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[Dan Melli Scrapbook, Page 1]

Description: Photographs of Dan Melli in and around the envirions of Blaubeuren, Germany. The image on the top left shows an American military parked by a Blaubeuren sign at a railroad station. The top right image shows Dan Melli sitting by a medical truck that has "Louise" written on its covering. The center picture features a blurry soldier standing in front of a captured German train with piles of open crates nearby. Dan Melli poses with a wrought iron fence on the bottom left, and with two young Germ… more
Date: 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: Aalen's Swimming Pool]

Description: Photographs of a swimming pool in Aalen, Germany. The top left photo shows Dan Melli and another man wearing swimtrunks and standing on a lawn around the pool. People can be seen reclining on the ground nearby. The photo in the top right shows Melli standing in front of a pool ladder. Behind him is an occupied swimming pool. The third photograph shows Lieutenant Bison, Allen, Dan Melli, Frank Ross, and Samuel Rascon wearing swim trunks and sitting in a line in front of a pool.
Date: June 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Men beginning to be discharged!]

Description: Photographs of soldiers preparing to be discharged and leave Germany. The first photo involves a First Sergeant calling out while holding a paper. Soldiers mill about to the right, with Ferdinand Caravelli looking towards the camera. The middle-left photo shows Joe Hurt carrying a full sack over his back and standing in a street. The middle-right photo shows Nathan Levine standing in front of a German theater. The bottom photo is a close up of Dan Melli and a man named John. They are smiling, s… more
Date: September 3, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Missouri]

Description: Photographs of the environs of O'Reilly General Hospital. The first photograph features a long ward building that runs parallel to a road. The bottom photograph shows another ward building with a group of Italian prisoners of war sitting under a nearby tree.
Date: {1944-04-07,1944-05-28}
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

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim]

Description: Photographs of scenes from around Rüsselsheim, Germany following the American occupation. The top photo features Dan Melli sitting on a low brick wall in front of a dispensary with Thomas Walsh leaning through a window. The next photo features men identified as Magnani, Technical Sergeant Nelson, Ferdinand Caravelli, and Captain Brookshire standing together in front of a row of homes. The final picture has Dan Melli standing next to the provocatively posed Technical Sergeant Nelson.
Date: August 22, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim - August 31, 1945]

Description: Photographs of Dan Melli and John and Joe Hurt in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top four photographs show the men consorting with two very young girls identified as Hannala and Greshia. The picture on the top left has the two blonde children standing alone by a picket fence. The image to the top right has Melli kneeling between them and embracing them. The second image on the left has Joe Hurt embracing the girls. The second photo on the right shows both Hurt and Melli sitting with the girls on the… more
Date: August 31, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim, Germany, August 22, 1945]

Description: Photographs of scenes from around Rüsselsheim, Germany following the American occupation. The top image shows homes along Wagner Strasse, with an "x" drawn over the house where Dan Melli was billeted. The second image shows a close-up of the home in which Melli was billeted, with an "x" drawn under the room where he stayed. The third image shows Dan Melli standing with Captain Brookshire and his dog, Rolph. The bottom photo is a picture of Captain Brookshire standing alone by a bridge's railing. more
Date: August 22, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim - October 18, 1945]

Description: Photographs of Dan Melli and Nathan Levine taken around Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top photograph features Dan Melli playing a bass drum while Nathan Levine sits to the right. Covered mess hall tables appear on either side of the picture. The second photo shows Melli and Levine walking together outside of a half-timbered building. The third photo shows Melli and Levine in a dark room. Melli holds a Coca-Cola bottle, and three other bottles stand on a shelf between the two men.
Date: October 18, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim October 26, 1945]

Description: Photographs of Dan Melli outside of a U.S. Army dispensary. The top photo shows Melli leaning on a brick post. The building behind him has a sign noting the dispensary. The bottom photo has Melli kneeling beside a young German girl and hugging her.
Date: October 26, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Rüsselsheim River Main]

Description: Photographs of street scenes in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The top photograph shows a narrow street with houses on the left side and a riverbank on the right. A caption points out that Wolfgang Mozart lived in the first house. The second photo features Captain Brookshire and First Sergeant B. Kasidlo standing in the middle of a street near an army truck. A dog named "Rolfe" stands between them, and a girl rides a bicycle near houses on the left. The bottom photo shows Brookshire and Lieutenant Samon… more
Date: 1945~
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

[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: September 1945, Dispensary - Rüsselsheim]

Description: Photographs of Dan Melli in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first photograph shows Melli holding a needle over a cream carafe in a shadowy room. Jars and equipment lie on a covered table to the left. A stethoscope hangs on the wall behind Melli, and a small china hutch sits to the right of him. The bottom photograph features Melli standing in front of the dispensary with a young German girl named Hannala.
Date: September 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Some of the students of O'Reilly General Hospital]

Description: Photographs of Dan Melli and men identified as Williams, Johns, Shine, Winston, and Susselman lying on the ground outside of a building at O'Reilly General Hospital. The captions indicate that they are studying for an exam.
Date: April 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Sports Stadium - Frankfurt, Germany]

Description: Photographs of a track event between forces from the Eastern Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The first photograph shows hundreds of uniformed soldiers gathered in a stadium. The photo on the upper right has a distant shot of an event's winners standing on a platform beside a foot track. The middle photo shows uniformed soldiers named Jani, Kaufman, Hopper, Lebow, Walsh, and Hurt. The bottom photo shows athletes in dark clothing moving down a foot track while s… more
Date: August 26, 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
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