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Soldiers visiting "Eagle's Nest", Hitler's favorite resting spot, pause to throw snowballs on Berchtesgaden far below

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Berchtesgaden Area, Austria, 1945: Soldiers visiting "Eagle's Nest", Hitler's favorite resting spot…

Berchtesgaden Area, Austria, 05/19/1945

SC 207107Field no. ETO-HQ-45-37005RG 111
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Soldiers visiting "Eagle's Nest", Hitler's favorite resting spot, pause to throw snowballs on Berchtesgaden far below. U. S. Seventh Army, 101st Airborne Div., XV Corps, Berchtesgaden Area, Austria, 5/19/45.

Date
05/19/1945
Place
Berchtesgaden Area, Austria · approximate position
Photographer
Harriss
Units
101st Airborne Division
SC number
207107
Field number
ETO-HQ-45-37005
Album
101st Airborne Division
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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