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Cherbourg, France, 1944: Lt

Cherbourg, France, 06/27/1944

SC 190977Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5948RG 111
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Original caption

GERMAN GENERAL CAPTURED. Lt. General Dietrick Von Schieben, Chief of the German Army which fell to the Yanks at Cherbourg, is splattered by mud as he makes this downcast appearance before his conqueror, Major General J. Lawton Collins, who led the victorious Yanks into the vital harbor city.

Date
06/27/1944
Place
Cherbourg, France · approximate position
SC number
190977
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5948
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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