U.S. 9th Army infantrymen at a river bank in Linnich,Germany, during World War 2. The infantrymen move up the bank and crawl pass a wired fence. A U.S. half track is in the background. A large column of German prisoners is marched under guard by the American troops on the streets of the devastated town.
Released American Prisoners of War (POW) kick and throw objects at a German prisoner of war at Grasleben in Germany, near the end of World War 2 in Europe. The released U.S. POWs wave at the American soldiers of 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division passing in trucks and jeeps. They gather around a jeep and converse with soldiers of the 117th Infantry.
Recently released Allied Prisoners of War (POWs) kick and throw objects at several German soldiers, just captured as prisoner of war in Grasleben, Germany, during World War 2. The German soldiers run past them, with their hands raised; as the liberated Allied soldiers kick and throw things at them. A U.S. Army soldier of 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division gives food and water to the emaciated former Allied prisoners.
Shows Major General J Lawton Collins, Commander of U.S. VII Corps and U.S. Third Army soldiers at a Nazi German Vergeltungswaffe V- weapon plant (V-1 and V-2 missiles) in Nordhausen, Germany. General Collins and the soldiers examine dead bodies of the slave laborers and inspect the ruins of the rocket weapons plant in their jeeps. Shows a young slave worker victim's corpse with name and nationality written on his chest. (World War II period).
United States soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division raise a large U.S. flag to cover a German Swastika emblem on top of the Tribune at Zeppelinfeld in Nurnberg,Germany, near end of World War 2 in Europe. Commander of the U.S. 7th Army Lieutenant General Alexander M Patch, Major General John W O'Daniel and other officers review the troops from the speaker's platform of the Nuremberg Zeppelin Field. At a ceremony General Patch awards Congressional Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Colonel Keith Ware, Lieutenant John J. Tominac,Sergeant Russell E Dunham,Sergeant Lucian Adams and Private Wilburn K. Ross.
United States troops pass in a convoy of trucks, jeeps, trailers, and an M36B1 tank destroyer through the streets of Tambach in Germany. during World War 2. Townsmen gathered across the streets watch as the convoy passes. Officially named the M36B1 Gun Motor Carriage this tank destroyer is based on the M4A3 Sherman hull with a tank destroyer (TD) turret housing a 90mm gun. Only 187 were manufactured. Based on the registration number on the side of the hull (W40190915) this one is serial number 616 and was manufactured by Fisher Body Div. of the General Motors Corp. There are very few combat photos of this rare TD variant.
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