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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 11 May 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Identification Code | SC 206143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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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