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[12th Armored Division Patch]

Description: Photograph of the 12th Armored Division patch engraved on the side of the Armored Forces Monument. The 13th Armored Division patch is also visible to the right, and text is engraved on the top of the monument.
Date: November 11, 1991
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Close-Up of Monument]

Description: Photograph of a close-up of the Armored Forces Monument. There is a picture of men standing beside and on tanks, and one man on horseback. The words "Forging the Thunderbolt" are inscribed in the top right corner. The text at the bottom of the monument reads: "'A balanced team of combat arms and services of equal importance and equal prestige.' Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee Father of the American Armored Forces".
Date: November 11, 1991
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Elton Samuels with 12th Division Flag]

Description: Photograph of Elton Samuels holding out a 12th Armored Division flag at a dedication ceremony. Three other division flags are placed in the ground behind blue velvet chairs with programs set on them. Trees are visible in the background.
Date: November 11, 1991
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[List of Units]

Description: Photograph of a list of military units engraved into the Armored Forces Monument in Abilene, Texas. The text reads: "Armored Divisions: 1-14, 16, 20 Armored Groups: 1-3, 6-11, 17 Armored Regiments: 13, 32, 33 Armored Field Artillery Battalions: 58, 59, 62, 65, 69, Armored Infantry Battalions: 6-11, 14-17, 19-21, 23, 27 Armored Infantry Regiments: 6, 36, 41 Cavalry Groups: 2-4, 11, 14-16, 101, 102, 106, 113, 115 Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons: 2, 3, 4, 6, 15-19, 24, Reconnaissance Troops: 1-5,… more
Date: November 11, 1991
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Men and Woman at Dedication]

Description: Photograph of five men, including three in uniform, and a woman seated on a blue raised platform during a memorial dedication. Six red and yellow flags are planted in the ground behind the platform, and to the right, another uniformed man speaks into a microphone at a podium. Trees are visible in the background.
Date: November 11, 1991
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[People By Monument]

Description: Photograph of a World War II monument. A woman and a uniformed man stand looking at it, and four soldiers stand at attention to the right. The outside two carry rifles, and the inside two carry flags. Another soldier stands at attention behind the monument on the left. Trees are visible in the background.
Date: November 11, 1991
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Tank on Display]

Description: Photograph of a tank on display at a memorial dedication. Cars are parked on the side of the road behind the tank, and a building is visible in the background.
Date: November 11, 1991
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Veiled Monument]

Description: Photograph of a monument covered in a white sheet with a red, white, and blue pleated fan at both top corners. To the right, a line of four soldiers stand at attention, carrying rifles and two flags. To the left, a woman and two uniformed men stand on a raised platform in front of a podium. Another uniformed soldier stands beside the covered monument, and trees are visible in the background.
Date: November 11, 1991
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

[Soldiers Gathered by Tents]

Description: Photograph of a group of uniformed soldiers gathered outside of tents. Many of the men are sitting on top of duffel bags. The reverse side of the image notes that the men are "going home."
Date: November 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Monsieur and Madame Forrestre in a Garden]

Description: Photograph of the elderly Monsieur and Madame Forrestre standing together in their garden on Rue Sauvage in Auffay, France. Monsieur Forrestre wears a flat cap, waistcoat, and pants while his wife wears a dark dress. Nathan Levine and Dan Melli billeted with the couple.
Date: November 19, 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of French Scenery]

Description: Postcard of a lake surrounded with trees, with mountains in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo is addressed to Mr. T. W. Whitefield in Durham, North Carolina: "Dear Folks, Just a note to let you know I'm now in France. Will write more when we get settled. I'm doing ok and hope all of you are too. Write soon. May God bless you. Your devoted son, Clarence."
Date: November 15, 1944
Creator: Whitefield, Clarence
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of Chanctonbury Ring in Washington, Sussex]

Description: Postcard with an illustration of a town in the country, with a horse pulling a cart on the street. Typed text on the back of the photo says "Chanctonbury Ring, Washington, Sussex." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania says, "Dear Helen and all. This is a typical scene of this country and represents it quite well. The fireplace is doing quite well and we just had a little food with some toasted bread over the fire place. Snowing a bit out now. Bro Woodwa… more
Date: November 14, 1944
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[17th Armored Infantry Battalion Soldier]

Description: Photograph of three uniformed soldiers from the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion together in front of a corrugated tin building. Two of the soldiers wear helmets and stand on either side of a sitting man. The building has straw and canvas on its roof. Clothes hang from a nearby tree branch to the right.
Date: November 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Five Posing Soldiers Below a Building]

Description: Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers posing among rocks and small shrubs that lie below large stone building. A cement stairway leads down from the building to the rocky area. The soldiers are identified from the top left as Dan Melli, Jackie, John, Davis, and Ross.
Date: November 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Large Group of Soldiers in Anglesville, France]

Description: Photograph of a large group of soldiers in the field in Anglesville, France, November 1944. A number of men are identified on the image with the names Eaton, Hoeweler, Guthrie, Drawers, Orzel, Deyton, Czecha, Callihan, Danielson, Biesman, Scott, Brown, Bixley, Anderson, Booth, Roszman, Harms and Lovelace.
Date: November 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Nine Soldiers by a Lean-To in France]

Description: Photograph of nine uniformed soldiers near a lean-to. Three helmeted men on the left look down at a man kneeling by a bucket. Two men are under the shade of the lean-to. To the right, a mustached soldier holds a hammer over another soldier who is bending over.
Date: November 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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