Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Wile served with the 1270th Combat Engineer Battalion as a photographer and witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald. Location of interview: Clarkston, Georgia.
Content Note: Wile standing in front of Techwood Homes dressed in his army uniform. Taken during Army Specialized Training Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Content Note: Writing on reverse of another copy of the photograph: "Welsh Corgis and Dennie. Which is which? How do you like my 'frosh' lid? Looks Northeastern style." Dennis Wile stands next to a bicycle holding a Corgi [dog]. Taken in England…
Content Note: Soldiers build a fixed wooden bridge alongside the temporary Bailey bridge over a river. (The construction is in the foreground and the Bailey bridge is in the background. Taken from the level of the wooden bridge construction.) …
Content Note: Ginger stands next to ? on the sidewalk next to Techwood Homes. Wile took this photograph during Army Specialized Training at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Ginger was part of the Civilian Air Defense Watch and played the…
Content Note: Jones and Wile squat behind camp stove in front of darkroom tent in the woods. They had just crossed the Rhine River. Wile is holding a rifle. A similar photograph in a scrapbook is labeled "Deer fry" and identifies the man on the…
Content Note: Kusiak and Goldberg examine photo negatives in a makeshift film drying room in Frankfurt, Germany. Strips of film hang from a string along the wall to their left. Kusiak and Goldberg are identified in a scrapbook with another copy of…
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.