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Bridge "built by A Company 1270th Engineer Combat Battalion and 678 Engineer LE Company. "
Content Note: Caption from writing on reverse of photograph. Additional caption text: "Nuremberg, Germany, April 27, 1945. Built By A Company 1270th Engr Combat Battalion and 678 Engineer LE Company. Be Gay Now, You GI Slave, Your CBI Bound, Use…
Bunker at the firing range used during training in England
Content Note: Soldiers used Allied and German weapons to learn to distinguish the weapons used by the enemy. Three soldiers stand on top of the hill overlooking the bunker.
"E.T.O. [European Theater of Operations] venison before the billets"
Content Note: Caption from writing on the reverse. Soldiers stand around a deer carcass hanging from a pole between two trees.
Computer used to genetically match German couples
Content Note: An International computer used to make appropriate genetic matches between young German couples. It was housed in a Catholic school in attempt to protect it from bombing. Two soldiers are visible in the background. See also…
Room in convent used as office for genetic matching
Content Note: A soldier named Derby inspects the computers and other equipment used to genetically match young German couples. The equipment was housed in a Catholic school in attempt to protect it from bombing. See also 06080100PHBU00WILEDE031.
"Liberated and PW's in Rear"
Content Note: Caption from writing on the reverse. Convoy of open-bed trucks carrying prisoners of war. Two soldiers sit at the side of the road with their backs to the camera watching the trucks.
"Germans a la mode"
Content Note: Caption taken from writing on the reverse. Another copy of the same image has the following written on the reverse: "A poor day's catch! They eat more C rations! Germany. " View from a distance of German prisoners of war in a field…
"A big shot doesn't sit down--maybe he's got a sore spot"
Content Note: Caption from writing on the reverse. Additional caption text: "See the nearest Chaplain and have your T.S. card punched I always say." Additional text from the reverse of other copies of the same image: "A super manin a not-so-super…
Portrait of Dennis Wile on a bridge [after VE Day?]
Content Note: Wile leans against the railing of a fixed wood bridge wearing a helmet and holding a camera. This photograph was probably taken by his captain.
"This is the Buchy family--all underground for the Maquis and savers of American lives"
Content Note: Caption from writing on the reverse. Additional caption text: "Luxombourg Gardens Where The German Gestapo had their headquarters for Paris July 1945. All speak & write English." The Buchy family and Wile pose for a group portrait.