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Cherbourg, France, 1944: Lt

Cherbourg, France, 06/27/1944

SC 190788Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5961RG 111
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FACING HIS CAPTOR. ...... Lt. Gen. Dietrick Von Schlieben, who commanded the German Army's "last stand" at Cherbourg. faces his captor, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, right, after his surrender. Gen. Schlieben is on Gen. Collins' right.

Date
06/27/1944
Place
Cherbourg, France · exact position
Photographer
Petrony
People
Dietrick Von Schlieben; Lawton J. Collins
SC number
190788
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5961
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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