sturmscharfuhrer Heinrich Wicker. As U.S. troops neared the camp, they found more than 30 railroad cars filled with additional bodies brought to Dachau. Note the word "POLAK' is written on the chest of a dead Polish prisoner. Poles constituted the largest ethnic group in the Dachau camp during the war.