Two children wait outside a grocery store with the family shopping cart, Hoescht, Germany, 1946.
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In the midst of ruins, a boy forlornly walks his family's dog and renders a surprised reaction to me, Frankfurt, Germany, 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.
After the Battle of the Bulge, commanders of the 331st Regiment hold an impromptu meeting with thye troops to discuss options, near Bastogne, Belgium, January, 1945.
A dead German soldier lies amongst photos of his family, Hurtgen Forest, Germany, January, 1945.
On Christmas, US soldiers of the 331st Regiment received a hot lunch 300 yards behind the front line, Hurtgen Forest, Germany, December, 1944.