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information on back of photo reads: "Smiling civilians of the Bavarian town of Weilheim, Germany, greet troops of the 12th Armored Division, Seventh U.S. Army, with American, British, and Bavarian flags April 28, 1945."

41173. German Civilians Greet U.S. Troops With Flags, Weilheim, Germany

IDNO:
041177
Title:
German Civilians Greet U.S. Troops With Flags, Weilheim, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
information on back of photo reads: "Smiling civilians of the Bavarian town of Weilheim, Germany, greet troops of the 12th Armored Division, Seventh U.S. Army, with American, British, and Bavarian flags April 28, 1945."
Small girl giving a soldier a kiss on the cheek while women behind them hold hands during the liberation of France in 1944.

41174. Soldier and Child During Liberation of France

IDNO:
041178
Title:
Soldier and Child During Liberation of France
Date:
1944
Description:
Small girl giving a soldier a kiss on the cheek while women behind them hold hands during the liberation of France in 1944.
Young was also a combat photographer and attached tothe 361st Engineers Special unit and at times attached to Third Army commanded by George Patton during the push into Germany. Note the friendly dog sitting next to Young is a German Shephard.

41175. United States Army Infantryman Raymond M. Young of Oak Hill, W. Va.

IDNO:
041179
Title:
United States Army Infantryman Raymond M. Young of Oak Hill, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Young was also a combat photographer and attached tothe 361st Engineers Special unit and at times attached to Third Army commanded by George Patton during the push into Germany. Note the friendly dog sitting next to Young is a German Shephard.
Information on back of photo reads: "Debris litters the interior of a ruined church in Germany, one of the many buildings destroyed during the bitter fighting which marked the Allied thrust into the Reich."

41176. Wrecked German Church

IDNO:
041180
Title:
Wrecked German Church
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Debris litters the interior of a ruined church in Germany, one of the many buildings destroyed during the bitter fighting which marked the Allied thrust into the Reich."
Young, from Oak Hill, W. Va. served with 361st Engineer Special as an infantryman and combat photographer.

41177. Raymond M. Young on Communications, European Theater of Operations

IDNO:
041181
Title:
Raymond M. Young on Communications, European Theater of Operations
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Young, from Oak Hill, W. Va. served with 361st Engineer Special as an infantryman and combat photographer.
The photograph was taken during the Allied advance against the Nazis in Europe.

41178. Soldier Playing With Dog Wearing Official U.S. Army Photographer Jacket

IDNO:
041182
Title:
Soldier Playing With Dog Wearing Official U.S. Army Photographer Jacket
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
The photograph was taken during the Allied advance against the Nazis in Europe.
The photograph was most likely taken in Holland, which had been under Nazi control for several years until portions of the country was liberated by the Allies in the Fall of 1944 during Operation Market Garden.

41179. U.S. Soldiers Walking With Small Children

IDNO:
041183
Title:
U.S. Soldiers Walking With Small Children
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
The photograph was most likely taken in Holland, which had been under Nazi control for several years until portions of the country was liberated by the Allies in the Fall of 1944 during Operation Market Garden.
A large port and industrial center that includied u-boat pens and oil refineries was bombed throughout the war. An air attack in July 1942 created one of the largest firestorms of WW II, killing 42,600 civilians, wounding 37,000 and practically destroying the city.

41180. Hamburg, Germany in Ruins

IDNO:
041184
Title:
Hamburg, Germany in Ruins
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
A large port and industrial center that includied u-boat pens and oil refineries was bombed throughout the war. An air attack in July 1942 created one of the largest firestorms of WW II, killing 42,600 civilians, wounding 37,000 and practically destroying the city.

41181. Civilian Medical Worker and Armed Soldier in Germany

IDNO:
041185
Title:
Civilian Medical Worker and Armed Soldier in Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Information on back of photo reads: "Civilians move about on a street in a shell-torn Bamberg, Germany, after occupation of the city by troops of the Seventh U.S. Army April 14, 1945. Enemy forces withdrew from the medieval city, 30 miles northwest of Nurenberg, after a short fight. The retreating Nazis blew up the bridge across the Main and Renitz Rivers, leaving Bamberg an island."

41182. Battered Bamberg Cleared of Enemy, Bamberg, Germany

IDNO:
041186
Title:
Battered Bamberg Cleared of Enemy, Bamberg, Germany
Date:
1945/04/14
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Civilians move about on a street in a shell-torn Bamberg, Germany, after occupation of the city by troops of the Seventh U.S. Army April 14, 1945. Enemy forces withdrew from the medieval city, 30 miles northwest of Nurenberg, after a short fight. The retreating Nazis blew up the bridge across the Main and Renitz Rivers, leaving Bamberg an island."
Soldiers in the background cross the Neckor River in Mannheim, Germany. Destroyed bridge is in the foreground.

41183. Neckor River, Mannheim, Germany

IDNO:
041187
Title:
Neckor River, Mannheim, Germany
Date:
1945/03/29
Description:
Soldiers in the background cross the Neckor River in Mannheim, Germany. Destroyed bridge is in the foreground.
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians sit with their children outside of a house in a Reich town captured by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army advancing to the Rhine River. The civilians have been lined up for questioning by an American officer. Units of the Ninth Army reached the Rhine March 2, 1945, when they captured Neuss opposite the industrial center of Dusseldorf."

41184. Civilians of Captured German Town, Neuss, Germany

IDNO:
041188
Title:
Civilians of Captured German Town, Neuss, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "German civilians sit with their children outside of a house in a Reich town captured by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army advancing to the Rhine River. The civilians have been lined up for questioning by an American officer. Units of the Ninth Army reached the Rhine March 2, 1945, when they captured Neuss opposite the industrial center of Dusseldorf."