Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945

Caption   Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945 ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
Identification Code   SC 206143
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 7 Sep 2006

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
17 Nov 2015 04:34:35 PM

Seated in front: LtGen William H Simpson, US Ninth Army Gen George S Patton, Jr., US Third Army Gen Carl A Spaatz, USAAF Gen of the Army Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander Gen Omar Bradley, 12th Army Group Gen Courtney H Hodges, US First Army LtGen Leonard T Gerow, US Fifteenth Army Standing: BGen Ralph F Stearley, IX Tactical Air Command LtGen Hoyt S Vandenburg, 9th Air Force LtGen Walter B Smith, SHAEF Chief-of-Staff MGen Otto P Weiland, XIX Tactical Air Command BGenRichard E Nugent, XXIX Tactical Air Command
2. Anonymous says:
27 Dec 2018 07:28:55 PM

I inherited this photo from my father. It is in an old military frame with everyone pictured identified by typed paper taped to the back. It is awsome. My father died in 1979.

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