Requiem for a Dead Soldier, 11 of 41. Pvt. Henry Irving Tannenbaum, Ottre, Belgium, January 1945.
WW2
An anti-tank company advances through the Hurtgen Forest before the German's began the Battle of the Bulge, near Triere, Germany, 1944.
A burning German tank pilot has just climbed out of his Tiger tank only to fall on the ground and pass away. I was a target as I took this photograph and drew fire. I took cover near him and read his Nazi belt buckle: "Got Mit Uns" - "God is With Us". He was saying "Muter. Muter." in the Hurtgen Forest, 1944.
A German soldier, held prisoner in the United States of America, returns to his Frankfurt home only to find rubble. March 4, 1947, across the street from the American consulate.
An American GI lines up a shot during the battle on the Rhineland Valley, March, 1945.
Five soldiers in the 331st Regiment await orders in the Hurtgen Forest, West of Gey, Germany, December 1944. Virtually all of my war photographs have disintegrated due to the poor developing conditions I was forced to use; the nitrate in the film; and a flood in the basement of the Stars and Stripes building, where my negatives were stored, in August, 1946. Prior to disintegration, I did make excellent copies of them. For an actual image this should be flipped horizontally.
Members of the 331st Regiment Aid Team in action in the Hurtgen Forest near Gey, Germany, December 1944. As you can see, some of my original WWII negatives can still make prints!
Captain Mitchell, from Chicago, Illinois, tops this gallery of fellow 331st Regiment soldiers, Gey, Germany, January, 1945. In the top photograph, German citizens coming West as we soldier East toward Berlin.
Pfc Brodie, from Chicago, Illinois, poses with a pipe and a "Tom-Tom" Gun shortly after our landing at Normandy (+14 days), near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June, 1944. I brought one roll of color with me from America; this was the first photo with that roll.
Two members of the 331st Regiment - and my platoon - pose with one of the many stray dogs that clamor for a soldier's attention, Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France.