Photo Collection: Aimee Furness
(Grandfather: Col. Walter J. Burk: 80th Infantry Division G-4)
Colonel Walter J. Burk
German soldiers surrender after being pinned down in machine gun nest under wagon and fox holes nearby.
The LCVP bring the wounded back. Rhine Crossing at Mainz.
Advance on Liverdun, France.
Lt. Roark of 80th RCN Troop near Ettlebruck on Christmas Day.
Troops dive for cover as Nebelwerfers land in B Bty, 313 FA.
A pillbox defending the Maginot line near Saint Avold.
This machine gunner killed 9 SS troopers in dawn attack on this position the day before - Bulge near Wiltz.
Half track knocked out near Lucy.
Fresh eggs during Normandy campaign.
German cruiser tank.
First Armored car of British forces to contact us in Argentan.
Outpost in the Bulge.
German trains like this one provided fuel when 80th ran out of gas.
First 4th Armored tank crosses pontoon bridge near [Dieulouard] France to begin sweep behind German lines.
The nerve center of the division communications operated by Sgt. Beatty, 80th Sig. Co.
French moving back to homes during Normandy Campaign.
AAF troops liberated near Braunau, Austria.
USAAF liberated in prison camp near Braunau, Austria.
SS Guard at Ohrdruf rescued from Russian prisoners, being questioned.
Prisoners taken near Lucy.
Guarding Siegfried line pillbox after 4 days and nights of fighting.
Tiger tank knocked out at the approach to Kassel.
Field expedient in the 80th Signal Co.
[Louerdrin] France.
Chemical smoke covers Seille River Crossing.
Platoon regroups after capturing this Maginot Line pillbox.
Argentan, France.
Prisoners line up as mopping up continues.