Photos provided by Office of Archives and History, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. LARGE GROUP OF MEN SEATED IN ROOM. ONE MAN WEARS 'GROUCHO MARX' NOSE, GLASSES, MOUSTACHE. SECOND MAN WAVES A HAMMER. TWO OTHER MEN A PULLING ON A PIECE OF MATERIAL. ALL ARE LAUGHING.

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. U.S. GEN. SHAKING HANDS WITH GERMAN GEN. ON REVERSE: "LT. GEN VIETH, IN COMMAND OF GERMAN FORCES IN BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY, SHAKES HANDS WITH MAJ. GEN. LELAND S. HOBBS, CG, 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION, U.S. NINTH ARMY. SURRENDER TERMS WERE DISCUSSED, BUT NO AGREEMENT REACHED. EACH OFFICER RETURNED TO HIS CAMP AND THE FIGHTING CONTINUED."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. PHOTO OF FOUR GERMAN OFFICERS AND ONE AMERICAN LOOKING AT MAP ON TABLE IN A ROOM. NOTE ON REVERSE: "NAZI LT. SCHMIDT, LEFT, ACTING AS INTERPRETER FOR MAJ. GEN. LELAND S. HOBBS, PRESENTS THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TERMS TO GERMAN OFFICERS IN BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY. "

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. GROUP PHOTO OF MEN IN TWO LINES. ON REVERSE: "GENERAL OFFICERS GATHER AT MUNCHEN-GLADBACH, GERMANY, FOR BRITISH AWARD CEREMONIES. LEFT TO RIGHT, ARE: (1ST ROW) MAJ.GEN. McLAIN, CG XIX CORPS; MAJ.GEN. WILLIAM B. KEAN, CHIEF OF STAFF, U.S. FIRST ARMY; LT.GEN. LEONARD T. GEROW, CG, U.S. FIFTEENTH ARMY; LT. GEN. COURTNEY H. HODGES, CG, US FIRST ARMY; FIELD MARSHALL SIR BERNARD L. MONTGOMERY, 21ST ARMY GROUP COMMANDER; LT. GEN WILLIAM H. SIMPSON, CG, US NINTH ARMY; MAAJ. GEN J. LAWTON COLLINS, CG, VII CORPS; MAJ. GEN JAMES H. GAVIN, CG 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION; (SECOND ROW) BRIG. GEN. RAYMOND G. MOSES, G-4, 12 ARMY GROUP; MAJ. GEN WALTER M. ROBERTSON, CG, 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION; MAJ.GEN. RODERICK R. ALLEN, CHIEF OF STAFF, 12 ARMY GROUP; BRIG GEN HENRY J. NATCHETT, CG, GROUND REPLACEMENT SYSTEM; BRIG. GEN JOHN A ROGERS, SURGEON, US. FIRST ARMY, AND BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM K HARRISON, 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION. 3/30/45."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. VIEW LOOKING DOWN ON CITY STREET AND DEBRIS BLOCKING ROAD. SOLDIERS AND JEEP NEAR PILE OF DEBRIS. ON REVERSE: "BLASTED BUILDING IN DOMFRONT BLOCK MANY OF THE ROADS AND HOLD UP..."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. DEVASTED TOWN WITH RUBBLE FILLED STREETS. ON REVERSE:"DEBRIS AND RUBBLE FROM THE ARTILLERY FIRE WHICH LEVELLED ONE SECTION OF DOMFRONT, FRANCE, PRESENTS A PROBLEM TO THESE AMERICAN OFFICERS WHO MUST DECIDE WHICH ROUTES ARE TO BE CLEARED TO PERMIT VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO PASS MOST EASILY./ 16 AUG 1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. LONE SOLDIER WALKS DOWN DEBRIS COVERED STREET PAST DESTROYED HOMES. ON REVERSE: "MORTAIN REVISITED AFTER RECAPTURE OF THE TOWN.

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. VIEW ACROSS OPEN PLAIN. SMOKE RISES IN DISTANCE FROM SEVERAL AREAS. ON REVERSE: "SMOKE RISES FROM BOMB BURSTS ON SIGFRIED LINE. TWO P-30'S ARE ABOVE THE SMOKE AT LEFT./ 4 OCT 1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. SOLDIER INSPECTS CRATER WITH PILES OF DEBRIS. ON REVERSE: "THIS MASS OF CONCRETE AND STEEL IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF A PILL BOX, ONCE PART OF HITLERS SIEGFRIED LINE, AFTER IT WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE ENGINEERS./ 30 OCT 1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. TWO SOLDIERS IN JEEP DRIVE DOWN STREET IN TOWN. DAMAGED BUILDINGS, VERY DAMAGED CHURCH TO THE RIGHT. ON REVERSE: "THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT OF THIS CHURCH IN UBACH, GERMANY AFTER BEING SHELLED FIRST BY THE AMERICANS ENTERING, AND THEN BY GERMAN TROOPS LEAVING./ 8 OCT 1944."

HOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. SMOKE FROM SHELLED TOWN OBSCURES VIEW OF VILLAGE AND HILLS. ON REVERSE: "VIEW ACROSS THE L'AMBLEUE RIVER IN STAVELOT, BELGIUM, TAKEN FROM A 30TH DIVISION OBSERVATION POST. DAMAGE SHOWN WAS CAUSED DURING THE FIGHTING WHEN THE GERMANS ATTEMPTED A BREAKTHROUGH AT THIS POINT./ 1 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. VIEW LOOKING DOWN ON PARTIALLY DESTROYED CITY. ON REVERSE: "LOOKING ACROSS THE FRONT LINES ON GERMAN HELD POSITIONS OVER THE L'AMBLENE RIVER IN STAVELOT, BELGIUM./ 1 JAN 1945."

HOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. SOLDIERS AND THEIR WEAPONS ROUND CORNER IN SHELLED CITY. NO CAPTION ON REVERSE.

  PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. SMOKE BILLOWS BLOCKING VIEW OF DESTRUCTION IN TOWN.  Main Place burning with the towers of our cathedral, maybe on December 25 or 26 1944, just after bombing

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. WRECKED VEHICLE NEAR DAMAGED CITY. Main Place with the obelisk, any days after bombing

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. SOLDIER WITH CAMERA STANDS ON BRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHING DESTRUCTION IN A TOWN. CIVILIANS WALK DOWN ROAD. NO CAPTION ON REVERSE.
Bridge of Outrelepont (over the river WARCHE”,  to the old way to Liège. In back ground the two towers of the cathedral. Outrelepont is a the city's Malmedy neighborhood.

Just after the bridge, you’ll find a crossroad : to left side direction East, EUPEN (Belgium) and Germany ; to right side direction West to Liège, Stavelot, Stoumont, Bastogne ; in the middle SW direction the center of Malmedy, to the cathedral.

 Cathedral : (roman catholic)  Malmedy was, for a short time, a cathedral city ( 1919-1920 after WWI ), and before, from 780 to 1796  Abbey  (Princedom of Stavelot-Malmedy) and from 1797 to 1815, a simple abbey ; from 1815 (Waterloo) to 1919 cathedral report to bishopric of Cologne, Germany) .

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. SMOKE OBSURES VIEW OF DAMAGE IN TOWN ACROSS WATER. NO CAPTION ON REVERSE.

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. HOUSE ON FIRE ON ROAD. ON REVERSE: "A BUILDING BURNS IN HONGEN, GERMANY./ 26 NOV 1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, PHOTO OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. VIEW INSIDE DESTROYED BUILDING. ON REVERSE: "12 HOURS LATER THE CONFERENCE ROOM WAS A MESS, BLASTED BY AMERICAN ARTILLERY./ 14 APR 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. U.S. ARMY COLONEL SITS AT DESK, LOOKING OVER PAPERS. ON REVERSE: "30TH DIV."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. A LT.GEN SHAKES HANDS WITH A BRIG. GEN. ON REVERSE: "LT. GEN. WILLIAM H. SIMPSON, LEFT, COMMANDING GENERAL, US NINTH ARMY, CONGRATULATES BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM K. HARRISON AFTER AWARDING HIM THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS. GEN. HARRISON IS THE ASSISTANT COMMANDING GENERAL, 30TH DIVISION. ETO. 2/26/45."

  PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN GERMANY, WORLD WAR II. SOLDIER SEATED AT PIANO IN WRECKED ROOM. ON REVERSE: "PFC. R. LAROCK, HELENA, MONT., RELAXES AFTER BATTLE BY PLAYING PIANO IN WRECKED GERMAN BEER HALL, GERMANY. 10/8/44."  119th IR. Co. E.
I have him listed as KIA 10/4/44.

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 137 PHOTOS OF THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN THE GENERAL ADVANCE THROUGH EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. SOLDIERS WALK PAST TANK ON SNOW COVERED ROAD. ON REVERSE: "THIS GERMAN HEAVY TANK WAS CAPTURED BY UNITS OF THE 7TH ARMORED DIVISION ON THE ROAD TO ST. VITH, STILL IN RUNNING CONDITION./ 26JAN1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN GERMANY, WORLD WAR II. TWO SOLDIERS WALK DOWN DESERTED STREET IN BOMBED VILLAGE.

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN GERMANY, WORLD WAR II. OPEN FIELDS AND WOODS. SMOKE IN DISTANCE. ON REVERSE: "SMOKE RISES FROM BOMB BURSTS ON SIEGFRIED LINE./ GERMANY. 10/2/44."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN GERMANY, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIER LOOKS OUT FROM DOORWAY OF HOUSE. DIRT ROAD IN FRONT; PILES OF RUBBLE. ON REVERSE: "PFC. HERMAN BULAU OF BUFFALO LAKE, MINN., CAUTIOUSLY EMERGES FROM DOORWAY IN WURSLEN, GERMANY, WHERE US INFANTRYMEN ARE FIGHTING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE./ CO.C, 119TH INF., 30 DIVISION./ 10/24/44."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. ONE MAN SITS IN CENTER OF BOMBED OUT ROOM WITH AMMUNITION DRAPED ON SHOULDERS, HOLDING TWO RIFLES. TWO OTHER MEN ARE ON EITHER SIDE, EACH WITH TWO WOMEN KISSING THEIR CHEEKS. A FOURTH MAN LOOKS ON SMILING.

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN GERMANY, WORLD WAR II. BOMBED OUT STREET IN GERMAN TOWN. ON REVERSE: "THIS STREET SCENE IN THE VILLAGE OF WURSELEN IS AMPLE EVIDENCE THAT THE GROUND WAR HAS COME TO GERMANY. 11/19/44."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. BLASTED TANK WITH TANGLED MASS HANGING OFF FRONT. ON REVERSE: "HANGING FROM THE FRONT OF THIS KNOCKED OUT GERMAN TIGER TANK IS WHAT USED TO BE A GERMAN SOLDIER. NEAR CAVIGNY, FRANCE./ 11 JUL 1944"

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. TANK TURNED UP-SIDE-DOWN. US SOLDIERS WITH LARGE GUN NEXT TO IT. ON REVERSE: "IN FOREGROUND IS KNOCKED-OUT KING TIGER TANK. 90MM GUN HAS BEEN SET UP BEHIND IT TO BE USED AS A ROAD BLOCK AGAINST GERMAN TANKS./ BELGIUM/ 24 DEC 1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. SOLDIER LOOKS OVER DESTROYED TANK IN SNOW. ON REVERSE: "AN AMERICAN SOLDIER LOOKS OVER AN ENEMY SELF-PROPELLED 75MM. GUN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SART-LEZ-ST. VITH, BELGIUM."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. DESTROYED TANK-TYPE MACHINE OUTSIDE DESTROYED BUILDING. ON REVERSE: "GERMAN SELF-PROPELLED GUN CAPTURED BY 30TH DIVISION NEAR LA GEIZE, FRANCE./ 29DEC1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. GERMAN TANK IN THE SNOW. ON REVERSE: "DESTROYED ENEMY MARK V TANK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SART-LEZ-ST. VITH, BELGIUM./ 26 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIERS AND GERMAN VEHICLES ON STREETS OF TOWN. ON REVERSE: "GERMAN HALF-TRACK IN WOLMIRSTE...,GERMANY, CAPTURED BY UNITS OF THE NINTH US ARMY IN THEIR DRIVE TO THE ELBE./ 15 APR 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIERS AND BULLDOZER WITH DESTROYED TANK OUTSIDE DESTROYED BUILDING ALONG A ROAD. ON REVERSE: "BULL DOZERS PUSH COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED NAZI TANK OFF THE ROAD IN THE ST. GILES AREA./ 29 JUL 1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. GROUP OF DAMAGED GERMAN VEHICLES IN ORCHARD. ON REVERSE: "ENEMY MOTOR POOL CONTAINING SELF-PROPELLED GUNS, HALF-TRACKS, AND OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLES DESTROYED BY 30TH DIVISION NEAR LA GLEIZE, FRANCE./ 29 DEC 1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIERS CLIMB OVER GERMAN TANK. ON REVERSE: "G.I.'S LOOK OVER A KNOCKED OUT GERMAN TANK, ONE OF THE MANY NEUTRALIZED BY AMERICAN POWER DURING THE ... WEST OF ST. LO."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. CAPTURED GERMAN TANK. ON REVERSE: "SIDE VIEW MARK V NAZI TANK PUT OUT OF ACTION BY AMERICAN FORCES IN THE LA GLIEZE AREA OF BELGIUM./ 5 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. GERMAN TANK NEXT TO SHELLED BUILDING. ON REVERSE: "GERMAN AA TANK KNOCKED OUT BY AMERICAN FORCES INT HE LA GLIEZE AREA OF BELGIUM./ 7 JAN '45."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. CIVILIAN WOMAN IN RIGHT LOOKING AT WRECKED GERMAN TANK AND DESTROYED BUILDING. ON REVERSE: "IN STAVELOT, BELGIUM: ONE OF THE GERMAN MARK VI TIGER ROYAL TANKS, KNOCKED OUT BY OUR MEN, DURING THE GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACK. CIVILIANS LOOK IT OVER."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIERS EXAMINE GERMAN TANK IN SNOW. ON REVERSE: "88MM SELF PROPELLED GUN OF NAZIS KNOCKED OUT IN FIGHTING NEAR ST. VITH, BELGIUM BY 30TH DIVISION INFANTRYMEN USING ANTI-TANK MINES AND BAZOOKA SHELLS. EXAMINING THE TANK ARE SGT. ARNO PANTELLA, CAMDEN , NJ; PFC HUSTON DUNCAN, FORT MOUNTAIN, TENN; AND PVT. JOHN A LIMBACHER, OF ADRIAN, MICH./ 25 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. GERMAN TANK WITH TREAD OFF ON SNOWY ROAD. US SOLDIERS IN FRONT AND BEHIND. ON REVERSE: "GERMAN MARK 6 TANK WHICH WAS BUILT UP WITH SHEET METAL TO RESEMBLE AN AMERICAN M-10 TANK DESTROYER, TAKEN ON A ROAD NEAR MALMEDY, BELGIUM./ 21 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. FRONT OF GERMAN TANK. ON REVERSE: "FRONT VIEW KNOCKED OUT NAZI MARK V TANK PUT OUT OF ACTION BY AMERICAN FORCES IN THE LA GLIEZE AREA OF BELFIUM. 3 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIERS AT GUN EMPLACEMENT. ON REVERSE: "A 90MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN AND CREW.... ATTACK OF ADVANCING GERMAN TANKS NEAR MALMEDY, BELGIUM. THE GUN IS NOW USED AS AN ANTI-TNAK WEAPON AS IT GURADS THE APPROACH TO THE TOWN."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIERS STAND ON SNOWY ROAD AT REAR OF TANK. ON REVERSE: "AMERICAN ORDNANCE MEN ARE BUSY REPAIRING A KNOCKED OUT GERMAN MARK VI (ROYAL) TANK SO THAT IT CAN BE SENT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES FOR STUDY./ LA LGEIZE, BELGIUM/ 7 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIER STANDS ON SNOWY HILL WITH BIG GUN. ON REVERSE: "SGT. DOMINIC DE VINCENZO, ASHTABULA, OHIO, LOOKS OVER ONE OF MANY 155MM GUNS LEFT BY THE RETREATING GERMANS NEAR MALMEDY, BELGIUM. SGT. DE VINCENZO IS WITH THE FORWARD RECONNAISANCE ELEMENTS OF THE 30TH DIVISION./ MALMEDY, BELGIUM/ 21 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 64 PHOTOS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. GUN EMPLACEMENT ON SNOWY HILL. ON REVERSE: "THIS 155MM GUN IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND BY THE RETREATING GERMAN TROOPS NEAR LIGNEUVILLE, BELGIUM. UNITS OF THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION ADVANCED IN THIS SECTOR, DRIVING ALL GERMAN RESISTANCE BEFORE THEM."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. SOLDIER SEATED AT LONG WORK BENCH PLAYING VIOLIN; RIFLE ON TABLE IN FRONT OF HIM. ON REVERSE: "ALTHOUGH T/5 ARVO O. AHO PLAYS TROMBONE IN THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION BAND, HIS MAIN INSTRUMENT IS THE VIOLIN. BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY, HE PLAYED VIOLIN WITH THE PITTSBURGH AND HARRISBURG, PA,. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS, AND JUST PRIOR TO GOING OVERSEAS, HE WAS GUEST ARTIST WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. CPT. AHO IS A NATIVE OF CLEVELAND , OHIO."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 53 PHOTOS OF GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION, WORLD WAR II. LARGE GROUP OF GERMAN PRISONERS SIT IN A CHURCH. ON REVERSE: "GERMAN PRISONERS, INCLUDING A CAMOUFLAGED SNIPER, RIGHT FOREGROUND, AWAIT THE MARCH TO A STOCKADE IN A CHURCH FROM WHICH THEIR TROOPS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DRIVEN./ 29 JUL1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 53 PHOTOS OF GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION, WORLD WAR II. SEVERAL GERMAN PRISONERS WALK PAST US SOLDIERS WITH A JEEP AND A TANK. ON REVERSE: "GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR WALK PAST A CAPTURED NAZI "TIGER TANK" ON THEIR WAY TO REGIMENTAL PW STOCKADE NEAR THE FRONT LINES SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE./ 29 JUL 1944."  ( Of course "every German tank is a TIGER.)

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN FRANCE, WORLD WAR II. A LINE OF SOLDIERS PICK THEIR WAY DOWN A STREET THROUGH THE RUBBLE IN A TOWN. ON REVERSE: "AMERICAN INFANTRYMEN PICK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE DEBRIS AND RUBBLE AS THEY ADVANCE THROUGH THE FRENCH TOWN OF DOMFRONT IN PURSUIT OF THE FLEEING GERMAN FORCES. FRANCE. 8/15/44."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 37 PHOTOS OF THE THIRTIETH DIVISION, HEAVY ARTILLERY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. SOLDIERS IN JEEPS AND TRUCKS PASS CAMOUFLAGE GERMAN TANK AT ROAD SIDE. NO CAPTION ON REVERSE.

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN FRANCE, WORLD WAR II. SINGLE CIVILIAN WITH BICYCLE STANDS LOOKING DOWN DEVASTATED STREET IN TOWN. ON REVERSE: "A FRENCHMAN OBSERVES THE RUINS OF MORTAIN, FRANCE, JUST AFTER ITS CAPUTRE BY US FORCES. 8/13/44."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. AERIAL PHOTO WITH NUMBERS PRINTED IN EACH FIELD ON ONE SIDE OF A RIVER. ON REVERSE: "VIRE ATTACK AREA. THIS AIR PHOTO MOSAIC WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE ASSAULT TROOPS BEFORE THE ATTACK OF JULY 7. THE 30TH'S FIRST ASSAULT CAME FROM THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER, CROSSING THE TWISTING BLACK LINE OF THE VIRE RIVER JUST ABOVE ST. FROMOND, WHERE THE WHITE LINE OF THE MAIN HIGHWAY FROM AIREL CROSSES THE RIVER. FIELDS AND ORCHARDS WERE NUMBERED SO THAT TROOP LOCATIONS COULD BE REPORTED FROM THE MASAIC DIRECTLY."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN FRANCE, WORLD WAR II. LARGE GROUP OF LAUGHING SOLDIERS WITH PACKS AND GUNS. ON REVERSE: "ALTHOUGH THESES INFANTRYMEN ARE TIRED AND WET, THEY ARE HAPPY, AND THE MORALE IS HIGH. SEVENTH ARMY, BULT AREA, FRANCE."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, ONE OF 84 PHOTOS OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT USED BY THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. US SOLDIER STANDS NEXT TO BARREL OF TANK GUN ON SNOWY HILLSIDE. ON REVERSE: "T/5 ERNEST ORPIN, HINDALE, MASS., IS ONE OF GROUP OF ORDNANCE MEN SENT UP TO GET THIS GERMAN MARK VI TANK IN RUNNING CONDITION SO THAT IT CAN BE SENT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES FOR STUDY./ 7 JAN 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. ONE MAN SITS IN DISABLED JEEP WHILE THREE OTHERS LOOK OVER ENGINE COMPARTMENT. JEEP HAS NO FRONT TIRES. TWO MEN AND A TANK NEAR A BOMBED BUILDING IN BACKGROUND.

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN FRANCE, WORLD WAR II. TWO SOLDIERS STAND TOGETHER CONNECTING WIRES IN STREET OF DEVASTATION. ON REVERSE: "COMMUNICATIONS MEN REPAIR LINES IN DOMFRONT, FRANCE. THE LINES WERE LAID BEFORE THE GERMANS WERE COMPLETELY CLEARED OUT, AND WERE CUT BY THEM WHEN THEY LEFT. 8/15/44."

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF 24 B&W, RECTANGULAR PHOTOS OF THE MEDICAL CORPS OF THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. GROUP OF MEDICS KNEELING ON GROUND IN A LINE. EACH HAS HAD HIS HAIR CUT IN A PATTERN TO MAKE A LETTER. TOGETHER THEY SPELL "VICTORY."

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF 27 B&W, RECTANGULAR, PHOTOS OF RECREATION & ENTERTAINMENT IN THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. ONE SOLDIER HANDS BOX OF FILM TO A COL. BOTH STAND IN FRONT OF A BANNER READING: "THE 30TH DIVISION PRESENTS/ 'MY REPUTATION' / ...." ON REVERSE: "1ST LT E.H. SMITH, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL, SPECIAL SERVICE OFFICER OF THE 119TH NF REG, 30TH INF DIV (LEFT) HANDS CONTANINER OF FILM TO LOC RUSSELL A. BAKER, OF ...AVE, COLUMBUS, GA, REGIMENTAL COMANDER. THE FILM IS "MY REPUTATION," STARRING BARBARA STANWYCK AND GEORGE BRENT AND IS GETTING ITS 'WORLD' PREMIERE NOT IN HOLLYWOOD BUT IN A CAPTURED GERMAN BARN SOMEWHERE IN THE COLOGNE PLAINS."

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF 27 B&W, RECTANGULAR, PHOTOS OF RECREATION & ENTERTAINMENT IN THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II.SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM IN LINE TO GET IN TO SEE MOVIE, "MY REPUTATION." POSTER ON DOOR LEANING AGAINST BUILDING. SEE EXPANDED DESCRIPTION FOR CAPTION.

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF 27 B&W, RECTANGULAR, PHOTOS OF RECREATION & ENTERTAINMENT IN THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. FOUR SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF CHRISTMAS TREE OPENING PRESENTS. ON REVERSE: "PFC TOMMY DUNN, SALEM, MASS, 1ST LT. MURRAY CHASE, OSSINING, NY, PVT. MAX PETERS, MANHATTEN, NY, AND TEC 5TH HENRY DUPUYS, ACUSHNET, MASS, ARE GROUPED AROUND CHRISTMAS TREE OPENING PACKAGES RECEIVED FROM HOME. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE COMPANY, 119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 30TH DIVISION./ 18DEC1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF 27 B&W, RECTANGULAR, PHOTOS OF RECREATION & ENTERTAINMENT IN THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. FOUR SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF A CHRISTMAS, OPENING PACKAGES. ON REVERSE: "L TO R..PFC. PASQUAL S. SORRENTINO, BALTIMORE, MD, 1ST LT. LAWRENCE FLEISCHMANN, BUFFALO, N.Y. AND PVT. WILLIAM E. BROWN, NEW HAVEN, CONN., OPEN CHRISTMAS PACKAGES AROUND TREE OF SERVICE COMPANY 119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT./ 18 DEC 1944."

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF EIGHT B&W, RECTANGULAR, PHOTOS OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. CHURCH SERVICES BEING HELD IN FRONT OF A LARGE BUILDING. ON REVERSE: "CHAPLAIN GEORGE KMEIK, DETROIT, MICH, IN CHARGE OF CATHOLIC MASS FOR MEN OF 30TH INF. DIV. HQ AT OBISLEBEN, GERMANY, COMMEMORATING THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE./ 16 MAY 1945."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR, OF THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE, WORLD WAR II. INTERIOR OF BOMBED OUT CHURCH. THE ROOF IS GONE, WINDOWS BROKEN, THE FLOOR PILED WITH DEBRIS.  ( I believe this to be in Euchen, Germany...in 120th history book page 101 )

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF 15 B&W, RECTANGULAR, PHOTOS OF ALLIED GENERALS AND DIGNATARIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 30TH DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. GEN HOBBS SHAKES HANDS WITH GEN EISENHOWER AS HE SITS IN A JEEP. ON REVERSE: "GEN. EISENHOWER, IN JEEP, SHAKES HANDS WITH MAJ.GEN. LELAND S. HOBBS, CG OF THE 30TH INF. DIV., AS THE SUPREME COMMANDER PREPARES TO LEAVE THE 30TH CP NEAR ISIGNY, FRANCE."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR. PILOT-S/SGT. ROBERT E. LEE, QUITAQUE, NEAR AMARILLO, TEX., ALIGHTS FROM LIAISON PLANE IN BELGIUM. HE IS A MEMBER OF LIASION SQUADRON, ARMY AIR CORPS.

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF ELEVEN, B&W, RECTANGULAR AERIAL PHOTOS. ON REVERSE: "CLOUD OF DUST RISES FROM ROADS NEAR BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY, AS UNITS OF 30TH DIVISION, 9TH U.S. ARMY, MOVE UP.

  PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF ELEVEN,B&W, RECTANGULAR, AERIAL PHOTOS. ON REVERSE: "TROOPS ARE FIGHTING HEAVY SNOWS IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS GERMANS SOUTH OF MALMEDY, BELGIUM. "

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF ELEVEN, B&W, RECTANGULAR, AERIAL PHOTOS. VIEW OF SNOW-COVERED ST. VITH, BELGIUM, TARGET OF AMERICAN ARTILLERY FIRE. TROOPS ARE STILL FIGHTING ON FAR SIDE OF TOWN. ON REVERSE: "WHEN SHELL-POCKED ST. VITH FELL UNDER THE 30TH'S GUNFIRE, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE BULGE FIGHT WAS ALL BUT OVER. BOMBING AND SHELLING AND THEN CAPTURE OF THIS ROAD CENTER CUT OFF GERMAN SUPLY LINES INTO THE BULGE."

PHOTOGRAPH; ONE OF ELEVEN,B&W, RECTANGULAR, AIR VIEWS. THIS PHOTO IS OF "HEDOMONT, BELGIUM. AT TIME OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH, THE 30TH U.S. INFANTRY HAD PUSHED TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE TOWN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY GERMAN RESISTANCE."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR PHOTO. ON REVERSE: "OBSERVATION PLANE PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. THE PLANE IS PILOTED BY LT. WILLIAMS, WITH LT. HALE AS PILOT OBSERVER."

PHOTOGRAPH; B&W; RECTANGULAR. ON REVERSE: "KEEP'EM FLYING" IS THE MOTTO OF T/3 DANIEL DETER OF LOCKPORT, N.Y., HQ. BAT. 30TH DIV. ART. SO HE DOES HIS BEST TO KEEP THE L-5'S FLYING."

"AFTER HAVING PAID A VISIT TO MAJ. GEN. LELAND S HOBBS (RIGHT), C.G. 30TH INF. DIV., LT. GEN. WM. H. SIMPSON (CENTER), C.G. NINTH US ARMY, AND MAJ. GEN. RAYMOND S. MACLAIN, C.G. 19TH CORPS ARE LEAVING. MAJ. GEN ALVIN C. GILLAM, C.G., 13TH CORPS CAN BE SEEN TO THE REAR, COMING THROUGH THE DOOR./ NINTH US ARMY HQ. 6NOV.44." SECOND NOTE: "CHAIN OF COMMAND. LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLIAM H. SIMPSON, CENTER, NINTH ARMY COMMANDER, AND MAJOR GENERAL RAYMOND S. MCLAIN, XIX CORPS COMMANDER, CHAT WITH GENERAL HOBBS OUTSIDE THE DIVISION CP IN HERZOGENRATH, GERMANY, JUST BEFORE THE NOVEMBER OFFENSIVE TO THE ROER."

  ETO HQ 44 17620 Norbie (5) Oct. 3rd, 1944: U.S. infantry (30th Division...probably 117th) patrol moves cautiously down one of the shattered street of Ubach just captured.
                            U.S. Signal Corp

Notice same building and street as above photo.

ETO HQ 44 26761 Nov. 11th, 1944: American infantrymen nonchalantly step over dead Germans as the advance towards forward areas.  Langweiller, Germany
                           Photographer: Lt. T.N. Daniel 167...U.S. Signal Corp.

ETO HQ 44 31429  Dec. 29th, 1944:  Aged woman with children in shelter in Malmedy, Belgium bombed in error by U.S. planes.  Families found temporary haven in
                           shelters until evacuated elsewhere by U.S. troops.  Photographer...Jack D. Kitzerow 165

ETO HQ 45 30774 April 6th, 1945: Russians in German Prison Camp push coal inside main gate.  Over 9000 were found in enclosure by the 117th IR of the 30th Division
                           9th Army.  Their control was turned over to Russian officers.