Mourmelon, France, 1945: Gen

Original caption

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, salutes the colors of the 101st Airborne Division at a formal review during which he presented the Presidential Unit Citation to the division. The 101st, the first entire division in history to be so honored, received the citation for its heroic stand at the "Bastion of Bastogne." Present on the reviewing stand with Gen. Eisenhower are Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Brereton, CG, First Allied Airborne Агтıу; Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, CG, 101st Division, and Stephen Early, presidentail press secretary. ETO, 3/15/45

Date

03/15/1945

Place

Mourmelon, France · approximate position

Photographer

Moore

Units

101st Airborne Division

SC number

207339

Album

101st Airborne Division

Source

U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

Approximate position · Show on the photo map