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[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim]

Description: Photographs of scenes from around Rüsselsheim, Germany following the American occupation. The top photo features Dan Melli sitting on a low brick wall in front of a dispensary with Thomas Walsh leaning through a window. The next photo features men identified as Magnani, Technical Sergeant Nelson, Ferdinand Caravelli, and Captain Brookshire standing together in front of a row of homes. The final picture has Dan Melli standing next to the provocatively posed Technical Sergeant Nelson.
Date: August 22, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Schloß Taxis mit Dischingen vom Flugzeug aus

Description: Postcard featuring an aerial view of Schloß Taxis and the surrounding area. Schloß Taxis is a castle with a large primary building that is surrounded by smaller secondary buildings. A forest is visible to the right, and a village in the background is located among vast expanses of fields.
Date: unknown
Creator: A. Weber & Co.
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[German Women Lined Up for Discharge]

Description: Photograph of dozens of German women arranged in a line outdoors in Aalen, Germany. Many can be seen with bags and luggage. Soldiers and United States Army vehicles are visible in front of and behind the line. Buildings and a tree line are visible in the background.
Date: 1942~
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photographs of E. J. Simons and Others in Various Locations]

Description: Four scanned photographs featuring E. J. Simons and other uniformed American soldiers at various locations in Europe. The original photos were taped onto a sheet of paper along with captions. The photo on the top right features soldiers identified as Joe, Ucyroski, and E. J. "Spike" Simons sitting on a bench in Paris, France. A stone wall, trees, and a statue are visible behind them. The next photo features Simons standing between two soldiers and a view of the Eiffel Tower in the background. T… more
Date: {1945~,1945-06-06}
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Aalen - Germany]

Description: Photographs of captured German areas. The top two images concern destroyed railroad assets in Aalen, Germany. The image on the top left is of the ruins of a railroad station. The building has been burned away to reveal brick and metal supports. A locomotive sits to the right. The top right photograph features several locomotives sitting on tracks. The third photo is of a pile of artillery shells stacked in a woodland near Ansbach, Germany. The bottom left photo is a different angle of the same … more
Date: June 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Opel Factory]

Description: Photographs of the Opel automobile factory in Rüsselsheim, Germany, before and after American bombing operations. The first photo shows the factory with the word "Opel" written across its front and two large smokestacks rising from its roof. The second photo shows an American soldier standing amidst rubble and the shells of wrecked rooms. The third photo shows a collapsed ceiling, broken frames, and assorted rubble. The fourth photo shows a pile of rubble to the left and a relatively intact fiv… more
Date: 1945~
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim - September 1, 1945]

Description: Photographs of two locations around Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first two photos are of a house where Wolfgang Mozart composed music. One uniformed soldier poses nearby in the first photo, while Joe Hurt and Technical Sergeant Nelson stand near the building in the second. The image to the bottom left contains an ivy covered castle gate tower. The structure is conical and built of crumbling stone and has several thin windows. In the fourth photo, Don Melli and a soldier named Nelson pose in front … more
Date: September 1, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Five Soldiers Leaning Against a Building with Two Girls]

Description: Photograph of four uniformed American soldiers leaning against a building. They are identified from left to right as Bertelson, Packey, Cahill, Markey, and Symon. Two young girls stand to the left of Packey. The stone building has a series of large multi-paned windows with shutters. The numbered hood and wheel well of a jeep is visible to the left.
Date: 1942~
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

["C" Building in Neubozheim]

Description: Photograph of a pair of two story buildings located by a paved road and an ivy-covered tree. The building on the right has larger windows on its second story. The building in the background has a large grate of window panes on its second story, with smaller windows along its ground level.
Date: 1945~
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Repairing Damage at Oschenfurt, Germany]

Description: Photograph of groups of uniformed and helmeted U.S. soldiers in the streets of Oschenfurt, Germany, and attending to repairs. A street in the foreground has been reduced to rubble, and nearby soldiers carry blocks of stone. Intact buildings of timber and stone stand in the background.
Date: April 16, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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