Bernard Horowitz
Horowitz
Bernard
NY
World War, 1939-1945
Army
553rd Military Police Escort Guard (MPEG) Company
Technician Five
Fort Custer, Michigan; Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Camp Grant, Illinois; Camp McCoy, Wisconsin; England; France; Germany; European Theater
Unknown
Veteran
Bernard Horowitz in MP uniform with rifle, Isigny-sur-Mer, France [7/1944]
Bernard Horowitz, Camp Grant [IL]
4/1943
Bernard Horowitz, Camp Grant [IL]
4/1943
Bernard Horowitz, Camp Grant [IL]
4/1943
Bernard Horowitz and John S., Fort Custer [MI]
1/1944
"Somewhere in France", Bernard Horowitz
6/1944
Bernard Horowitz, guard duty at a water well, Blosville, France
6/1944
Horowitz [left] and aother man with brooms, scrubbing sidewalk, France
6/1944
Group photo of men from the 553rd MP rifle squad, Horowitz circled, Blosville, France
6/1944
Bernard Horowitz with a knife, Blosville, France
6/1944
Bernard Horowitz digging a fox hole, Blosville, France
6/1944
MP in a military car; title from photo log, "Brame Jr."
6/1944
KP duty, Jena, Germany
5/1945
Structure in Jena, Germany
5/1945
Sobol, Jena, Germany
5/1945
Manizza, Taylor, Jena, Germany
5/1945
Man leaning out the window of a building, Jena, Germany
5/1945
Currier, Jena, Germany
5/1945
Man with a dog; description from photo log reads "Weiser, Cookie", Jena, Germany
5/1945
Presentation of the certificate of honor, 2nd section, 2nd squad, Jena, Germany
5/1945
"The gang". Group of soldiers and a young boy, Jena, Germany
5/1945
Blosville, France. Shirtless soldier in a fighting pose with a knife, title from photo log, "Brame Jr."
6/1944
Jena, Germany. "The swimming hole".
5/1945
"[Saul] Brean, Manizza, Taylor at the swimming hole", Jena, Germany
5/1945
"Conan, Weiser, Ranc, Heiser, Andy", Jena, Germany
5/1945
Landscape with parked military vehicles. Jena, Germany
5/1945
"Brame Jr., Brame", Jena, Germany
5/1945
"Andy, Conan, Dovehearty, Cookie, Ranc", Jena, Germany
5/1945
Bernard Horowitz and Saul Brean, Jena, Germany
5/1945
Apartment building or hotel in Jena, Germany
5/1945
Parked airplanes on a runway, Germany
5/1945
Damaged building somewhere in Germany
5/1945
Bernard Horowitz, shirtless and posing with a knife, Blosville, France
6/1944
Damaged building somewhere in Germany
5/1945
MP's and German POWs marching along a road, Germany
1945
Unidentified MP's standing in front of a military truck, Germany
1945
One soldier taking a photo of another, somewhere in Germany
1945
"Richey, Sadler", Germany
5/1945
[L. to R.] Unknown, Bixler, Spangler, sitting on a military vehicle
5/1945
Three unidentified soldiers with the unit mascot, "Cookie", Rheinberg, Germany
5/1945
[L. to R.] Bernard Horowitz, Taylor, Saul Brean, Paffrath, Germany
5/1945
Taylor in Paffrath, standing in front of a sign pointing the way to Bergisch Gladbach and Cologne, Germany
5/1945
Taylor and Saul Brean, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Group photo of soldiers at a softball game, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Group of soldiers at a softball game, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Photo of a running soldier and others playing softball, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
O'Connell swinging a bat at a softball game, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Ammunition dump, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Bernard Horowitz, kneeling in a field, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Boys marching with flag, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Boys with flags and adults lined up alongside a road, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
"Dougherty", Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
[L. to R.] Bernard Horowitz, unidentified schoolboy, Taylor, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
"Wilson", Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
"Chow time", group of soldiers walking to mess, their shelter halves [tents] in background, Blosville, France
6/1944
Bernie Kuhns, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Soldiers lounging on benches and on the ground in front a building, Paffrath, Germany
6/1945
Destroyed bridges over the Rhine River, Cologne, Germany
6/21/1945
Bombed out buildings in Cologne, Germany
6/21/1945
Cologne Cathedral from across the Rhine River, Germany
6/21/1945
Destroyed bridges over the Rhine River, Cologne, Germany
6/21/1945
A man bicycling through the bombed out city of Cologne, Germany
6/21/1945
Bombed out buildings and streetcars in Cologne, Germany
6/21/1945
Bombed out building, Cologne, Germany
6/21/1945
Bernard Horowitz [left] and O'Connell, Bonn, Germany
6/26/1945
[L. to R.] "Pallet, Cole, Ira, Gloria, [George] Cowan", machine gun squad, Blosville, France
6/1944
Train station, Bonn Germany
6/26/1945
American soldier named Hippensteel, photographed from a low angle showing the shattered skylight in the Bonn train station, Germany
6/26/1945
[L. to R.] "Duffy, [John] McGinley, Lee", Bonn, Germany
6/26/1945
[L. to R.] "O'Connell, Reese, Heiser", standing in front of directional signs, Bonn, Germany
6/26/1945
Train station, Bonn, Germany
6/26/1945
[L. to R.] "Billman, Rickrode, Noel, Guappone", Cologne, Germany
6/26/1945
Unidentified soldiers, Bonn Germany
6/26/1945
Gen. Lesley J. McNair bridge, Cologne, Germany; McNair was killed in action at Normandy in 1944
6/1945
"Garman", Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Remagen train station, Remagen, Germany
6/1945
[L. to R.] Unknown soldier, Bernard Horowitz, Blosville, France
6/1944
Street in Remagen, Germany
6/1945
"Candy, Ruddell, Holmes", standing in the cab of a locomotive, Germany
6/1945
View of soldiers waving from train windows
6/1945
View of Stuttgart, Germany, from a bridge over the Neckar River
6/1945
[L. to R.] "Bean, Volpicelli" in the doorway of a boxcar, Germany
6/1945
"Hudak", somewhere in Germany
6/1945
U.S. Naval station along the Rhine River, Germany
61945
Railroad bridge over the Rhine River, Mainz, Germany
6/1945
Bernard Horowitz [Left] and Dougherty, Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Railroad tracks through an unknown, bombed out German town
6/1945
Bernard Horowitz sitting in front a shelter-half, Blosville, France
6/1944
Women wave from the open boxcar doors of a Russian train, Germany
6/1945
Men in civilian dress look out from the open boxcar doors aboard a Russian train
6/1945
Maus Castle and the village of Wellmich, Rhineland, Germany
6/1945
Remains of a bombed-out bridge along the Rhine river
6/1945
Remains of a bombed-out bridge along the Rhine river
6/1945
Remains of a bombed-out bridge along the Rhine river
6/1945
Remains of a bombed-out bridge along the Rhine river
6/1945
Remains of a bombed-out bridge along the Rhine river
6/1945
"McCurdy", Germany
6/1945
Soldiers standing in front of car, photo log reads "Chapman, McKinley"
6/1945
Two soldiers digging a hole or ditch, photo log reads "Bixler, Ogozala", Blosville, France
6/1944
"McCurdy", soldier in MP squatting in front of sign directing visitors where to report, somewhere in Germany
6/1945
Unidentified soldier holding something up to the length of his arm, Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
"[Saul] Brean", soldier standing in front of a fence, Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
"Heister", soldier standing along a stone wall, hands on hips, Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
"Smith", soldier in MP uniform with rifle on shoulder, Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
"Gloria, Korshun", Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Unidentified soldier, another soldier in background sitting on a wall, Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Unidentified soldier standing in front of an American Red Cross "Hav-a-Dunk" house, Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Unidentified soldier standing in front of an American Red Cross "Hav-a-Dunk" house, Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
"[Saul] Brean, [Bernie] Kuhns", Feudenheim, Germany
8/1945
"Hudak", soldier kneeling in front of shelter half, his rifle propped against the tent post, Blosville, France
6/1944
"Little", Feudenheim, Germany
8/1945
Bernard Horowitz, sitting on a wall, Feudenheim, Germany
8/1945
Bernard Horowitz [foreground], and an unidentified soldier in an MP uniform, location unknown
8/1945
Ruins of Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Ruins of Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Military vehicles proceeding through the streets of a bombed out Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Ruins of Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
Ruins of Mannheim, Germany
6/1945
"Cousin Leon visits Germany", Bearstein, Germany
9/1945
[from left] Bernard Horowitz, "Morris, Leo", Bearstein, Germany
9/1945
"Ringuette, Brame". Two MPs sitting in front of a shelter half, Blosville, France
6/1944
Unidentified soldier leaning on a fence, probably somewhere in Germany
ca. 1945
Unidentified soldier
ca. 1945
Unidentified soldier
ca. 1945
"Seymore". Soldier standing in front of a fence, Ditzingen, Germany
ca. 1945
"Marseille, France", from the harbor
11/1945
Calas staging area in Marseille, France
11/1945
Amphitheater, Calas staging area, Marseille, France
11/1945
Calas staging area, Marseille, France
11/1945
Port of Marseille, taken from aboard the U.S.S. Hermitage [AP-54]
11/22/1945
Soldiers marching to board ship, Port of Marseille, taken from aboard the U.S.S. Hermitage [AP-54]
11/22/1945
"Makevich", Blosville, France
6/1944
Port of Marseille, taken from aboard the U.S.S. Hermitage [AP-54]
11/22/1945
Photograph of a ship in the port of Marseille, France, taken from aboard the U.S.S. Hermitage [AP-54]
11/22/1945
Photograph of a ship docked at the Port of Marseille, France, taken from aboard the U.S.S. Hermitage [AP-54]
11/22/1945
Port of Marseille, France, taken from aboard the U.S.S. Hermitage [AP-54]
11/22/1945
Soldiers aboard the U.S.S. Hermitage [AP-54], port of Marseille, France
11/22/1945
New York City skyline from the harbor, while sailing into port aboard the U.S.S. Hermitage [AP-54]
12/1/1945
Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, from the water
12/1/1945
"Brame, Jr., Hippensteel", Blosville, France
6/1944
"[George] Cowan, Gloria, Sobol", soldier brandishing a stick above the heads of two seated men, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
6/1944
"Evans, Priebe". One soldier cutting another's hair, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, France
6/1944
"Ringuette". Soldier reading while seated against a tree, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, France
6/1944
"Sadler, Ira, Cole". Soldiers in MP uniforms standing in front of a military truck, Isigny-sur-Mer, France
6/1944
"Richey". A soldier in MP uniform patrolling a street, his rifle on his shoulder, Isigny-sur-Mer, France
6/1944
"Richey, Stock, Hudak". Soldiers in MP uniforms in front of a barn or warehouse, Isigny-sur-Mer, France
7/1944
Bernard Horowitz "on guard", Isigny-sur-Mer, France
7/1944
[L. to R.] Bernard Horowitz, Manizza, Isigny-sur-Mer, France
8/1944
Bernard Horowitz posing "like John Garfield", somewhere in France
9/1944
Bernard Horowitz, Versailles, France
9/1944
Four unidentified soldiers in MP uniforms in a jeep, Versailles, France
9/1944
Bernard Horowitz, Versailles, France
9/1944
Bernard Horowitz, Versailles, France
9/1944
Bernard Horowitz pointing to the name "Ruth" painted on the butt of his rifle,, "Villique Armand, France"
9/1944
"Cohen, [Bernie] Kuhns" with a belt-fed Browning M1919 .30 caliber machine gun, "Villique Armand, France"
9/1944
Bernard Horowitz [L.] and Dale Rickrode with brooms, "Villique Armand, France"
9/1944
Interior of a church, "Villique Armand, France"
9/1944
Exterior of a church, "the only building that was standing from the last war", "Villique Armand, France"
6/1944
Unidentified building in "Villique Armand, France"
9/1944
Unidentified group of MPs with a woman and girl, Millen, Belgium
9/1944
[L. to R.] Dale Rickrode and Bernard Horowitz, Millen, Belgium
9/1944
"McHale", Millen, Belgium
9/1944
[L. to R.] Bernard Horowitz and Edward Evans, Millen, Belgium
9/1944
[L. to R.] Bob Megahan and Bernard Horowitz, Heerlen, Netherlands
10/1944
[L. to R.] Bob Megahan and Bernard Horowitz, Heerlen, Netherlands
10/1944
[L. to R.] Bob Megahan and Taylor, Heerlen, Netherlands
10/1944
Bernard Horowitz with a pistol to his head, Heerlen, Netherlands
10/1944
[L. to R.] Bob Megahan, unknown woman, unknown woman, and Taylor, Heerlen, Netherlands
10/1944
The 583rd Military Police Co. aboard a truck, Heerlen, Netherlands
10/1944
Taylor, Heerlen, Netherlands
10/1944
[L. to R.] Ambrose, Bernard Horowitz in front of a shop window, Gouvy, Belgium
12/1944
Bernard Horowitz with two children in front of a shop window, Gouvy, Belgium
12/1944
Bernard Horowitz leaning against a bridge railing, Gouvy, Belgium
12/1944
Bernard Horowitz and Bob Megahan with three children, Gouvy, Belgium
12/1944
Bernard Horowitz in a field, Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
[L. to R.] Bob Megahan, Manizza, Bernard Horowitz standing in snow in front of a railroad tunnel, Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
Bernard Horowitz in a snowy street in Pepinster, Belgium; building behind him appears to be a brewery or warehouse, since Bier Piedboeuf is a brand of Belgian beer.
1/1945
Soldiers in a snowy street in Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
MPs guarding German prisoners of war, Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
"Sprinkle", Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
Bernard Horowitz holding a Thompson submachine gun, Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
"Conigy, Sprinkle, McHale" with two unidentified women in background, Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
[L. to R.] Bob Megahan with Bernard Horowitz, Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
"Cohen", soldier standing on the steps of the Pepinster town hall, in front of a snow-covered monument to World War One soldiers, Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
German prisoners of war in Pepinster, Belgium
1/1945
Bernard Horowitz, "Brand, Germany"
2/1945
An MP with a Thompson submachine gun looks at a wall; an MP helmet lies upturned in the road; Brand Germany
2/1945
Bernard Horowitz, Walheim, Germany
2/1945
Farmhouse and muddy field, Walheim, Germany
2/1945
[L. to R.] Sobel, Bernard Horowitz, Roetgen, Germany
2/1945
Bernard Horowitz, Roetgen, Germany
2/1945
[L. toR.] Reese and Bernard Horowitz with an anti-aircraft gun, Roetgen, Germany
2/1945
German prisoners of war marching down a muddy lane, Roetgen, Germany
2/1945
German prisoners of war marching down a muddy lane, Roetgen, Germany
2/1945
German prisoners of war marching down a muddy lane, Roetgen, Germany
2/1945
German prisoners of war marching down a muddy lane, Roetgen, Germany
2/1945
View of railroad tracks from a high window, Bettendorf, Germany
3/1945
The Remagen Bridge [Ludendorff railroad bridge], Remagen, Germany
3/1945
Distinctive towers of the bombed Ludendorff railroad bridge (the Remagen Bridge), Remagen, Germany
3/1945
The destroyed Ludendorff railroad bridge at Remagen, from the west side tower looking across the river
3/1945
View of the west towers of the Ludendorff railroad bridge at Remagen, Germany, after its collapse
3/1945
German prisoners of war "as far as you can see", Gummersbach, Germany
4/1945
German prisoners of war, Gummersbach, Germany
4/1945
"[Bernie] Kuhns, Heiser, Reese", Gladbach, Germany
4/1945
Building in Gladbach, Germany
4/1945
Building and rubble, Gladbach, Germany
4/1945
Landscape and military vehicles near Gladbach, Germany
4/1945
Civilians picking through left behind supplies, Gladbach, Germany
4/1945
"Noel, Richey, Stock", sitting on a fence above an encampment of, possibly, prisoners of war. Gummersbach, Germany
4/1945
Military trucks parked alongside a road, Gummersbach, Germany
4/1945
Remains of an encampment, possibly an internment camp for German POWs, Gummersbach, Germany
4/1945
Camp for German prisoners of war with military police serving as P.W.E. [Prisoner of War Escort], Gotha, Germany
5/1945
Photograph of a dog lying in the grass, titled "A k-9 friend", Gotha, Germany
5/1945
"Cookie the Dog", mascot for the 553rd Military Police Escort Guard Co., Jena, Germany
5/1945
"Sparkle, Brame Jr.", soldiers with a military car, Jena, Germany
5/1945
[L. to r.] Rickrode and Bernard Horowitz, Jena, Germany
5/1945
Memoir: "My Career in the Army"
Memoir: "My Career in the Army"
Chronology of Horowitz's military career
Chronology of Horowitz's military career
Certificate from President Truman given out to all soldiers at the end of WWII
Certificate from President Truman given out to all soldiers at the end of WWII
Program for a play, "OK- USA" directed by Mickey Rooney
Program for a play, "OK- USA" directed by Mickey Rooney
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.86301/
DLC-AFC
2023-10-05
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