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[Homer Petross Speaking at Farmers Branch Church of Christ]

Description: Photograph of Homer Petross speaking into a microphone in front of a congregation at the Farmers Branch Church of Christ. He is wearing a World War II era helmet and Army uniform.
Date: July 4, 1994
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Homer Petross at Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of Homer Petross speaking into a microphone while wearing an Army uniform at an event held at the Farmers Branch Church of Christ.
Date: July 4, 1994
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Homer Petross in Uniform]

Description: Photograph of Homer Petross posed standing in front of a wooden backyard fence with a barbecue grill and garden hose next to him. He wears his old Army uniform.
Date: 1994
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Homer Petross in Uniform]

Description: Photograph of Homer Petross posed standing in front of a wooden backyard fence with a barbecue grill and garden hose next to him. He wears his old Army uniform.
Date: 1994
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Raising Flag, Nuernberg Shrine

Description: Photograph of American soldiers carrying U.S. flags at the grandstand at Zeppelinfield in Nuremberg, Germany. The building is topped with a large stone swastika that is being covered by a U.S. flag.
Date: April 21, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Advance into Nazi City

Description: 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
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Blasting Resistance, Austria

Description: 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
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

12th AD Fights Near Colmar Pocket

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

1st Nazi Captive, Houffbach, Fr

Description: 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
Location: 47.955798 7.297167
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Advance Thru Coburg, Germany

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Airplane Parked by Autobahn]

Description: Photograph of a twin engined airplane parked among trees to the side of a German highway.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Petross, Homer F.
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Clearing Snipers, Nuernberg, G

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[A Destroyed Bridge]

Description: Photograph of a pair of railroad tracks that run toward a destroyed concrete bridge.
Date: [1944..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[A Destroyed Bridge and Vehicles]

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Evicting Hitler, Berchtesgaden

Description: 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
Location: 47.633611 13.041944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Four Children Holding Hands in Front of a House]

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[German Farmhouse and Barn]

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[German Mortar Crew]

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[German Soldiers Travelling with Horses]

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Homer Petross and His Driver Standing with a Truck]

Description: 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]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Homer Petross Posing for a Portrait]

Description: Photograph of Homer Petross wearing a U.S. Army uniform, chest ribbon, wire-rimmed glasses, and a garrison cap. He also wears identification tags around his neck.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Fotohaus Carl Mader
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Loaded Hay Wagon Moving Through Town]

Description: Photograph of an ox-drawn wagon laden with hay that is moving through a town. Small trees and buildings line the left side of the road.
Date: [1944..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Alps Scenic View]

Description: Photograph of people looking at the Alps from a lookout point off the highway. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, “An Alps. Mt. scene -- This picture was taken just outside a small town that we taken being out last battle.”
Date: [1944..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Attack at Maginot Line]

Description: Photograph of soldiers gathering supplies for attack at Maginot Line in France. The men can be seen packing needed supplies onto tanks and military trucks.
Date: [1944..1945]
Location: 49.424866 6.252871
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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