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Information on back of photo reads: "If German divisions no longer retreat according to plan, part of their difficulties can be traced to the destruction of Deutsche Dunlop A.G. tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt - a priority - one target for R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. When American Air Force observers surveyed the second most important rubber plant on the Continent, they found ruin and destruction widespread. Despite this the enemy's need for rubber products is so great, there was evidence of clearance and repair work to restore partial production, said surveyors. Elsewhere in Hanau the locomotive roundhouse had been destroyed by Allied air attacks. The town's gas works was a shambles. in the marshalling yard sidings and through lines were pocketed with bomb craters, some filled - in attempts to keep the rails open. In one typical Hanau attack last December, the Eighth sent 303 heavy bombers to drop in one-ton (U.S.) bombs, 1,112 one-thousand pounders, 176 five-hundreds, and 3,420 hundred-pound bombs."

41197. Hanau Dunlop Rubber Plant Gutted, Hanau, Germany

IDNO:
041201
Title:
Hanau Dunlop Rubber Plant Gutted, Hanau, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "If German divisions no longer retreat according to plan, part of their difficulties can be traced to the destruction of Deutsche Dunlop A.G. tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt - a priority - one target for R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. When American Air Force observers surveyed the second most important rubber plant on the Continent, they found ruin and destruction widespread. Despite this the enemy's need for rubber products is so great, there was evidence of clearance and repair work to restore partial production, said surveyors. Elsewhere in Hanau the locomotive roundhouse had been destroyed by Allied air attacks. The town's gas works was a shambles. in the marshalling yard sidings and through lines were pocketed with bomb craters, some filled - in attempts to keep the rails open. In one typical Hanau attack last December, the Eighth sent 303 heavy bombers to drop in one-ton (U.S.) bombs, 1,112 one-thousand pounders, 176 five-hundreds, and 3,420 hundred-pound bombs."
Information on back of photo reads: "American Sergeant Vivian L. Rees of Wingfield, Iowa, lights the cigar of Soviet Lieutenant Sergi Biernikov during the visit Red Army Day February 25, 1945, to liberated Soviet prisoners of war by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel who had served in the U.S.S.R. The American airmen collected tobacco and candy at their base in England as a gift to the Russians, also stationed in the British Isles."

41198. U.S. Army Celebrates Red Army Day With Russians

IDNO:
041202
Title:
U.S. Army Celebrates Red Army Day With Russians
Date:
1945/02/25
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "American Sergeant Vivian L. Rees of Wingfield, Iowa, lights the cigar of Soviet Lieutenant Sergi Biernikov during the visit Red Army Day February 25, 1945, to liberated Soviet prisoners of war by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel who had served in the U.S.S.R. The American airmen collected tobacco and candy at their base in England as a gift to the Russians, also stationed in the British Isles."
Information on back of photo reads: "3rd U.S. Army Troops go aboard LCVP prior to first crossing of the Rhine River by soldiers of the 3rd Army at Nierstein, Germany. Soldiers are members of the 5th Infantry Division."

41199. Third U.S. Army Troops Go Aboard LCVP, Nierstein, Germany

IDNO:
041203
Title:
Third U.S. Army Troops Go Aboard LCVP, Nierstein, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "3rd U.S. Army Troops go aboard LCVP prior to first crossing of the Rhine River by soldiers of the 3rd Army at Nierstein, Germany. Soldiers are members of the 5th Infantry Division."
Information on back of photo reads: "If German divisions no longer retreat according to plan, part of their difficulties can be traced to the destruction of Deutsche Dunlop A.G. tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt - a priority - one target for R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. When American Air Force observers surveyed the second most important rubber plant on the Continent, they found ruin and destruction widespread. Despite this the enemy's need for rubber products is so great, there was evidence of clearance and repair work to restore partial production, said surveyors. Elsewhere in Hanau the locomotive roundhouse had been destroyed by Allied air attacks. The town's gas works was a shambles. in the marshalling yard sidings and through lines were pocketed with bomb craters, some filled - in attempts to keep the rails open. In one typical Hanau attack last December, the Eighth sent 303 heavy bombers to drop in one-ton (U.S.) bombs, 1,112 one-thousand pounders, 176 five-hundreds, and 3,420 hundred-pound bombs."

41200. Hanau Dunlop Rubber Plant Gutted, Hanau, Germany

IDNO:
041204
Title:
Hanau Dunlop Rubber Plant Gutted, Hanau, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "If German divisions no longer retreat according to plan, part of their difficulties can be traced to the destruction of Deutsche Dunlop A.G. tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt - a priority - one target for R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. When American Air Force observers surveyed the second most important rubber plant on the Continent, they found ruin and destruction widespread. Despite this the enemy's need for rubber products is so great, there was evidence of clearance and repair work to restore partial production, said surveyors. Elsewhere in Hanau the locomotive roundhouse had been destroyed by Allied air attacks. The town's gas works was a shambles. in the marshalling yard sidings and through lines were pocketed with bomb craters, some filled - in attempts to keep the rails open. In one typical Hanau attack last December, the Eighth sent 303 heavy bombers to drop in one-ton (U.S.) bombs, 1,112 one-thousand pounders, 176 five-hundreds, and 3,420 hundred-pound bombs."
Information on back of photo reads: "Tarnopal, bastion of Hitler's eastern front, turns a scarred face to the camera after its fall with its 12,000 man garrison to Soviet troops. Fighting in and around Tarnopol was prolonged and bitter, and German losses in men and material were heavy."

41201. Bastion of Hitler's Eastern Front Falls, Ukraine

IDNO:
041205
Title:
Bastion of Hitler's Eastern Front Falls, Ukraine
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Tarnopal, bastion of Hitler's eastern front, turns a scarred face to the camera after its fall with its 12,000 man garrison to Soviet troops. Fighting in and around Tarnopol was prolonged and bitter, and German losses in men and material were heavy."
Information on back of photo reads: "Civilians who have returned to captured, war-torn Munchen-Gladbach fill carts with sticks for firewood outside a bomb-shattered broom factory. Munchen-Gladbach, first big industrial city in the Ruhr area to fall to advancing American forces, was taken March 1, 1945, by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army after heavy air and artillery bombardment. It is 10 miles from the Dutch border."

41202. Civilians Gather Firewood in Munchen-Gladbach, Germany

IDNO:
041206
Title:
Civilians Gather Firewood in Munchen-Gladbach, Germany
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Civilians who have returned to captured, war-torn Munchen-Gladbach fill carts with sticks for firewood outside a bomb-shattered broom factory. Munchen-Gladbach, first big industrial city in the Ruhr area to fall to advancing American forces, was taken March 1, 1945, by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army after heavy air and artillery bombardment. It is 10 miles from the Dutch border."
Information on back of photo reads: "Parisians line the Champs Elysees to cheer the massed infantry units of the American Army as they march in review towards the Arc De Triomphe, celebrating the liberation of the capital of France from Nazi occupation."

41203. Parisians Line Champs Elysees to Cheer American Army, Paris, France

IDNO:
041207
Title:
Parisians Line Champs Elysees to Cheer American Army, Paris, France
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Information on back of photo reads: "Parisians line the Champs Elysees to cheer the massed infantry units of the American Army as they march in review towards the Arc De Triomphe, celebrating the liberation of the capital of France from Nazi occupation."

41204. Sergeant Raymond Young of Oak Hill, W. Va. at Work

IDNO:
041208
Title:
Sergeant Raymond Young of Oak Hill, W. Va. at Work
Date:
ca. 1955
Sergeant Raymond Young teaching a Dutch Officer/Captain how to use the K20 camera while Young was assigned to a NATO unit in Europe.

41205. Sergeant Raymond Young Teaches NATO Dutch Officer How to Operate Camera

IDNO:
041209
Title:
Sergeant Raymond Young Teaches NATO Dutch Officer How to Operate Camera
Date:
ca. 1955
Description:
Sergeant Raymond Young teaching a Dutch Officer/Captain how to use the K20 camera while Young was assigned to a NATO unit in Europe.
The mural documents the development of the book through out history and was designed and created by WVU faculty member and local artist, Josephine Mather Aull. It was commissioned by the WVU Book Store and dedicated in the fall of 1968. Though the photograph is black and white the mural is in color. See the Printed Ephemera Collection, P18181.

41206. 'The Genesis of the Book' Mural at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va

IDNO:
041210
Title:
'The Genesis of the Book' Mural at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va
Date:
ca. 1968
Description:
The mural documents the development of the book through out history and was designed and created by WVU faculty member and local artist, Josephine Mather Aull. It was commissioned by the WVU Book Store and dedicated in the fall of 1968. Though the photograph is black and white the mural is in color. See the Printed Ephemera Collection, P18181.
Postcard photograph of a portrait of Alexander Campbell. He was known as a Bible teacher, minister and leader in the church planting movement of independent and predoniminational congregations that is historically known in America as the Restoration Movement. Campbell founded Bethany College in 1840 which is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

41207. Alexander Campbell of Bethany, W. Va.

IDNO:
041211
Title:
Alexander Campbell of Bethany, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1855
Description:
Postcard photograph of a portrait of Alexander Campbell. He was known as a Bible teacher, minister and leader in the church planting movement of independent and predoniminational congregations that is historically known in America as the Restoration Movement. Campbell founded Bethany College in 1840 which is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia.
Raymond Young from Oak Hill, W. Va., served in Europe during WW II as a combat photographer and in South Vietnam as a medical photographer.

41208. Sergeant Raymond Young Filming Medical Procedure in South Vietnam

IDNO:
041212
Title:
Sergeant Raymond Young Filming Medical Procedure in South Vietnam
Date:
ca. 1965
Description:
Raymond Young from Oak Hill, W. Va., served in Europe during WW II as a combat photographer and in South Vietnam as a medical photographer.