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Text on back reads: "Probably 66th anniversary."

1. Franklin P. Dotson and Nancy Lieuema Clark Dotson

IDNO:
053575
Title:
Franklin P. Dotson and Nancy Lieuema Clark Dotson
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Text on back reads: "Probably 66th anniversary."
West is pictured at 7 years old, likely when he was living in Chelyan, W. Va.

2. Portrait of a Young Jerry West, W. Va.

IDNO:
050491
Title:
Portrait of a Young Jerry West, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
West is pictured at 7 years old, likely when he was living in Chelyan, W. Va.
Portrait of Bill and Wilma Sirk.

3. Bill and Wilma Sirk

IDNO:
050389
Title:
Bill and Wilma Sirk
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Portrait of Bill and Wilma Sirk.
William is the son of John Alley, who is the uncle to Mary Emma Smith Trail.

4. Young William Alley of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049656
Title:
Young William Alley of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
William is the son of John Alley, who is the uncle to Mary Emma Smith Trail.
A swarm of sailors are pictured on the ship deck.

5. U.S.S. West Virginia Near Coast of Unidentified Location

IDNO:
049561
Title:
U.S.S. West Virginia Near Coast of Unidentified Location
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A swarm of sailors are pictured on the ship deck.
A group stands around a large haystack while some take it upon themselves to climb it. Subjects unidentified.

6. Climbing Haystacks at Bessie Pack's and Family Farm, Streeter, W. Va.

IDNO:
049467
Title:
Climbing Haystacks at Bessie Pack's and Family Farm, Streeter, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A group stands around a large haystack while some take it upon themselves to climb it. Subjects unidentified.
A group of men work on the fields while women observe from the sidelines.

7. Bessie Pack and Family Farm, Streeter, W. Va.

IDNO:
049466
Title:
Bessie Pack and Family Farm, Streeter, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A group of men work on the fields while women observe from the sidelines.
An unidentified road is lined by large trees on either side.

8. A Typical Road Found in Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049398
Title:
A Typical Road Found in Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
An unidentified road is lined by large trees on either side.
A crowd watches from the sidewalk as Boys Scouts, military men, and a marching band move through Temple Street.

9. Veterans Day Parade Advancing through Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049335
Title:
Veterans Day Parade Advancing through Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A crowd watches from the sidewalk as Boys Scouts, military men, and a marching band move through Temple Street.
Boy scouts and uniformed military men lead a marching band down the street as citizens watch from the sidewalk.

10. Veterans Day Parade on Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049334
Title:
Veterans Day Parade on Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Boy scouts and uniformed military men lead a marching band down the street as citizens watch from the sidewalk.
Five boy scouts line up to receive awards in front of their peers. Subjects unidentified.

11. Boy Scouts Award Ceremony in Memorial Building Basement, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049330
Title:
Boy Scouts Award Ceremony in Memorial Building Basement, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Five boy scouts line up to receive awards in front of their peers. Subjects unidentified.
A group of unidentified soldiers carry their rifles up the brick road.

12. U. S. Soldiers March Outside Hinton Daily News Office, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049266
Title:
U. S. Soldiers March Outside Hinton Daily News Office, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A group of unidentified soldiers carry their rifles up the brick road.
A group of unidentified soldiers march down the brick road.

13. Soldiers Marching Outside of Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049265
Title:
Soldiers Marching Outside of Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A group of unidentified soldiers march down the brick road.
Garten holds up the Smith girl to rest her on the beams of the old bridge.

14. Eula Mae Garten & Pat Smith Girl on Old Bridge in Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049111
Title:
Eula Mae Garten & Pat Smith Girl on Old Bridge in Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Garten holds up the Smith girl to rest her on the beams of the old bridge.
Pictured on the left is Melba Meador, daughter of Luther Meador. Janice Meador Lilly, daughter of Foy Meador, is pictured on the right. The group is pictured near the construction site of Bluestone High Bridge.

15. Emma Meador and Grandchildren in Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048371
Title:
Emma Meador and Grandchildren in Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Pictured on the left is Melba Meador, daughter of Luther Meador. Janice Meador Lilly, daughter of Foy Meador, is pictured on the right. The group is pictured near the construction site of Bluestone High Bridge.
Looking up at the manor from below.

16. Dixon House Located near Mouth of Indian Creek, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048191
Title:
Dixon House Located near Mouth of Indian Creek, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Looking up at the manor from below.
Gill poses next to the harnessed animals. He holds a rope meant to lead them.

17. Dow Gill Leading Cattle Across Land in Ramp, W. Va.

IDNO:
047909
Title:
Dow Gill Leading Cattle Across Land in Ramp, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Gill poses next to the harnessed animals. He holds a rope meant to lead them.
Moorman Parker sits on top of a horse to perform the re-enactment in front of the First Methodist church building located on the corner of Ballengee Street and Third Avenue. Other subjects and spectators unidentified.

18. Re-enactment of Methodist Preacher Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047458
Title:
Re-enactment of Methodist Preacher Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Moorman Parker sits on top of a horse to perform the re-enactment in front of the First Methodist church building located on the corner of Ballengee Street and Third Avenue. Other subjects and spectators unidentified.
A group of spectators watch as Parker re-enacts the circuit rider next to the First Methodist Church building located on the corner of Ballengee Street and Third Avenue.

19. Moorman Parker Re-enacting Methodist Preacher Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047457
Title:
Moorman Parker Re-enacting Methodist Preacher Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A group of spectators watch as Parker re-enacts the circuit rider next to the First Methodist Church building located on the corner of Ballengee Street and Third Avenue.
Two young boys on bicycles watch Moorman Parker perform the re-enactment on a horse in front of the First Methodist Church building located on the corner of Ballengee Street and Third Avenue.

20. Re-enactment of Methodist Preacher Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047456
Title:
Re-enactment of Methodist Preacher Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Two young boys on bicycles watch Moorman Parker perform the re-enactment on a horse in front of the First Methodist Church building located on the corner of Ballengee Street and Third Avenue.
Parker, center, prepared for the re-enactment of the Methodist preacher circuit rider next to the church located on Third Avenue. Other subjects unidentified.

21. Moorman Parker Dressed as Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047455
Title:
Moorman Parker Dressed as Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Parker, center, prepared for the re-enactment of the Methodist preacher circuit rider next to the church located on Third Avenue. Other subjects unidentified.
Moorman Parker, right, dressed as the rider for the re-enactment shakes hands with an unidentified man in front of the church located on 3rd Avenue.

22. Re-enactment of Methodist Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047454
Title:
Re-enactment of Methodist Circuit Rider, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Moorman Parker, right, dressed as the rider for the re-enactment shakes hands with an unidentified man in front of the church located on 3rd Avenue.
Pictured from left to right in the front is Nina Harrison, Edna Wyard, Maude Mann, Mrs. Bert Hout, Adie Gooch, Hazel Barnett, and Mrs. Allen Hill.In the back row, from left to right, is Mrs. Whanger, Elizabeth Miller, and Maud Jackson.

23. Women of First Methodist Church, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047452
Title:
Women of First Methodist Church, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Pictured from left to right in the front is Nina Harrison, Edna Wyard, Maude Mann, Mrs. Bert Hout, Adie Gooch, Hazel Barnett, and Mrs. Allen Hill.In the back row, from left to right, is Mrs. Whanger, Elizabeth Miller, and Maud Jackson.
Pictured from left to right in the back row is Henry Harrison, Mr. Ketchum, unidentified, Jack Mann, B. Thompson, Mr. Minichian, and Bill Miller.In the third row, from left to right, is Mr. Vass, unidentified, Mr. Garten, Earnest Allen, S. O. Gum, and Jon Taylor.In the second row, from left to right, is Emmitt Mann, Lee Barnett, E. C. Eagle, unidentified, Harry Humphries, Walter Jackson, and Bernard Gerch.In the first row, from left to right, is Bert Hout, Guy Belcher, Fred Maddy, unidentified, Lynn Miller, and unidentified.

24. Men of First Methodist Church, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047451
Title:
Men of First Methodist Church, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Pictured from left to right in the back row is Henry Harrison, Mr. Ketchum, unidentified, Jack Mann, B. Thompson, Mr. Minichian, and Bill Miller.In the third row, from left to right, is Mr. Vass, unidentified, Mr. Garten, Earnest Allen, S. O. Gum, and Jon Taylor.In the second row, from left to right, is Emmitt Mann, Lee Barnett, E. C. Eagle, unidentified, Harry Humphries, Walter Jackson, and Bernard Gerch.In the first row, from left to right, is Bert Hout, Guy Belcher, Fred Maddy, unidentified, Lynn Miller, and unidentified.
Aerial view of the intersection of Greenbrier Drive and Maple Street near Hinton, W. Va.

25. Bellepoint, W. Va.

IDNO:
046010
Title:
Bellepoint, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Aerial view of the intersection of Greenbrier Drive and Maple Street near Hinton, W. Va.
Aerial view of the town near Hinton, W. Va. Silo pictured center right.

26. Bellepoint, W. Va.

IDNO:
046009
Title:
Bellepoint, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Aerial view of the town near Hinton, W. Va. Silo pictured center right.
Three hat-clad ladies balance on top of a fallen tree trunk. Subjects unidentified.

27. Women Pose on Fallen Tree in Bellepoint, W. Va.

IDNO:
045998
Title:
Women Pose on Fallen Tree in Bellepoint, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Three hat-clad ladies balance on top of a fallen tree trunk. Subjects unidentified.
Ailstock in uniform posing with an automobile.

28. Ivan 'Beaner' Ailstock Under the Overhead Bridge, Avis, W. Va.

IDNO:
045856
Title:
Ivan 'Beaner' Ailstock Under the Overhead Bridge, Avis, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Ailstock in uniform posing with an automobile.
Interior of the building.

29. YMCA, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045813
Title:
YMCA, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Interior of the building.
Trains occupy the tracks of the yard.

30. Chesapeake and Ohio West Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045752
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio West Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Trains occupy the tracks of the yard.
Information on back of photo reads: "Parisians line the Champs Elysees to cheer the massed infantry units of the American Army as they march in review towards the Arc De Triomphe, celebrating the liberation of the capital of France from Nazi occupation."

31. Parisians Line Champs Elysees to Cheer American Army, Paris, France

IDNO:
041207
Title:
Parisians Line Champs Elysees to Cheer American Army, Paris, France
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Parisians line the Champs Elysees to cheer the massed infantry units of the American Army as they march in review towards the Arc De Triomphe, celebrating the liberation of the capital of France from Nazi occupation."
Information on back of photo reads: "Civilians who have returned to captured, war-torn Munchen-Gladbach fill carts with sticks for firewood outside a bomb-shattered broom factory. Munchen-Gladbach, first big industrial city in the Ruhr area to fall to advancing American forces, was taken March 1, 1945, by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army after heavy air and artillery bombardment. It is 10 miles from the Dutch border."

32. Civilians Gather Firewood in Munchen-Gladbach, Germany

IDNO:
041206
Title:
Civilians Gather Firewood in Munchen-Gladbach, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Civilians who have returned to captured, war-torn Munchen-Gladbach fill carts with sticks for firewood outside a bomb-shattered broom factory. Munchen-Gladbach, first big industrial city in the Ruhr area to fall to advancing American forces, was taken March 1, 1945, by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army after heavy air and artillery bombardment. It is 10 miles from the Dutch border."
Information on back of photo reads: "Tarnopal, bastion of Hitler's eastern front, turns a scarred face to the camera after its fall with its 12,000 man garrison to Soviet troops. Fighting in and around Tarnopol was prolonged and bitter, and German losses in men and material were heavy."

33. Bastion of Hitler's Eastern Front Falls, Ukraine

IDNO:
041205
Title:
Bastion of Hitler's Eastern Front Falls, Ukraine
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Tarnopal, bastion of Hitler's eastern front, turns a scarred face to the camera after its fall with its 12,000 man garrison to Soviet troops. Fighting in and around Tarnopol was prolonged and bitter, and German losses in men and material were heavy."
Information on back of photo reads: "If German divisions no longer retreat according to plan, part of their difficulties can be traced to the destruction of Deutsche Dunlop A.G. tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt - a priority - one target for R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. When American Air Force observers surveyed the second most important rubber plant on the Continent, they found ruin and destruction widespread. Despite this the enemy's need for rubber products is so great, there was evidence of clearance and repair work to restore partial production, said surveyors. Elsewhere in Hanau the locomotive roundhouse had been destroyed by Allied air attacks. The town's gas works was a shambles. in the marshalling yard sidings and through lines were pocketed with bomb craters, some filled - in attempts to keep the rails open. In one typical Hanau attack last December, the Eighth sent 303 heavy bombers to drop in one-ton (U.S.) bombs, 1,112 one-thousand pounders, 176 five-hundreds, and 3,420 hundred-pound bombs."

34. Hanau Dunlop Rubber Plant Gutted, Hanau, Germany

IDNO:
041204
Title:
Hanau Dunlop Rubber Plant Gutted, Hanau, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "If German divisions no longer retreat according to plan, part of their difficulties can be traced to the destruction of Deutsche Dunlop A.G. tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt - a priority - one target for R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. When American Air Force observers surveyed the second most important rubber plant on the Continent, they found ruin and destruction widespread. Despite this the enemy's need for rubber products is so great, there was evidence of clearance and repair work to restore partial production, said surveyors. Elsewhere in Hanau the locomotive roundhouse had been destroyed by Allied air attacks. The town's gas works was a shambles. in the marshalling yard sidings and through lines were pocketed with bomb craters, some filled - in attempts to keep the rails open. In one typical Hanau attack last December, the Eighth sent 303 heavy bombers to drop in one-ton (U.S.) bombs, 1,112 one-thousand pounders, 176 five-hundreds, and 3,420 hundred-pound bombs."
Information on back of photo reads: "3rd U.S. Army Troops go aboard LCVP prior to first crossing of the Rhine River by soldiers of the 3rd Army at Nierstein, Germany. Soldiers are members of the 5th Infantry Division."

35. Third U.S. Army Troops Go Aboard LCVP, Nierstein, Germany

IDNO:
041203
Title:
Third U.S. Army Troops Go Aboard LCVP, Nierstein, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "3rd U.S. Army Troops go aboard LCVP prior to first crossing of the Rhine River by soldiers of the 3rd Army at Nierstein, Germany. Soldiers are members of the 5th Infantry Division."
Information on back of photo reads: "If German divisions no longer retreat according to plan, part of their difficulties can be traced to the destruction of Deutsche Dunlop A.G. tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt - a priority - one target for R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. When American Air Force observers surveyed the second most important rubber plant on the Continent, they found ruin and destruction widespread. Despite this the enemy's need for rubber products is so great, there was evidence of clearance and repair work to restore partial production, said surveyors. Elsewhere in Hanau the locomotive roundhouse had been destroyed by Allied air attacks. The town's gas works was a shambles. in the marshalling yard sidings and through lines were pocketed with bomb craters, some filled - in attempts to keep the rails open. In one typical Hanau attack last December, the Eighth sent 303 heavy bombers to drop in one-ton (U.S.) bombs, 1,112 one-thousand pounders, 176 five-hundreds, and 3,420 hundred-pound bombs."

36. Hanau Dunlop Rubber Plant Gutted, Hanau, Germany

IDNO:
041201
Title:
Hanau Dunlop Rubber Plant Gutted, Hanau, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "If German divisions no longer retreat according to plan, part of their difficulties can be traced to the destruction of Deutsche Dunlop A.G. tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt - a priority - one target for R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. When American Air Force observers surveyed the second most important rubber plant on the Continent, they found ruin and destruction widespread. Despite this the enemy's need for rubber products is so great, there was evidence of clearance and repair work to restore partial production, said surveyors. Elsewhere in Hanau the locomotive roundhouse had been destroyed by Allied air attacks. The town's gas works was a shambles. in the marshalling yard sidings and through lines were pocketed with bomb craters, some filled - in attempts to keep the rails open. In one typical Hanau attack last December, the Eighth sent 303 heavy bombers to drop in one-ton (U.S.) bombs, 1,112 one-thousand pounders, 176 five-hundreds, and 3,420 hundred-pound bombs."
Information on back of the photo reads: "Puzzled but curious, a little Russian boy accepts a stick of chewing gum from his new friend, a U.S. Air Forces solider at the Russian terminus of Italy-Russia shuttle missions flown by heavy bombers of the U.S. Fifteenth Army Air Force. Since June, 1944, Allied bombers from England and Italy, escorted by fighters, have flown to bases in Russia, and return, attacking enemy targets in occupied Europe en route."

37. U.S. Soldier Introduced Russian Lad to Chewing Gum

IDNO:
041200
Title:
U.S. Soldier Introduced Russian Lad to Chewing Gum
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of the photo reads: "Puzzled but curious, a little Russian boy accepts a stick of chewing gum from his new friend, a U.S. Air Forces solider at the Russian terminus of Italy-Russia shuttle missions flown by heavy bombers of the U.S. Fifteenth Army Air Force. Since June, 1944, Allied bombers from England and Italy, escorted by fighters, have flown to bases in Russia, and return, attacking enemy targets in occupied Europe en route."
Information on back of photo reads: "Shame, guilt, and humiliation cloud the faces of these German women as they pass through the Canadian lines to an evacuation centre. They put guns before butter in the years between the wars; they lived on the loot of conquered Europe, and clothed themselves in furs from Russia and fine clothes from Paris. Now it is their turn to be homeless, and the watching troops, who saw grim evidence of German ruthlessness in the countries they liberated, show no sympathy."

38. Humiliated German Women Pass Through Canadian Lines to Evacuation Center

IDNO:
041199
Title:
Humiliated German Women Pass Through Canadian Lines to Evacuation Center
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Shame, guilt, and humiliation cloud the faces of these German women as they pass through the Canadian lines to an evacuation centre. They put guns before butter in the years between the wars; they lived on the loot of conquered Europe, and clothed themselves in furs from Russia and fine clothes from Paris. Now it is their turn to be homeless, and the watching troops, who saw grim evidence of German ruthlessness in the countries they liberated, show no sympathy."
Information on back of photo reads: "German refugees with a cart move through the ruins of bombed Regensburg, captured by the 65th Division of the Third U.S. Army April 23, 1945. General George Patton's Third Army struck into the Southern German segment from the northwest to capture the Danube River town, which is about 70 miles from Munich."

39. German Refugees Move Through Ruins of Regensburg, Germany

IDNO:
041198
Title:
German Refugees Move Through Ruins of Regensburg, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "German refugees with a cart move through the ruins of bombed Regensburg, captured by the 65th Division of the Third U.S. Army April 23, 1945. General George Patton's Third Army struck into the Southern German segment from the northwest to capture the Danube River town, which is about 70 miles from Munich."
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians are rounded up for evacuation from Schaffhausen, occupied by Seventh U.S. Army troops March 14, 1945. The German town, six miles north of the frontier of Alsace, is under constant enemy shellfire."

40. German Civilians Evacuated From Battle Area, Schaffhausen, Germany

IDNO:
041197
Title:
German Civilians Evacuated From Battle Area, Schaffhausen, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians are rounded up for evacuation from Schaffhausen, occupied by Seventh U.S. Army troops March 14, 1945. The German town, six miles north of the frontier of Alsace, is under constant enemy shellfire."
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians march through newly captured Zulpich, Germany, to receive instructions on their conduct from military government unit with 9th Infantry Division of 1st U.S. Army. Town was hard hit by U.S. bombers blasting path to Rhine."

41. German Civilians March Through Newly Captured Zulpich, Germany

IDNO:
041196
Title:
German Civilians March Through Newly Captured Zulpich, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians march through newly captured Zulpich, Germany, to receive instructions on their conduct from military government unit with 9th Infantry Division of 1st U.S. Army. Town was hard hit by U.S. bombers blasting path to Rhine."
Information on back of photo reads: "Firm contact has been established between ground forces of the First American Army and those of the Russian Army. The historic meeting took place in the town of Torgau, on the Elbe River, 75 miles south of Berlin, when First Army troops met forward elements of the Russian Guards Division."

42. U.S. and Red Armies Link Up, Torgau, Germany

IDNO:
041194
Title:
U.S. and Red Armies Link Up, Torgau, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Firm contact has been established between ground forces of the First American Army and those of the Russian Army. The historic meeting took place in the town of Torgau, on the Elbe River, 75 miles south of Berlin, when First Army troops met forward elements of the Russian Guards Division."
Information on back of photo reads: "Russians and Americans toasting each other after the link up at Torgau. Ann Stringer, U.P. Correspondent can be seen in the picture. Also man with beard on right, who is Correspondent Jack Thompson, of Chicago Tribune."

43. U.S. Troops Meet Russians in Torgau, Germany

IDNO:
041192
Title:
U.S. Troops Meet Russians in Torgau, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Russians and Americans toasting each other after the link up at Torgau. Ann Stringer, U.P. Correspondent can be seen in the picture. Also man with beard on right, who is Correspondent Jack Thompson, of Chicago Tribune."
Information on back of photo reads: "Liberated Russians cluster around a Ninth U.S. Army soldier, carried high on their shoulders, for cigarettes, which they had not seen in many months. When the American finally convinced the Russians that he had no more, they "chaired" him and carried him around the yard before their former prison, the Nazi Stalag 326, south of Bielefeld. The first U.S. troops reached Stalag 326 April 2, 1945. Nine thousand Russian prisoners of war were liberated but thousands were at the point of starvation. Tubercular patients numbered 1,350. in vast mounds all around the camp, 30,000 Russians, most of them starved to death, were buried in heaps of 500. Major Gregory Matviev, who was captured in Sebastopol in 1942, reported that hundreds died daily of starvation and "about 50 were shot every other day for no reason at all.""

44. Russian Prisoners of War Liberated By Advancing U.S. Troops

IDNO:
041191
Title:
Russian Prisoners of War Liberated By Advancing U.S. Troops
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Liberated Russians cluster around a Ninth U.S. Army soldier, carried high on their shoulders, for cigarettes, which they had not seen in many months. When the American finally convinced the Russians that he had no more, they "chaired" him and carried him around the yard before their former prison, the Nazi Stalag 326, south of Bielefeld. The first U.S. troops reached Stalag 326 April 2, 1945. Nine thousand Russian prisoners of war were liberated but thousands were at the point of starvation. Tubercular patients numbered 1,350. in vast mounds all around the camp, 30,000 Russians, most of them starved to death, were buried in heaps of 500. Major Gregory Matviev, who was captured in Sebastopol in 1942, reported that hundreds died daily of starvation and "about 50 were shot every other day for no reason at all.""
Information on back of photo reads: "Colonel H.A. Forlong (left) of Pontiac, Michigan, Surgeon of the 18th Corps, Ninth U.S. Army, sits beside a Russian Army officer at a stage show given in Lippstadt, Germany, May 20, 1945, by liberated Russian soldiers and former slave workers. Lippstadt is 70 miles northwest of the Rhine River city of Duisburg.

45. Allied Officers Attend Show Given By Freed Russians, Lippstadt, Germany

IDNO:
041190
Title:
Allied Officers Attend Show Given By Freed Russians, Lippstadt, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Colonel H.A. Forlong (left) of Pontiac, Michigan, Surgeon of the 18th Corps, Ninth U.S. Army, sits beside a Russian Army officer at a stage show given in Lippstadt, Germany, May 20, 1945, by liberated Russian soldiers and former slave workers. Lippstadt is 70 miles northwest of the Rhine River city of Duisburg.
Information on back of photo reads: "Private Thomas H. Olsen of Chicago, Illinois, checks over the baggage brought by one of the German Army women to the prisoner-of-war enclosure of the 83rd Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army. The women surrendered after receiving leaflets. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reported May 1, 1945, that nearly three million German prisoners had been taken by the Allies in the West since "D-Day" (June 6, 1945)."

46. German WAC Captured, Germany

IDNO:
041189
Title:
German WAC Captured, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Private Thomas H. Olsen of Chicago, Illinois, checks over the baggage brought by one of the German Army women to the prisoner-of-war enclosure of the 83rd Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army. The women surrendered after receiving leaflets. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reported May 1, 1945, that nearly three million German prisoners had been taken by the Allies in the West since "D-Day" (June 6, 1945)."
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians sit with their children outside of a house in a Reich town captured by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army advancing to the Rhine River. The civilians have been lined up for questioning by an American officer. Units of the Ninth Army reached the Rhine March 2, 1945, when they captured Neuss opposite the industrial center of Dusseldorf."

47. Civilians of Captured German Town, Neuss, Germany

IDNO:
041188
Title:
Civilians of Captured German Town, Neuss, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians sit with their children outside of a house in a Reich town captured by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army advancing to the Rhine River. The civilians have been lined up for questioning by an American officer. Units of the Ninth Army reached the Rhine March 2, 1945, when they captured Neuss opposite the industrial center of Dusseldorf."

48. Civilian Medical Worker and Armed Soldier in Germany

IDNO:
041185
Title:
Civilian Medical Worker and Armed Soldier in Germany
Date:
ca. 1945