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[Bodies Near Landsberg]

Description: Copy photograph of bodies laid out at a concentration camp near Landsberg, Germany. Soldiers stand in the background, and large piles of dirt mark mass graves. A typed note below the photograph reads: "572Th helped with the Body's at a Concentration Camp near Landsberg, Germany. Donated by Ray Perkett of the 572Th".
Date: 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Rescue workers recover a body from the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Seven men climb over wooden and metal debris carrying an unidentified body. Two men in the foreground on the left, and another man behind on the right, are watching. Large pieces of metal and wooden debris litter the ground. Cars are parked behind the men, with windows broken or blown out. On the bottom of the picture is the caption "Texas City Disaster, April 16, 1947".
Date: April 16, 1947
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Searching for submerged bodies after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Three men are standing in a small boat using oars to check for submerged bodies in the port area after the explosions. The boat and the men are smeared with oil/petroleum. Wooden and metal debris covers the surface of the water behind the men. On the back of the photograph is written "Searching for submerged bodies."
Date: April 16, 1947
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Two Photos at Landsberg Concentration Camp]

Description: Two photographs taken at Landsberg Concentration Camp in Germany. In the top photo, German civilians push a wagon full of dead bodies past a wire fence. In the bottom photo, a group of German civilians stands around dead bodies laid out in rows. Two soldiers stand among the bodies, telling the civilians that they are going to bury the dead.
Date: 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Men at Landsberg Camp]

Description: Photograph of two American soldiers and the former German commander standing in the middle of bodies laid out on the ground at Landsberg Camp in Germany. More men stand on the edge of the bodies.
Date: 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Landsberg Concentration Camps]

Description: Two photographs of the Landsberg Prison in Germany. In the first photo, the captured commandant of the concentration camp stands among the bodies of inmates. In the second photo, men from a nearby town a forced to dig a mass grave for the deceased inmates, who are lined up on the ground.
Date: 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Liberated Concentration Camps]

Description: Two photographs of the Landsberg Prison in Germany. In the top photo, the corpses of prisoners are laid out, while soldiers of the 12th Armored Division dig a mass grave in the background. In the bottom photo, several people walk in front of barracks for inmates, which were partially built into the ground. A wagon to the left is piled with the bodies of deceased inmates.
Date: April 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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