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[Photos of Roxie Crews in Germany]

Description: Photographs of Roxie Crews in Frankfurt, Germany. The photos on the first page are described as "Top left: Summfrour and me. Top right and bottom left: We brought our trailer “office” on to Frankfurt. Sometimes we got our gas in barrel easier to handle. We used the hanger for the cans out of the weather.". The photos on the second page are described "Left: Me and a large bicycle factory was here. Top right: Me and the masur, Summfrour, flags at half-mast the day Roosevelt died. Bottom right: Me… more
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: Partain, Douglas Wise
Partner: Angelina County History Center

[Roxie Crews Photos in France]

Description: Photographs of Roxie Crew when he visited France. The photos on the first page are described as "Left: Summfrour on arc of triumph. Top middle: me near the Eiffel Tower. Top right: French taxi Bottom right: tomb of the unknown solider at the arc of triumph. After war is over w are now back near Paris in Leon at R staging area waiting for orders. We got them. Go to Japan but after we got as far as Marseille France the war in Japan was over and we came home." and the photos on the second page are… more
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: Partain, Douglas Wise
Partner: Angelina County History Center

[Photo of Early Homes and Barns]

Description: Photograph of several houses and barns in the mid 1400s. The top left photo was taken in front of a house where they spent the winter of ’44. Tip of burned roof on left. Chicken house just in front of house. The photos are described as "Top right: Side view of house. Barn in front. “there is a duck” Bottom left: barn in front of house. We used it as mess hall. Pit in middle of yard used for all garbage from kitchen, chicken house, hay from cattle barn etc. It rotted during the winter and spread… more
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: Partain, Douglas Wise
Partner: Angelina County History Center

[Redland Class Photo]

Description: Photograph of several students from a Redland High School class in the 1930s. The students are posing in 3 rows on a grass area with trees seen behind them.
Date: 193X
Creator: Bowers, David
Partner: Angelina County History Center

[Men on a German Bomb Crate]

Description: Photographs of men in an army camp, posing with a German bomb crate and drilling holes in it with an awl. The people are identified as "McCoy & Me" (right and left) and "McCoy & Lorton" (center). Handwritten text says: "At St. Quintin, north eastern France - near Belgium. Making a 'four-holer' - outdoor toilet - made from German bomb crate. We were here only a few days."
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: Partain, Douglas Wise
Partner: Angelina County History Center

[Veteran Photos in France, Belgium and Germany]

Description: Photograph of several veterans in Belgium, France and Germany around 1943. The top left photo shows Summfrour and a paratrooper up on St. Pauls Cathedral. The towers of St. Paul Cathedral are shown on the top right and the bottom right is a photo of London from St. Pauls. On the second page,the top left photo is of Giavando Didriksen in front of an old church, the top right photo shows a plane crash near camp, and the bottom right is of a plane headed to London
Date: 1943/1945
Partner: Angelina County History Center

[Family Photo]

Description: Photograph of several family members posing in a living room area. They are identified as Janice Ann Jumper from the far left, Jack Jumper, Willie Royle, Bill Royle and Annie Jewel Royle.
Date: 1955
Partner: Angelina County History Center
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