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Blasting Resistance, Austria

Description: Photograph of a smoke covered town in Austria. White smoke covers most of the buildings and winds up under the treeline of a nearby hill. Two tanks and three trucks can be seen on a road that winds to the right.
Date: 1945
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Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Man by Sign]

Description: Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes standing on the wooden posts of a half made sign in Brenner, Austria. It reads: "You are now entering Austria thru the courtesy of the". A house, a car, and a mountain are visible in the background.
Date: July 28, 1945
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Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Oral History Interview with Boyd H. Mitchell, Spring 2002

Description: Interview with Boyd H. Mitchell, a veteran of World War II serving in the 36th Infantry Division. Mitchell answers questions about his time in the Army, such as his training, living conditions, supplies, etc. Mitchell also shares about his experience during the invasion of Italy through Salerno and the Army's advance up through France, Germany, and Austria; the end of the interview includes questions about life once he got home.
Date: Spring 2002
Creator: Gace, Michael & Mitchell, Boyd H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972

Description: Interview with Eugene Cronin, a US Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Kansas City, Missouri. Cronin discusses his time as a B-24 crewmember stationed at Cerignola, Italy, the kinds of missions flown, his being shot down over Hungary and captured by the German Army, and his experiences in captivity at Vienna, Frankfurt, and Stalag Luft #1 near Barth in Western Pommerania.
Date: February 1, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mike Jacobs, November 26, 1989

Description: Interview with Mike Jacobs, a Holocaust survivor from Konin, Poland. Jacobs discusses his family background and growing up in Konin's Jewish community, the growth of antisemitism, attending an integrated school, the German invasion and occupation, moving to the ghetto and life inside, collaborators and Jewish police, hostages, moving to a smaller ghetto, losing his family to Treblinka, working with Polish partisans, escaping the ghetto and working from Ostrowiec concentration camp, engaging in … more
Date: November 26, 1989
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Jacobs, Mike
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Photograph of Cable Car in Austria]

Description: Photograph of a cable car suspended above a mountain covered with trees. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Taken from inside cable car as we were going up. Note the rainbow painted on the car that is coming down. Note size of trees below."
Date: 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Kitzbuhel, Austria]

Description: Photograph of mountains surrounding a valley with a river in Austria. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Taken from atop mtn overlooking valley and lake with its summer resorts and swimming facilities. June 26, 1945, Kitzbuhel, Austria."
Date: June 26, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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