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[Soldier Leaning on a Car Door]

Description: Photograph of a soldier leaning against an open car door on a residential street. The soldier is wearing a garrison cap, uniform jacket, and tie. Rows of houses and vegetation line both sides of the street.
Date: 1944~
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[George Ayers with Captured German Bus]

Description: Photograph of uniformed U.S. soldier George Ayers standing beside a captured German school bus. He is holding a rifle over his right shoulder. The bus bears the image of a cross on a square white field on its grill, over its windshield, and twice along its side.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[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

[Dan Melli Scrapbook, Page 1]

Description: Photographs of Dan Melli in and around the envirions of Blaubeuren, Germany. The image on the top left shows an American military parked by a Blaubeuren sign at a railroad station. The top right image shows Dan Melli sitting by a medical truck that has "Louise" written on its covering. The center picture features a blurry soldier standing in front of a captured German train with piles of open crates nearby. Dan Melli poses with a wrought iron fence on the bottom left, and with two young Germ… more
Date: 1945~
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Men beginning to be discharged!]

Description: Photographs of soldiers preparing to be discharged and leave Germany. The first photo involves a First Sergeant calling out while holding a paper. Soldiers mill about to the right, with Ferdinand Caravelli looking towards the camera. The middle-left photo shows Joe Hurt carrying a full sack over his back and standing in a street. The middle-right photo shows Nathan Levine standing in front of a German theater. The bottom photo is a close up of Dan Melli and a man named John. They are smiling, s… more
Date: September 3, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Russian Soldiers who visited our station]

Description: Photographs of Russian soldiers who visited Dan Melli's station in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first photo shows a mustached man standing at the corner of a building. A sign indicating the dispensary points forward near his head. The photo on the bottom left shows eight uniformed Russian soldiers standing together and posing for the camera. The final photo shows Russians gathered around a vehicle. The three men to the left are looking into the vehicle, while two men on the right look toward the c… more
Date: August 20, 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

[Robert McNatt with Captured German Bus]

Description: Photograph of uniformed U.S. soldier Robert McNatt standing beside a captured German bus. He is holding his helmet in his left hand. The bus bears the image of a cross on a square white field on its grill and over its windshield.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Dan Melli Standing by a Sign Near the Danube]

Description: Photograph of Dan Melli wearing a U.S. Army uniform and standing by a sign erected on the side of a road. The sign is printed with "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of the 12th Armd Division." A tree and shrubs are visible behind him. Short rails and posts line the road to the right.
Date: June 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldier Standing in a Railroad Car Entryway]

Description: Photograph of a uniformed U.S. Army soldier standing in the entryway of a captured German railroad car. The windows to the left of his head are broken. The icon of an eagle standing on a swastika appears on the car under its broken windows. This photograph may have been taken at the Railroad Station in Speyer.
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
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