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[Willard Pottenger and Unknown Soldier]

Photograph of Willard Pottenger standing to the left of an unidentified man. Both wear helmets, Pottenger wears a full Army uniform, and the unknown man wears a sleeveless shirt and dog tags. They are standing in front of a two-story building white building with shuttered windows.

Date: [1943..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Homer Petross and His Driver Standing with a Truck]

Photograph of two uniformed and helmeted U.S. soldiers standing next to a truck. "Angela II" is painted upon the lower portion of the truck's open door. The man wearing glasses and a garrison cap is Homer Petross, and the helmeted man is his truck driver. A shuttered window is visible behind the truck.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Two Soldiers Standing by a Truck Named "Angela II"]

Photograph of two uniformed and helmeted U.S. soldiers standing next to a truck. "Angela II" is painted upon the lower portion of the truck's open door. The two men are identified as Homer Petross' squad leader and his truck driver, Willard Pottenger. A two story building stands behind them.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Homer Petross in Front of His Home]

Photograph of Homer Petross standing in front of his home in Brownwood, Texas. He is wearing a khaki U.S. Army uniform, garrison cap, and spectacles. His house is lightly colored horizontal clapboard with vertical slats and brick near the bottom.

Date: [1942..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Homer Petross Holding a Captured German Machine Gun]

Photograph of Homer Petross standing before a rock wall and holding a captured German MG-42. Petross is wearing a helmet and an Army uniform.

Date: [1943..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[German Mortar Crew]

Photograph of a German mortar crew operating their mortar. The three helmeted and uniformed men crouch beside their weapon while two other men stand behind them. The leftmost visible man is holding a mortar shell in his hand.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Ruins of Dunkirk, France]

Photograph of ruined buildings in the city of Dunkirk, France. Rubble litters the foreground, and most of the photo contains the decrepit shells of ruined buildings. A tall belfry building stands intact in the center of the background.

Date: 1940

Creator: De Meester, J.

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Blasting Resistance, Austria

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

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[A Destroyed Bridge and Vehicles]

Photograph of the remains of a bridge that crossed a narrow river. The remains of overturned vehicles can be seen along the area where the bridge once stood. Soldiers can be seen surveying the damage on either side of the wreck. The notes on the reverse side of the photo indicate that the bridge was destroyed via mines.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldier Holding a Large Projectile]

Photograph of a uniformed and helmeted U.S. Army soldier holding a large shell projectile that is approximately three feet long. Houses, a picket fence, and a woodpile are visible behind him.

Date: [1943..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Four Children Holding Hands in Front of a House]

Photograph of four children standing in a row and holding hands in front of a two-story house. The three girls and one boy are wearing warm clothes, and snow can be seen on the ground and wooded hill behind them. The notes on the reverse side of the photo indicate that this image was taken from a border in the Alps between Germany and Austria.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Airplane Parked by Autobahn]

Photograph of a twin engined airplane parked among trees to the side of a German highway.

Date: [1944..1945]

Creator: Petross, Homer F.

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[A Group of Prisoners of War]

Photograph of a group of prisoners of war in Germany. They are wearing a variety of uniforms and stand around a wooden pole.

Date: [1943..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Advance Thru Coburg, Germany

Photograph of an armored Allied vehicle moving down the dusty road of Coburg, Germany. A helmeted soldier stands beside the vehicle. Tall buildings line the street, and rubble can be seen in the foreground.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[German Soldiers Travelling with Horses]

Photograph of large group of German soldiers traveling down a dirt road in horse-drawn vehicles. A group of saddled horses stands together at the far right alongside two soldiers on foot. The road is lined with trees to one side and power lines on the other.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Homer Petross with Another Soldier]

Photograph of Homer Petross standing to the right of another soldier. They each have an arm around the others' shoulder. They are standing outside to the left of a tent that is mostly out of frame. A young blonde boy wearing shorts stands near a hedge behind them.

Date: [1943..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Homer Petross in Uniform]

Photograph of Homer Petross posed standing in front of a wooden backyard fence with a barbecue grill and garden hose next to him. He wears his old Army uniform.

Date: 1994

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Cathedral Interior]

Photograph of the interior of St. Martin's Cathedral in Mainz, Germany. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "The interior of one of the nice churches over here."

Date: [1944..1945]

Location: 49.998875 8.274003

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Old City]

Photograph of the ruins of an old city wall, showing stones on the ground from the crumbling building in the right foreground.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Battle Aftermath]

Photograph of two soldiers standing in front of the ruins after a battle. A multistory house with a missing roof can be seen in the background.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Homer Petross at Ceremony]

Photograph of Homer Petross speaking into a microphone while wearing an Army uniform at an event held at the Farmers Branch Church of Christ.

Date: July 4, 1994

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Homer Petross]

Photograph of Homer Petross posed standing in front of a light-colored stucco building.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Two Unknown Soldiers]

Photograph of two unidentified soldiers standing in front of a two story building. One of the men slouches in a standing position with his jacket hanging off one shoulder.

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Jean Bart Statue]

Photograph of the Statue of Jean Bart in Dunkirk, France, showing destroyed buildings and military equipment in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "After battle."

Date: [1944..1945]

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

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