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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
A large port and industrial center that includied u-boat pens and oil refineries was bombed throughout the war. An air attack in July 1942 created one of the largest firestorms of WW II, killing 42,600 civilians, wounding 37,000 and practically destroying the city.

49. Hamburg, Germany in Ruins

IDNO:
041184
Title:
Hamburg, Germany in Ruins
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A large port and industrial center that includied u-boat pens and oil refineries was bombed throughout the war. An air attack in July 1942 created one of the largest firestorms of WW II, killing 42,600 civilians, wounding 37,000 and practically destroying the city.
The photograph was most likely taken in Holland, which had been under Nazi control for several years until portions of the country was liberated by the Allies in the Fall of 1944 during Operation Market Garden.

50. U.S. Soldiers Walking With Small Children

IDNO:
041183
Title:
U.S. Soldiers Walking With Small Children
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
The photograph was most likely taken in Holland, which had been under Nazi control for several years until portions of the country was liberated by the Allies in the Fall of 1944 during Operation Market Garden.
The photograph was taken during the Allied advance against the Nazis in Europe.

51. Soldier Playing With Dog Wearing Official U.S. Army Photographer Jacket

IDNO:
041182
Title:
Soldier Playing With Dog Wearing Official U.S. Army Photographer Jacket
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
The photograph was taken during the Allied advance against the Nazis in Europe.
Young, from Oak Hill, W. Va. served with 361st Engineer Special as an infantryman and combat photographer.

52. Raymond M. Young on Communications, European Theater of Operations

IDNO:
041181
Title:
Raymond M. Young on Communications, European Theater of Operations
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Young, from Oak Hill, W. Va. served with 361st Engineer Special as an infantryman and combat photographer.
Information on back of photo reads: "Debris litters the interior of a ruined church in Germany, one of the many buildings destroyed during the bitter fighting which marked the Allied thrust into the Reich."

53. Wrecked German Church

IDNO:
041180
Title:
Wrecked German Church
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Debris litters the interior of a ruined church in Germany, one of the many buildings destroyed during the bitter fighting which marked the Allied thrust into the Reich."
Young was also a combat photographer and attached tothe 361st Engineers Special unit and at times attached to Third Army commanded by George Patton during the push into Germany. Note the friendly dog sitting next to Young is a German Shephard.

54. United States Army Infantryman Raymond M. Young of Oak Hill, W. Va.

IDNO:
041179
Title:
United States Army Infantryman Raymond M. Young of Oak Hill, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Young was also a combat photographer and attached tothe 361st Engineers Special unit and at times attached to Third Army commanded by George Patton during the push into Germany. Note the friendly dog sitting next to Young is a German Shephard.
information on back of photo reads: "Smiling civilians of the Bavarian town of Weilheim, Germany, greet troops of the 12th Armored Division, Seventh U.S. Army, with American, British, and Bavarian flags April 28, 1945."

55. German Civilians Greet U.S. Troops With Flags, Weilheim, Germany

IDNO:
041177
Title:
German Civilians Greet U.S. Troops With Flags, Weilheim, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
information on back of photo reads: "Smiling civilians of the Bavarian town of Weilheim, Germany, greet troops of the 12th Armored Division, Seventh U.S. Army, with American, British, and Bavarian flags April 28, 1945."
The soldier is most likely Raymond Young, infantry man and combat photographer, United States Third Army. Young is using his tent as a photo lab to develop film while on the front lines.

56. U.S. Soldier in Tent 'Dark Room' in European Theater of Operation

IDNO:
041176
Title:
U.S. Soldier in Tent 'Dark Room' in European Theater of Operation
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
The soldier is most likely Raymond Young, infantry man and combat photographer, United States Third Army. Young is using his tent as a photo lab to develop film while on the front lines.
Information on the back of photo reads: "Infantrymen of the Fourth Armored Division, Third U.S. Army, advance through rubble in a battered street in Worms, Germany, as they clear out Nazi snipers in the captured city March 20, 1945. Worms is on the west bank of the Rhine River nine miles north of Ludwigshafen."

57. U.S. Soldiers Capture Worms, Germany

IDNO:
041175
Title:
U.S. Soldiers Capture Worms, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on the back of photo reads: "Infantrymen of the Fourth Armored Division, Third U.S. Army, advance through rubble in a battered street in Worms, Germany, as they clear out Nazi snipers in the captured city March 20, 1945. Worms is on the west bank of the Rhine River nine miles north of Ludwigshafen."
Information on back of photo reads: "Capt. Philip Staples; Ardmore, Pennsylvania enjoys a fresh made egg omelette that was presented to him by grateful French civilians who had just been liberated from German hands, near Champagne."

58. Captain Philip Staples Receives Egg Omelette From French Civilians

IDNO:
041174
Title:
Captain Philip Staples Receives Egg Omelette From French Civilians
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Capt. Philip Staples; Ardmore, Pennsylvania enjoys a fresh made egg omelette that was presented to him by grateful French civilians who had just been liberated from German hands, near Champagne."
Caption on back of photo reads: "American infantrymen of 36th Division run through rubble littered street of battle-scarred Rohrwiller, France. Town is under enemy attack."

59. American Infantrymen in Battle Scarred Rohrwiller, France

IDNO:
041173
Title:
American Infantrymen in Battle Scarred Rohrwiller, France
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Caption on back of photo reads: "American infantrymen of 36th Division run through rubble littered street of battle-scarred Rohrwiller, France. Town is under enemy attack."
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians look over the ruins of their home which was shelled by American troops in the attack on Weifall, Germany."

60. German Citizens Walk Through Rubble, Weifall, Germany

IDNO:
041172
Title:
German Citizens Walk Through Rubble, Weifall, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians look over the ruins of their home which was shelled by American troops in the attack on Weifall, Germany."
Information on the back of photo reads: "This is all that remained of the famous Nazi Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben, Germany, when U.S. Army ground forces captured the town following four daylight attacks on the plant by bombers of the Eighth U.S. Air Force and the British Royal Air Force. Prior to the attacks, 18,000 employees worked here but this figure fell to 7,000 after the first Allied visits. Later, work in the factory came to a complete halt. Only 40 workers were killed during the bombings because of air raid shelters. The plant was originally built by the Deutsche Arbeiter Front (German Labor Part) in 1938-39 to produce the "people's car", or Volkswagen, for sale to the German people at about 900 marks ($360). After it was completed, the German High Command converted it to jeep and mine production. Before the Allied air attacks, the plant was capable of monthly production of 1,800 kubelwagen (jeeps), 1,000 amphibious jeeps, 1,200 V-1 bombs, 100,00 Teller mines and the repair of 30 Ju-88 aircraft wings."

61. Allied Air Attacks Knock Out Nazi War Plant, Fallersleben, Germany

IDNO:
041171
Title:
Allied Air Attacks Knock Out Nazi War Plant, Fallersleben, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on the back of photo reads: "This is all that remained of the famous Nazi Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben, Germany, when U.S. Army ground forces captured the town following four daylight attacks on the plant by bombers of the Eighth U.S. Air Force and the British Royal Air Force. Prior to the attacks, 18,000 employees worked here but this figure fell to 7,000 after the first Allied visits. Later, work in the factory came to a complete halt. Only 40 workers were killed during the bombings because of air raid shelters. The plant was originally built by the Deutsche Arbeiter Front (German Labor Part) in 1938-39 to produce the "people's car", or Volkswagen, for sale to the German people at about 900 marks ($360). After it was completed, the German High Command converted it to jeep and mine production. Before the Allied air attacks, the plant was capable of monthly production of 1,800 kubelwagen (jeeps), 1,000 amphibious jeeps, 1,200 V-1 bombs, 100,00 Teller mines and the repair of 30 Ju-88 aircraft wings."
Information on back of photo reads: "Clutching a few personal belongings, German civilians pass through the blazing streets of Aachen en route to the safety of First U.S. Army lines. Most of the 3,000 civilians who managed to leave the Reich border city by October 14, 1944, were old men, weeping women, and children. American bombs and shells began turning Aachen into a blazing inferno when the surrounded Nazi garrison refused to surrender under penalty of destruction of the city."

62. Civilians Leave Aachen, Germany

IDNO:
041170
Title:
Civilians Leave Aachen, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Clutching a few personal belongings, German civilians pass through the blazing streets of Aachen en route to the safety of First U.S. Army lines. Most of the 3,000 civilians who managed to leave the Reich border city by October 14, 1944, were old men, weeping women, and children. American bombs and shells began turning Aachen into a blazing inferno when the surrounded Nazi garrison refused to surrender under penalty of destruction of the city."
Information on back of photo reads: "Rubble and bombed out buildings are all that remain of the plant of the Dunlop Company at Hanau, which was Germany's second largest tire plant. This factory specialized in aircraft tired before it was mombed out of existence by Allied air attacks. Twenty-eight miles east of the Rhine and eight miles east of Frankfurt, Hanau was cleared by troops of the Third U.S. Army March 27,1945."

63. German Tire Plant Reduced to Rubble, Hanau, Germany

IDNO:
041169
Title:
German Tire Plant Reduced to Rubble, Hanau, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Rubble and bombed out buildings are all that remain of the plant of the Dunlop Company at Hanau, which was Germany's second largest tire plant. This factory specialized in aircraft tired before it was mombed out of existence by Allied air attacks. Twenty-eight miles east of the Rhine and eight miles east of Frankfurt, Hanau was cleared by troops of the Third U.S. Army March 27,1945."
Information on back of photo reads: "This bridge, part of the German autobahn highway near Kaiserslautern, was blown up by fleeing Nazi troops during the advance of American forces inside the Saar bulge. Kaiserslautern, road junction town in the area, was entered by the Third U.S. Army troops March 20, 1945. The autobahn is the many-laned concrete highway designed to link up most of Germany in a network. The system had not been entirely completed by the Nazis at the outbreak of the war."

64. Germans Blow Up Autobahn Bridge, Kaiserslautern, Germany

IDNO:
041168
Title:
Germans Blow Up Autobahn Bridge, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "This bridge, part of the German autobahn highway near Kaiserslautern, was blown up by fleeing Nazi troops during the advance of American forces inside the Saar bulge. Kaiserslautern, road junction town in the area, was entered by the Third U.S. Army troops March 20, 1945. The autobahn is the many-laned concrete highway designed to link up most of Germany in a network. The system had not been entirely completed by the Nazis at the outbreak of the war."
Caption on back of photo reads: "German woman (left) stands before the wreckage of her home and explains to a neighbor how a heavy Nazi shell leveled the building. Several civilians were injured by the enemy action against the town after its capture by American troops."

65. German Shell Causes Casualties in Reich, Germany

IDNO:
041167
Title:
German Shell Causes Casualties in Reich, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Caption on back of photo reads: "German woman (left) stands before the wreckage of her home and explains to a neighbor how a heavy Nazi shell leveled the building. Several civilians were injured by the enemy action against the town after its capture by American troops."
Caption on back reads "Civilians of Plauen, Germany, make their way through rubble filled streets in search of what articles they can salvage from their wrecked homes and shops. The city was captured by the 3rd U.S. Army following a devastating attack by Allied bombers."

66. Destruction of Plauen, Germany

IDNO:
041166
Title:
Destruction of Plauen, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Caption on back reads "Civilians of Plauen, Germany, make their way through rubble filled streets in search of what articles they can salvage from their wrecked homes and shops. The city was captured by the 3rd U.S. Army following a devastating attack by Allied bombers."
Caption on back of photo reads: "German civilians from the small farming community of Tenholz are received by an American soldier in a shattered house serving as a reception center in Lovenich. The 102nd Infantry Division of the Ninth U.S. Army captured Lovenich February 25, 1945."

67. German Civilians Seek Shelter, Tenholz, Germany

IDNO:
041165
Title:
German Civilians Seek Shelter, Tenholz, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Caption on back of photo reads: "German civilians from the small farming community of Tenholz are received by an American soldier in a shattered house serving as a reception center in Lovenich. The 102nd Infantry Division of the Ninth U.S. Army captured Lovenich February 25, 1945."
Information on back of picture reads: "A civilian picks his way through the rubble littering the streets of Laroche, Belgium, formerly an important enemy communications center on the northern flank of the Ardonnes Salient. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announced January 12, 1945, that Allied troops had taken the Belgian town. Only a little over a month after the launching of the unsuccessful Nazi counter-thrust December 16, 1944, front lone correspondents made it clear by midnight January 22, 1945, that the Battle of the Ardonnes was practically over."

68. Belgian Civilian Moves Through Rubble, Laroche, Belgium

IDNO:
041164
Title:
Belgian Civilian Moves Through Rubble, Laroche, Belgium
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of picture reads: "A civilian picks his way through the rubble littering the streets of Laroche, Belgium, formerly an important enemy communications center on the northern flank of the Ardonnes Salient. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announced January 12, 1945, that Allied troops had taken the Belgian town. Only a little over a month after the launching of the unsuccessful Nazi counter-thrust December 16, 1944, front lone correspondents made it clear by midnight January 22, 1945, that the Battle of the Ardonnes was practically over."
A series of intense battles were fought here between the U.S. and German force from 1944/09/19 to 1945/02/10, over barely 50 sq mi. east of the Belgian–German border.

69. Soldiers Taking Cover During Battle of Hurtgen Forest Near Belgian-German Border

IDNO:
041163
Title:
Soldiers Taking Cover During Battle of Hurtgen Forest Near Belgian-German Border
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A series of intense battles were fought here between the U.S. and German force from 1944/09/19 to 1945/02/10, over barely 50 sq mi. east of the Belgian–German border.
Information on back of picture is torn, but partial info reads: "This is a scene in Zweibrucken, hammered by Allied air and U.S. artillery attacks before Seventh U.S. Army troops captured the town March 20, 1945."

70. SAAR Town Destoryed By U.S. Advance, Zweibrucken, Germany

IDNO:
041162
Title:
SAAR Town Destoryed By U.S. Advance, Zweibrucken, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of picture is torn, but partial info reads: "This is a scene in Zweibrucken, hammered by Allied air and U.S. artillery attacks before Seventh U.S. Army troops captured the town March 20, 1945."
Information included on back: "A wrecked 105mm gun stands by the side of a road near Manhay, Belgium, where troops of the 83rd U.S. Infantry Division are advancing against the northern flank of the Nazi wedge. Manhay was wrested from enemy control December 28, 1944, by Allied forces driving toward the German St. Vith-Laroche supply road which was severed in several places by January 8, 1945, when 15 miles of the vital highway was under U.S. and British control. The Germans were thus left with only one major supply highway into their salient." (U.S. Signal Corps).

71. Blasted Gun in Snow Swept Belgium; Manhay, Belgium

IDNO:
041161
Title:
Blasted Gun in Snow Swept Belgium; Manhay, Belgium
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information included on back: "A wrecked 105mm gun stands by the side of a road near Manhay, Belgium, where troops of the 83rd U.S. Infantry Division are advancing against the northern flank of the Nazi wedge. Manhay was wrested from enemy control December 28, 1944, by Allied forces driving toward the German St. Vith-Laroche supply road which was severed in several places by January 8, 1945, when 15 miles of the vital highway was under U.S. and British control. The Germans were thus left with only one major supply highway into their salient." (U.S. Signal Corps).
Information included on back: "Two young women of captured Rittersdorf, Germany, step over an abandoned Nazi rifle as they carry water in the Reich town, seized by troops of the Third U.S. Army February 26, 1945. The town was cleared by American soldiers driving to Bitburg, last important German road center west of the Rhine in the Third Army battle sector."

72. German Girls in Captured Town, Rittersdorf, Germany

IDNO:
041160
Title:
German Girls in Captured Town, Rittersdorf, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information included on back: "Two young women of captured Rittersdorf, Germany, step over an abandoned Nazi rifle as they carry water in the Reich town, seized by troops of the Third U.S. Army February 26, 1945. The town was cleared by American soldiers driving to Bitburg, last important German road center west of the Rhine in the Third Army battle sector."
Part of information included on back: "A knocked-out American tank stands behind a small, leveled building in captured Heilbronn. German industrial city which was virtually demolished prior to its occupation . . ." (U.S. Signal Corps).

73. Blasted German City, Heilbronn, Germany

IDNO:
041159
Title:
Blasted German City, Heilbronn, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Part of information included on back: "A knocked-out American tank stands behind a small, leveled building in captured Heilbronn. German industrial city which was virtually demolished prior to its occupation . . ." (U.S. Signal Corps).
Part of the information included on back: "German town near Duren on the Roer River, important junction point of the road leading to Cologne and the Rhine lies shell-wrecked and bombed to ruins February 21, 1945 as U.S. troops advanced deeper into Germany."(U.S. Signal Corps).

74. U.S. Bombs and Shells Leave German Town in Ruins, Duren, Germany

IDNO:
041158
Title:
U.S. Bombs and Shells Leave German Town in Ruins, Duren, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Part of the information included on back: "German town near Duren on the Roer River, important junction point of the road leading to Cologne and the Rhine lies shell-wrecked and bombed to ruins February 21, 1945 as U.S. troops advanced deeper into Germany."(U.S. Signal Corps).
Information included on back: "Dead horses and wrecked vehicles of German convoy are strewn along road in vicinity of Lus, Germany. Following attack on convoy by American Dive Bombers. Germans were trying to escape from encirclement by troops of the 3rd and 7th U.S. Armies." (U.S. Signal Corps).

75. Dead Horses and Wrecked Vehicles of German Convoy, Lus, Germany

IDNO:
041156
Title:
Dead Horses and Wrecked Vehicles of German Convoy, Lus, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information included on back: "Dead horses and wrecked vehicles of German convoy are strewn along road in vicinity of Lus, Germany. Following attack on convoy by American Dive Bombers. Germans were trying to escape from encirclement by troops of the 3rd and 7th U.S. Armies." (U.S. Signal Corps).
A lone soldier walks around the destroyed buildings in a German town towards the end of the war.

76. Lone Soldier Walks Through Destruction in Germany

IDNO:
041155
Title:
Lone Soldier Walks Through Destruction in Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A lone soldier walks around the destroyed buildings in a German town towards the end of the war.
Buildings in a German City bombed by the U.S. and RAF Forces, lay in ruins towards the end of the World War II.

77. Bombed Buildings in Germany

IDNO:
041154
Title:
Bombed Buildings in Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Buildings in a German City bombed by the U.S. and RAF Forces, lay in ruins towards the end of the World War II.
American GIs make their way through the rubble of what is left of a German town.

78. U.S. Soldiers Walking Through Destroyed City, Germany

IDNO:
041153
Title:
U.S. Soldiers Walking Through Destroyed City, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
American GIs make their way through the rubble of what is left of a German town.
Tanks and soldiers traveled past destroyed buildings as they push through Germany in the spring of 1945.

79. U.S. Tanks and Soldiers Push Through Germany

IDNO:
041152
Title:
U.S. Tanks and Soldiers Push Through Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Tanks and soldiers traveled past destroyed buildings as they push through Germany in the spring of 1945.
U.S. Army troops pushed through German resistance in the Spring of 1945. Many towns such as this were bombed from the air and assualted by ground forces.

80. Cross Inside of Destroyed Building in Germany

IDNO:
041151
Title:
Cross Inside of Destroyed Building in Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
U.S. Army troops pushed through German resistance in the Spring of 1945. Many towns such as this were bombed from the air and assualted by ground forces.
U.S. soldiers move on from a destroyed transport vehicle on the road as one G.I. mans a mounted machine gun in the jeep.

81. Armed U.S. Soldiers Move Up Hill in Combat Area

IDNO:
041150
Title:
Armed U.S. Soldiers Move Up Hill in Combat Area
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
U.S. soldiers move on from a destroyed transport vehicle on the road as one G.I. mans a mounted machine gun in the jeep.
Information included with the photograph,"Debris spilled from bombed buildings of Mainz fills a street of the ancient Rhine River city captured by troops of the 80th Division, Third u.S. Army, March 23, 1945. Mainz, birthplace of Johannes Gutemberg, credited with the development of printing in the 15th Century, was a strategic Nazi manufacturing center of machinery and chemicals."

82. Rubble Filled Street, Mainz, Germany

IDNO:
041149
Title:
Rubble Filled Street, Mainz, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information included with the photograph,"Debris spilled from bombed buildings of Mainz fills a street of the ancient Rhine River city captured by troops of the 80th Division, Third u.S. Army, March 23, 1945. Mainz, birthplace of Johannes Gutemberg, credited with the development of printing in the 15th Century, was a strategic Nazi manufacturing center of machinery and chemicals."
Information with the photograph, "A lone soldier of the 100th Infantry Division, Seventh U.S. Army, walks through the ruins of Heilbronn, Germany, cleared of the enemy April 12, 1945. Forty miles southeast of Mannheim and the Rhino, Heilbronn, an important road and rail center was blasted by Allied Planes. U.S. Signal Corps Photo."

83. German Rail Center Blasted By Allied Air Attacks, Heilbronh, Germany

IDNO:
041144
Title:
German Rail Center Blasted By Allied Air Attacks, Heilbronh, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information with the photograph, "A lone soldier of the 100th Infantry Division, Seventh U.S. Army, walks through the ruins of Heilbronn, Germany, cleared of the enemy April 12, 1945. Forty miles southeast of Mannheim and the Rhino, Heilbronn, an important road and rail center was blasted by Allied Planes. U.S. Signal Corps Photo."
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in the European Theater during World War II, is greeted by an unidentified officer. Eisenhower toured several Nazi Concentration Camps immediately after they were liberated in order to personally testify to the heinous Nazi war crimes.

84. General Eisenhower and Allied Officer Shaking Hands

IDNO:
041143
Title:
General Eisenhower and Allied Officer Shaking Hands
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in the European Theater during World War II, is greeted by an unidentified officer. Eisenhower toured several Nazi Concentration Camps immediately after they were liberated in order to personally testify to the heinous Nazi war crimes.
Over its twelve years as a concentration camp, the Dachau administration recorded the intake of 206,206 prisoners and 31,951 deaths. This number varies according to the source but the totals are overwhelming regardless. Photographic evidence of the Holocaust, such as this, extinguished claims that reports of horrific Nazi Death Camps was Allied propaganda.

85. Countless Dead Bodies in Dachau Concentration Camp

IDNO:
041141
Title:
Countless Dead Bodies in Dachau Concentration Camp
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Over its twelve years as a concentration camp, the Dachau administration recorded the intake of 206,206 prisoners and 31,951 deaths. This number varies according to the source but the totals are overwhelming regardless. Photographic evidence of the Holocaust, such as this, extinguished claims that reports of horrific Nazi Death Camps was Allied propaganda.
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.

86. Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany

IDNO:
041140
Title:
Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany
Date:
ca. 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.
A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Munich building after Germany was bombed in World War II.

87. Remnants of Kings Residence Antiquarium; Munich, Germany

IDNO:
041132
Title:
Remnants of Kings Residence Antiquarium; Munich, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Munich building after Germany was bombed in World War II.
A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Munich building after Germany was bombed during World War II.

88. Throne-Hall in Kings Residence After Bombing; Munich, Germany

IDNO:
041128
Title:
Throne-Hall in Kings Residence After Bombing; Munich, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Munich building after Germany was bombed during World War II.
A rambild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Augsburg building gutted by the Allied bombing during World War II.

89. House of Weavers Burned Out, Augsburg, Germany

IDNO:
041124
Title:
House of Weavers Burned Out, Augsburg, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A rambild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Augsburg building gutted by the Allied bombing during World War II.
Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Noel Conley and crew". Conley was from Clarksburg, West Virginia.

90. United States Navy Flight Crew During World War II, Pacific Theater

IDNO:
040810
Title:
United States Navy Flight Crew During World War II, Pacific Theater
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Noel Conley and crew". Conley was from Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Unidentified Post Office employees pose on the front steps of the Post Office on High Street in downtown Morgantown.

91. Group Portrait of Postal Employees at Morgantown Post Office, Monongalia County, W. Va,

IDNO:
039836
Title:
Group Portrait of Postal Employees at Morgantown Post Office, Monongalia County, W. Va,
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Unidentified Post Office employees pose on the front steps of the Post Office on High Street in downtown Morgantown.
Several ladies gather around a table set for tea and two children sit in front wearing colonial-era costumes. Back row, l to r: Mrs. Baker; unknown; unknown; Mrs. Carl Walker; and Mrs. Welch. End of table, l: Mrs. Helen Camp; other end, Mrs. W. B. Bartlett. In front on left: Alece Fisher.

92. Gassaway Celebration, Braxton County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039295
Title:
Gassaway Celebration, Braxton County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Several ladies gather around a table set for tea and two children sit in front wearing colonial-era costumes. Back row, l to r: Mrs. Baker; unknown; unknown; Mrs. Carl Walker; and Mrs. Welch. End of table, l: Mrs. Helen Camp; other end, Mrs. W. B. Bartlett. In front on left: Alece Fisher.
Wife of West Virginia Governor Clarence Watson Meadows (1945-1949).

93. First Lady of West Virginia, Nancy Massie Meadows

IDNO:
038985
Title:
First Lady of West Virginia, Nancy Massie Meadows
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Wife of West Virginia Governor Clarence Watson Meadows (1945-1949).
A-26 Invader Attack Bombers flying in a tight formation somewhere in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

94. Douglas A-26 Invader Attack Bombers in Flight During World War II

IDNO:
038890
Title:
Douglas A-26 Invader Attack Bombers in Flight During World War II
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A-26 Invader Attack Bombers flying in a tight formation somewhere in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
This photograph was taken from another aircraft flying in the same formation, note the open window/vent on the right.

95. C-46 Transport Aircrafts in Flight During World War II

IDNO:
038889
Title:
C-46 Transport Aircrafts in Flight During World War II
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
This photograph was taken from another aircraft flying in the same formation, note the open window/vent on the right.
A C-46 Transport Aircraft sits on a runway somewhere in the Pacific during World War II.

96. C - 46 Transport Aircraft of United States Army Air Force During World War II

IDNO:
038888
Title:
C - 46 Transport Aircraft of United States Army Air Force During World War II
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A C-46 Transport Aircraft sits on a runway somewhere in the Pacific during World War II.