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12th AD Fights Near Colmar Pocket

Photograph of a group of uniformed and helmeted soldiers walking through a forest beside an armored tracked vehicle. Smoke creates an obscuring haze across the photo.

Date: [1944..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

1st Nazi Captive, Houffbach, Fr

Photograph of a German prisoner of war standing in a French street with people gathered on the sidewalks behind him. He wears a long coat and soft cap, and holds his arms in submission. A uniformed soldier to the left holds a rifle and observes the prisoner.

Date: [1944..1945]

Creator: Petross, Homer

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 47.955798 7.297167

Advance into Nazi City

Photograph of military personnel and armored vehicles traveling down a German street. Damaged buildings line the street, and piles of rubble are located on either side of the street in the foreground.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[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.

Item Type: Photograph

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

Item Type: Photograph

Clearing Snipers, Nuernberg, G

Photograph of armed Allied soldiers moving over hills of rubble in Nuremberg, Germany. A few walls and building frames remain among the debris.

Date: [1944..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

[A Destroyed Bridge]

Photograph of a pair of railroad tracks that run toward a destroyed concrete bridge.

Date: [1944..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

[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]

Item Type: Photograph

Evicting Hitler, Berchtesgaden

Photograph of the burnt ruins of Adolf Hitler's Berghof, a residence in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Smoke curls behind a barren tree which stands in front of a earthen slope. The house stands to the right and has blackened walls and broken windows. A soldier can be seen standing near a brick wall in front of the building.

Date: [1944..1945]

Creator: Petross, Homer

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 47.633611 13.041944

[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]

Item Type: Photograph

[German Farmhouse and Barn]

Photograph of a German barn where Allied trucks were stored. A man and three women stand at the wide open door of the barn while holding long-hafted tools. Wooden framed carts stand in the foreground. A half-timbered farmhouse is visible to the left. The note on the reverse side of the image say that American soldiers stayed here during the final push of the European theater of World War II.

Date: [1944..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

[German House and Woodshed]

Photograph of two German buildings. The leftmost building is an open woodshed with boards piled at its sides. The stone house in the background is two stories tall and has double windows spaced regularly along its side.

Date: [1943..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

[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]

Item Type: Photograph

[German Soldiers in Training]

Photograph of a group of uniformed German soldiers running down a road that passes beside a windowed building.

Date: [1942..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

[German Soldiers Practicing with an MG-42]

Photograph of two German soldiers training with an MG-42 machine gun. One soldier lies on the ground behind the weapon, while another kneels to its side. Farm buildings are visible in the background.

Date: [1943..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

[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]

Item Type: Photograph

[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]

Item Type: Photograph

[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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Homer Petross and His Handstanding Friend]

Photograph of Homer Petross standing to the right of a friend doing a handstand. The two men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms.

Date: [1943..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

[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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Homer Petross Hugging a Young Girl]

Photograph of Homer Petross kneeling beside a young blonde girl and hugging her. Two boys can be seen behind them sitting near a pond. Two young ducks are located on the ground in front of Petross. Three houses can be seen across the pond in the background.

Date: [1943..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

[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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Homer Petross Manning a Half-Track's Machine Gun]

Photograph of Homer Petross manning a machine gun that is mounted on top of a U.S. Army half-track. "Angela II" is painted along the bottom of the vehicle's right door.

Date: [1943..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

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12th AD Fights Near Colmar Pocket

1st Nazi Captive, Houffbach, Fr

Advance into Nazi City

Advance Thru Coburg, Germany

[Airplane Parked by Autobahn]

Blasting Resistance, Austria

Clearing Snipers, Nuernberg, G

[A Destroyed Bridge]

[A Destroyed Bridge and Vehicles]

Evicting Hitler, Berchtesgaden

[Four Children Holding Hands in Front of a House]

[German Farmhouse and Barn]

[German House and Woodshed]

[German Mortar Crew]

[German Soldiers in Training]

[German Soldiers Practicing with an MG-42]

[German Soldiers Travelling with Horses]

[A Group of Prisoners of War]

[Homer Petross and His Driver Standing with a Truck]

[Homer Petross and His Handstanding Friend]

[Homer Petross Holding a Captured German Machine Gun]

[Homer Petross Hugging a Young Girl]

[Homer Petross in Front of His Home]

[Homer Petross Manning a Half-Track's Machine Gun]