Abilene Library Consortium - 115 Matching Results

Search Results

[Dan Melli Shaving Outdoors]

Description: Photograph of Dan Melli standing near a dirt road and wielding shaving implements. He is holding a safety razor under an open water pipe to the right, and he gestures towards the camera with a straight object. Melli is wearing an a-shirt and has shaving cream applied to his face. Two soldiers working with crates behind a truck in the background.
Date: 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: 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

[Men Standing in a Hotel Park in Grasse, France]

Description: Photograph of several men standing in a hotel's park in Grasse, France. Three men stand in the foreground. Longoni, a bald man wearing spectacles and a sports coat, stands to the left. Two uniformed U.S. Army soldiers, Dan Melli and Ed Feron, stand next to Longoni. Another soldier is walking in the background under palm trees. A hotel building with multiple balconies and ivy growing up its side is visible to the left.
Date: 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Staging Area - Calas]

Description: Photographs of the Calas staging area in France. The top image shows soldiers identified as Bernikow and Nathan Levine standing on an earthen field in front of a row of tents. The second picture, labeled "Our billet," is of a tent structure that with an open entryway. The bottom two photographs feature groups of two and three soldiers posing together in front of the tent billets.
Date: 1945-11-10/1945-11-22
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Rose and Nathan Levine in Front of a House]

Description: Photograph of Rose and Nathan Levine standing together in front of a dark wooden house. Rose is wearing a jacket, blouse, and skirt, while Nathan is wearing a U.S. Army dress uniform and garrison cap. Behind them, a picket fence and bare trees surround the house.
Date: January 30, 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[People Repairing a Damaged Roof]

Description: Photograph of people repairing the damaged roof of a stone building. Three men are standing on the roof near a hole with a ladder nearby. A man stands on a cart below them. A uniformed and helmeted U.S. Army soldier stands in front of the cart and looks towards the camera.
Date: February 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Piled Atop Sergeant Franzone]

Description: Photograph of a group of soldiers piled atop Sergeant Joseph Franzone in a field while another soldier stands behind them. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and soft caps. The piling soldiers are identified as Cohan, Dan Melli, Holzer, Denemark, and the standing Leo Alexander. Rows of tents are visible on either side of the photograph.
Date: September 30, 1943
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Studying for an Exam]

Description: Photograph of men identified as Johna, Susselman, and Dan Melli crouching on grass in front of a two-story building. A man identified as Winston stands to the right and gestures with his right hand. Each of the men are carrying a book.
Date: June 6, 1944
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

[Johns, Carlton Sparks, and Dan Melli Sitting Outdoors]

Description: Photograph of Johns, Carlton Sparks, and Dan Melli sitting together outside on the grounds of O'Reilly General Hospital in Missouri. Johns is wearing a tee shirt and slacks and lies on a blanket. Sparks is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and garrison cap while sitting. Melli is shirtless and wears shorts. Two two-story buildings are visible behind them.
Date: May 28, 1944
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

[Six Men Standing Among Palm Trees]

Description: Photograph of five uniformed Army soldiers and a man in a sports coat standing together among palm trees. The military men are identified from left to right as Ed Feron, Dan Melli, John Battles, Charles Awe, and Joseph Silverstone.
Date: June 8, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
Back to Top of Screen