Becker Archives Database

VC003-i003040
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June 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Benjamin H. Charles posing next to a sign for Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003041
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Maj. Benjamin H. Charles in Freiburg, Germany. About 40 miles south of Strasbourg, Freiburg is located between the Black Forest and the Rhine valley. Photograph taken in May 1945.

Three soldiers eating lunch next to their vehicle in the Vosges Mountains on trip to Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003042
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Whitemore, Roulhac, Crider."

Group portrait of Benjamin H. Charles and three other soldiers in front of their vehicle in the Vosges Mountains on trip to Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003043
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Whitemore, Roulhac, Crider." Maj. Benjamin H. Charles and colleagues from the 21st General Hospital stopping for lunch in the Vosges mountains on the way to Freiburg, Germany. The photograph is dated May 1, 1945, one week prior to Germany's unconditional surrender, ending the war in Europe. From left to right: Howard E. Whittemore, Benjamin H. Charles, George E. Roulhac, and Russell J. Crider.

Group portrait of Benjamin H. Charles and three other soldiers in front of their vehicle in the Vosges Mountains on trip to Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003044
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Whitemore, Roulhac, Crider."

Benjamin H. Charles holding a "Danger / no mine clearance beyond this point" sign in the Vosges Mountains on trip to Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003045
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

George Roulhac holding a "Danger / no mine clearance beyond this point" sign in the Vosges Mountains on trip to Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003046
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Capt. George E. Roulhac, one of the 21st General Hospital's neurosurgeons, in the Vosges mountains, en route to Freiburg, Germany. Photograph is dated May 1, 1945.

Group portrait of Benjamin H. Charles and two other soldiers at the Rhine Bridge in Breisach, Germany.

VC003-i003047
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Whitemore, Crider." From left to right: 1st Lt. Howard E. Whittemore, MAC, Capt. Russell J. Crider, MC, and Maj. Benjamin H. Charles, MC.

Group portrait of Benjamin H. Charles and two other soldiers at the Rhine Bridge in Breisach, Germany.

VC003-i003048
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Roulhac, Whitemore." From left to right: Capt. George E. Roulhac, MC, 1st Lt. Howard E. Whittemore, MAC, Maj. Benjamin H. Charles, MC.

Howard E. Whittemore, Russell J. Crider, and George E. Roulhac in Freiburg, Germany, 1945.

VC003-i003049
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Whitemore, Roulhac, Crider." 1st Lt. Howard E. Whittemore, MAC, Capt. Russell J. Crider, MC, and Capt. George E. Roulhac, MC, in Freiburg, Germany. The Martinstor (or Martin's Gate) is visible behind them along Kaiser-Joseph-Straße. French troops had entered Freiburg on April 21, 1945. Photograph is dated May 1, 1945, one week prior to Germany's unconditional surrender. Whitemore, Crider, and Roulhac are standing on Kaiser-Joseph-Straße south of Rempartstraße while the photographer's view is to the north.

Cathedral Square, Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003050
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Cathedral Square ('Munsterplatz'), Freiburg, Germany. Photograph is dated May 1, 1945. The building with turrets in the center of the photograph is the Historische Kaufhaus (historical Merchant House), built between 1520 and 1532. The Kaufhaus served as the administrative headquarters for Freiburg's market, customs, and finance offices. Local history has it that on the night of the city's bombing in 1944, the landlord from the next door wine-cellar saved the Kaufhaus by extinguishing the flying sparks of a fire by dousing them with his wine.

Street view, Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003051
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

The Martinstor (or Martin's Gate) is visible along Kaiser-Joseph-Straße.

View of the Rhine River from a pontoon bridge at Breisach, Germany.

VC003-i003052
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

View of the Black Forest above Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003053
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Exterior view of a partially destroyed house, Breisach, Germany.

VC003-i003054
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Cathedral Square, Freiburg, Germany.

VC003-i003055
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Another view of Cathedral Square ('Munsterplatz'), Freiburg, Germany. Photograph is dated May 1, 1945. This part of the plaza was leveled by Allied bombs in November 1944. Freiburg also had been accidentally bombed by the Germans in 1940.

Street view including a military truck and destroyed buildings, Breisach, Germany.

VC003-i003056
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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Benjamin H. Charles standing in a field, Ravenel, France.

VC003-i003057
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November 1944

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Maj. Benjamin H. Charles in the fields overlooking the grounds of Ravenel Hospital, where the 21st General Hospital was stationed from October 1944 to September 1945. Photograph was taken in November 1944.