Cherbourg, France, 1944: Splattered with mail, Lt

Cherbourg, France, 06/27/1944

SC 190789Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5962RG 111

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MUD ON THE CHIEF. Splattered with mail, Lt. Gen. Dietrick von Schlieben, Chief of the German Army which fell to the Yanks at Cherbourg, awaits the American Commander, Major General J. Lawton Collins

Date: 06/27/1944
Place: Cherbourg, France · exact position
Photographer: Petrony
SC number: 190789
Field number: ETO-HQ-44-5962
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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