05/30/1945

MEMORIAL DAY Program.

MEMORIAL DAY, Konigsplatz, Munich

001. Review stand. This appears to be from left to right, the H Company (Weapons) captain and
 the three platoon lieutenants (2 machine gun platoons and 1 mortar platoon).

002.

003. Possibly these are the 2 heavy machine gun platoons of H Company.

 004. H Company soldiers enter the plaza.

005. Tanks of 191st Battalion enter.

005-Detail. The Glypothek is on the right.

006.

Assembly of 45th Division troops on Konigsplatz. A review stand was erected in front of the Propylaea. In the center, a color guard stood. The division's three regiments and other troops are grouped into five columns. Behind stand representative recon, armor, and tank destroyer units.

 007. This photo appears to show the two other platoon officers of H Company.

008. The above conjecture is consistent with the review stand photograph and above picture.

008-Reverse of above photo. The officer might be Joseph F. Driscoll, a first lieutenant, from Boston, Massachusetts.

009.

010. Officers pose in front of tank destroyer of the 645th TD Battalion. The man on the left appears to be a platoon officer of Company H. The man in the center appears to be the captain of the company.

011.

012. Albert Young with an unidentified Asian-American soldier. Since Japanese-Americans
served in separate units, the man is probably Chinese-American,

013. Propylaea and to the right, the Glyptothek.

Staatliche Antikensammlungen is located at the bottom of this Google photo. 

The gateway or Propylaea is located on the left.

The Propylaea is at the bottom. The Antikensammlungenis on the right. The Ehrentempel, a memorial to Nazis killed in the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, are the two smaller buildings located opposite the Propylaea. These were torn down after the war.

05/28/1945

MEMORANDUM on conduct of officers.

05/14/1945

FIRST BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER to the Bronze Star Medal awarded to Albert Young for action at Campoleone, Italy, May 30, 1944.

014.

Citation for Oak Leaf Cluster mentioned on page 1.

05/1945

ACHIEVEMENTS of the 179th Infantry Regt.

From March 15 until May 1 the regiment raced into Germany and covered about 500 miles before reaching Munich.

Good Conduct medal

AIRPORTS at Feldkirchen and Reim, Munich
In the first two weeks of May, the 2nd Battalion controlled the eastern portion of Munich, which included landing fields.

015. Crashed jet

016.

017. This man with captain's rank appears to be the same as seen on the review stand (001). Behind is a jet, the Messerschmitt 262 Schwalbe.

017-Detail. Captain, H Company (?)

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019.

020. This seems to be the remains of a jet fuselage.

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022.

023.

024. Two men in front of a Dornier DO 335 Pfeil

025.

026. 

027. This photo seems to show Albert Young with the
unidentified short man in above pictures.

They seem to be standing in front of a jet, 

possibly the Arado 234 Blitz.

028.

029. The plane appears to be a Focke Wulf Fw 190.

030. Anti-aircraft gun. (Near airport?)

031. A knocked-out American Sherman tank

032. Same tank. The shell entrance that seems to have been responsible for stopping the tank.
American tanks were notorious for their design and armor that were unable to protect crews.