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Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Cogar served as a scout with the 42nd Infantry Division, 2nd Battalion, 222nd Regiment, and witnessed the liberation of Dachau. Location of interview: St. Petersburg, Florida.

Content Note: Four planes resting in a field. The plane in the foreground appears to be heavily damaged. Numbered 62 on the reverse.

Content Note: Heavily damaged plane resting on the ground. Numbered 63 on the reverse.

Content Note: Photo is out of focus. There is a chute sloping down from the oven. Numbered 52 on the reverse.

Content Note: The charred corpses of prisoners lie in a pile at one of the doors to the barn. The remains of the gasoline-soaked straw are visible beneath them. (View from outside the barn) Numbered 15 on the reverse.

Content Note: Side door of the railroad car is open, revealing corpses. They appear to be clothed. Numbered 4 on the reverse.

Content Note: Corpses loaded in the truck with blankets covering them. One corpse remains on the ground. Numbered 106 on the reverse.

Content Note: A row of corpses of prisoners laid out for burial. They are clothed and each has a stake laid on it. On the lefthand side, a neat stack of stakes is visible. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 86 on…

Content Note: Each corpse has a stake laid on top of it. Three rows of corpses and two rows of corpses wrapped in white sheets. Liberators walk between the rows. Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S. Army Examiner 30646". Numbered 91 on the reverse.

Content Note: Two rows of corpses and three rows of corpses wrapped in white sheets. Each corpse has a stake laid on top of it. Liberators stand at the end of the rows. An Army truck is visible in the background Stamp on reverse: "Passed by U. S.…