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Cherbourg, France, 1944: Lt

Cherbourg, France, 06/26/1944

SC 206553Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5963RG 111
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Original caption

Lt. Gen. Dietrick von Schlieben (helmet, right), commander of Hitler's "last man" army which fell at Cherbourg, and Adm. Hennecke (in naval hat), chief of German naval operations at Cherbourg, are escorted to American Army headquarters after fall of the vital French port. 6/26/44.

Date
06/26/1944
Place
Cherbourg, France · approximate position
Photographer
Petrony
SC number
206553
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5963
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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