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[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

G.M. Langdon

Description: Photograph of a man. Photograph of G.M. Langdon, first mayor of Van Horn, TX, September 1945
Date: September 1945
Partner: Clark Hotel Museum

[Deck of the USS Missouri on the day of Japan's surrender]

Description: Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Army and Navy officials watch on as dignitaries leave the deck.
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Japanese surrender, September 2, 1945]

Description: Photograph of Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Toshikazu Kase overlooks Shigemitsu's shoulder.
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[General Douglas MacArthur addresses dignitaries at the signing of the Japanese Surrender]

Description: Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender which ended WWII. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, address the crowd at the beginning of the ceremony. Behind him from left to right stand: General Hsu Yung-Chang of China; Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser, Royal Navy; Lt. General Kuzma Derevyanko of the U.S.S.R.; and General Sir Thomas Blamey of Australia.
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Military officers on the deck of the USS Missouri for the Japanese Surrender of WWII]

Description: Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender that ended WWII. Allied military officers stand on the deck of the USS Missouri. From left to right on the front row are: Lt. General Kuzma Derevyando of the U.S.S.R.; General Sir Thomas Blamey of Australia; Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave of Canada; General Jacques LeClerc of France; Vice Admiral Conrad E.L. Helfrich of the Netherlands; and Air Vice Marshall Leonard M. Isitt of New Zealand.
Date: September 2, 1945
Creator: Kahl, Kalvin Henry
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Houses in Schnaitheim]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of buildings in Schnaitheim, Germany.
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[The Vassallos on Their Wedding Day]

Description: Photograph of Angelo and Margaret Vassallo on their wedding day. A house is visible in the background.
Date: September 3, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers on Way to Port]

Description: Photograph of soldiers getting off a train on their way to a port.
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Close-Up of a Sailor at Okinawa]

Description: Photograph of a sailor from close range. The back of the photo says that this was "taken at Okinawa Ryuku Islands Buckner Bay." Also written on the back is "Beat, but happy its now almost over."
Date: September 1945
Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Speedboat Race]

Description: Photograph of three speedboats racing. One man is in each boat. The boat in the foreground says "Eight Ball III" on the side, the center boat says "Winkie," and the boat furthest says "gray goose 4th." In the background, there is an eroding shoreline.
Date: September 3, 1945
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Portrait of John Lester]

Description: Portrait of John Lester, visible from the shoulders up, wearing a Navy uniform. Pencil has been used to create curly hair around the crown of his head.
Date: September 26, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Soldier]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing in front of the 44th Tank Battalion quarters in Tokyo.
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Troy Criss]

Description: Photograph of Staff Sgt. Troy Criss, who served in Company A of the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion, posing in uniform in Gerstetten, Germany. There is a typed description of the photograph on the back.
Date: September 20, 1945
Creator: Pierce, Amos Edward
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Four Members of 12th Armored Division MP Platoon]

Description: Photograph of four members of the 12th Armored Division MP Platoon. Their names, from left to right, are Nicolas Kepf, Manzoni, Heinz Linder, and Hawkins.
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of People in Residential Street]

Description: Photograph of men, women, and children milling in a residential street, with a large home in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "'Black Market' trading in route Germany to LeHavre."
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Sorority Initiation Solo]

Description: Photograph of Vera Whetten Pratt wearing a white sheet and sitting on top of a gate post during initiation into a sorority at Arizona State College. Trees are visible behind her.
Date: September 1945
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Women Waiting to Leave Manila]

Description: Photograph of Marjorie Pruitt, K. Rhode, Oneida Mire, Mabel Bassett waiting to go home. A cluster of women in uniform stand on the left in front of a building and a truck on the right.
Date: September 1945
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Photographic Copy of Japanese Surrender Document]

Description: Photographic copy of Japan's surrender document signed by the Japanese Emperor and General as well as representatives from the United States, China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands and France.
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers in Boxcar]

Description: Photograph of soldiers Seward and Jacobs sitting in a boxcar on the way to the port of Le Havre, France.
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[William Hahn Standing in a Field]

Description: Photograph of William Hahn wearing a jacket and cap while standing in a field surrounded by a wooden fence. A wheeled trailer sits behind him a few paces. Houses and a church are visible in the background.
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Group of German Civilians]

Description: Photograph of Louis Lapinski holding a carbine standing in a group of German civilians next to a train.
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Buildings in Paris, France]

Description: Photograph of buildings in Paris, France. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Out of hotel window, Paris, France."
Date: September 28, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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