12th Armored Division Memorial Museum Photograph Collection

About the Collection

These photos depict the life of the 12th Armored Division during WWII, many taken by the soldiers as they transitioned from training at Camp Barkeley to fighting in Europe, where they fought the German Army and helped liberate concentration camps. Funded by grants from the Community Foundation of Abilene and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.



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12th Armored Division Memorial Museum Photograph Collection in The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TADP/ accessed April 26, 2024.


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Counties (expand list)

Taylor County, TX
631
Christian County, KY
313
Hardin County, KY
49
Jefferson County, KY
37
Winnebago County, IL
29
Los Angeles County, CA
27
El Paso County, TX
24
Monroe County, NY
18
Todd County, KY
14
Davidson County, TN
11
Greene County, MO
11
Montgomery County, TN
10
Brown County, TX
6
Harris County, TX
4
Harford County, MD
3
Kings County, NY
3
Miami-Dade County, FL
3
Oklahoma County, OK
3
Vernon Parish, LA
3
Caldwell County, TX
2
Cook County, IL
2
Craighead County, AR
2
Denton County, TX
2
Nolan County, TX
2
Ottawa County, OH
2
Queens County, NY
2
Richland County, SC
2
Sebastian County, AR
2
Tarrant County, TX
2
Wayne County, MI
2
Allegheny County, PA
1
Arlington County, VA
1
Atlantic County, NJ
1
Baltimore County, MD
1
Bexar County, TX
1
Bibb County, GA
1
Brazos County, TX
1
Cabell County, WV
1
Calhoun County, AL
1
Callahan County, TX
1
Cass County, IN
1
Clark County, AR
1
Cuyahoga County, OH
1
Dallas County, TX
1
Denver County, CO
1
Durham County, NC
1
Dutchess County, NY
1
Edmonson County, KY
1
Franklin County, OH
1
Hamilton County, OH
1
Hardeman County, TN
1
Hartford County, CT
1
Hennepin County, MN
1
Jackson County, MO
1
Jones County, TX
1
Kane County, IL
1
Lake County, FL
1
Luna County, NM
1
Muscogee County, GA
1
Niagara County, NY
1
Orange County, CA
1
Orange County, FL
1
Orange County, NC
1
Philadelphia County, PA
1
Richmond County, NY
1
Sangamon County, IL
1
Smith County, TN
1
Smith County, TX
1
Spartanburg County, SC
1
Summit County, OH
1
Sumner County, TN
1
Travis County, TX
1
Wayne County, OH
1
Wichita County, TX
1
Williamson County, IL
1
Wilson County, TN
1

Titles (expand list)

Julien D. Saks Collection
450
Aten White Album
390
Edward S. Johnson Collection
340
Herbert J. Schaff Collection
263
714th Tank Battalion Collection
251
Robert Downey Collection
236
William Jenkins Collection
215
William R. Hahn Collection
210
Henry R. Rohrbeck Papers
208
17th Armored Infantry Battalion Collection
202
Louis C. Britton Collection
194
56th Armored Infantry Battalion Collection
177
Clarence Whitefield Collection
164
Clifford H. Woycke Collection
149
Les Johnson Collection
144
William Giannopoulos Collection
143
Marlene R. Ennis Collection
128
William Hahn Collection
120
Dan J. Melli Collection
115
Donald Coombes Historical Collection
102
Jewel Brekke Collection
100
Kenneth Bradstreet Collection
96
Lawrence Fessler Collection
92
Arthur Shirvin Collection
89
Twelfth Armored Division Scrapbook: V1, K, 2
87
12th Armored Division Historical Collection
86
82nd Medical Battalion Collection
86
12th Armored Division Collection
83
Henry Taylor Collection
82
Jack Yates Collection
75
12th Armored Division Historical Collection II
72
John J. King Collection
72
James B. Kite, Sr. Collection
70
George Moss Collection
55
James E. Stone Collection
55
Woodrow Aten Collection
55
Kenneth Bray Collection
54
Emil E. Cardamone Collection
53
John Muth Collection
52
119th Armored Engineer Battalion Collection
51
John H. Muth Collection
51
Raymond Pieterick Collection
50
23rd Tank Battalion Collection
48
Clayton B. Sime Collection
47
Albert H. Gaynes Collection
46
Zane Jones Collection
46
Grace Museum Historical Collection
45
James Sedgwick Collection
45
Pieterick Collection
45
134th Ordnance Battalion Collection
42
Division Headquarters Collection
42
Homer F. Petross Collection
41
Lyons A/17 Photos 1991
40
Carold Bland Collection
39
Howard Gmelch Collection 494th AFA
38
John Nugent Collection
38
Louis Lapinski Collection
38
Vern M. Thomas Collection
38
Marvel Rowland Collection
37
John R. Sampson Collection
35
Reuben J. Lasee Collection
35
George Hatt Collection
34
Harold K. Wells Collection
34
John F. Schoenstra Collection 494th AFA HQ Co.
33
Adeline Alsabrook Collection
32
Charles Allan Dear Collection
32
Gerard McCarthy Collection
32
A. G. Bramble Collection
30
ALC
30
Richard Barham Collection
29
Adolf Hitler Cigarette Cards
27
Louis Lapinski 493rd AFA Collection
27
Clifford S. Koah Collection
26
Julius Tervay Collection
25
Leopold Kusnierczak Collection
25
Walter W. Baedke Collection
25
Suanne Holtman Collection
24
44th Tank Battalion Collection
23
Camp Barkeley Historical Collection
23
George Hatt, Jr. Collection
23
John F. Schoenstra Collection 494th AFA Co.
22
Albert Lipschultz Collection
20
92nd Recon Collection
19
Charles Lorenz 493rd AFA Collection
19
Dan J. Melli Scrapbook
18
Eugene Ward Collection
18
Frank J. Rumph Collection
18
Edward Scott Collection
17
George W. Hammer Collection
17
John Amundson Collection
16
Lester Stricoff Collection
15
Charles W. Lorenz Collection
14
Earl Norris Collection
14
Leonard M. Kornman Collection
14
Clarence E. Whitefield Collection
13
Ralph Casey Collection
13
Wayde V. Atwell Collection
13
Ferdinand Hebner Collection
12
Jay Lee Shore Collection
12
Warren E. Maue Collection
12
Wayde V. Atwell Historical Collection
12
43rd Tank Battalion Collection
11
Carl Zutz Collection
11
Ernest Stanczyk Collection
11
Helen Melisko Historical Collection
11
Thaddeus J. Zamacki Collection
11
Homer Petross Collection
10
Robert F. Hoeweler Collection
10
Vernon H. Wates, Sr. Collection
10
Elton Samuels Collection
9
Frank Rumph Collection
9
John N. Bernhard Collection
9
495th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Collection
8
Alfred Roy Tyler Collection
8
Frank Sheridan Collection
8
James Sedwick Collection
8
Marshall Lyon Collection
8
Ralph Jannelli Collection
8
William Wesserling Collection
8
Dale Bryhan Historical Collection
7
Daniel Wolf Collection
7
Henry R. Rohrbeck Collection
7
Morris M. Choyke Historical Collection
7
Ole Kravik Collection
7
Russell Stump Collection
7
Steve Czecha Collection
7
Terrell Lamb Collection
7
Walter Gaines Historical Collection
7
493rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion Collection
6
Charles A. Thomas Collection
6
John Berg Collection
6
John J. Lamberti Collection
6
Leonard Stewart Collection
6
Marvin Bertelson Collection
6
Odell Goodman Collection
6
Ray Perkett Collection
6
Thomas Perrett Collection
6
Alex Bratman Collection
5
Bill Leftwich Collection
5
Donovan Williams Collection
5
Jack Sturman Collection
5
John Schoenstra Collection
5
Marian Tervay Collection
5
Thomas C. White Collection
5
Donald A. Mercier Collection
4
Frank & Bitsy Meyers Collection
4
James B. Czarnecki Collection
4
Lloyd Liggett Collection
4
Tom Wilmeth Collection
4
152nd Armored Signal Company Collection
3
17th AIB Collection
3
714th Tank Battalion
3
Arlene Brekke Collection
3
Bob Kampling Collection
3
Charles Fitts Collection
3
Edward J. Goeppinger Collection
3
James Coover Collection
3
Marjorie Dumas Collection
3
Pat Koenig Historical Collection
3
Archie Palmer Collection
2
Captain A. B. Flanagan Collection
2
Colonel John H. Evans Collection
2
Floyd Vanderhoef Historical Collection
2
Francis Jani Collection
2
George A. Moss Collection
2
James Pilgrim Collection
2
John Critzas Collection
2
Sherman Bennet Lans Historical Collection
2
Steve "Pete" Pedrett Collection
2
Wayne Young Collection
2
Wilbert Kuehn Collection
2
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2
714th Tank Batalion Collection
1
Barnett Abromovich Collection
1
Bert McCall Collection
1
David C. Williams Collection
1
E. J. Simons Collection
1
Earl Nichols Collection
1
George E. Rich, Jr. Collection
1
Gilbert W. Fisher Collection
1
Harry E. Schultz Collection
1
James K. Turner Collection
1
James P. Bond Collection
1
James Read Collection
1
Jane L. Jensen Collection
1
Jess Ponce Collection
1
Juhn Muth Collection
1
Lise Pommois Collection
1
Lloyd Liggett Historical Collection
1
Lyon A/17 Photos 1991
1
Mark Ault Collection
1
Orville Hatley Collection
1
Paul Lack Collection
1
Ray Einsiedel Collection
1
Steve Perrett Collection
1
Ted Hermann Collection
1
William Newby Collection
1

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