Mourmelon, France, 1945: Gen

Mourmelon, France, 03/15/1945

SC 207340Field no. ETO-HQ-45-3348RG 111

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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, stands at attention as the Presidential Unit Citation is read to men of 101st Airborne 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. ETO, 3/15/45 RESTRICTED-Signal Corps Photo (It. Moore) Orig. neg. rec'd from OCSIGO Hdqrs., sos, European Theater of Operations, USA, March 1945. Released by BPR Auth H2, 5/10/45. 4x5 orig. neg. Lot 10869 pr Copy OCR into the ca

Date: 03/15/1945
Place: Mourmelon, France · approximate position
Photographer: Moore
Units: 101st Airborne Division
People: Dwight D. Eisenhower
SC number: 207340
Field number: ETO-HQ-45-3348
Album: 101st Airborne Division
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs