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Gen James A Gavin, CO, 82nd Airborne Div, his equipment before boarding a plane an airborne invasion of Holland

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Cottesmore, England, 1944: Gen James A Gavin, CO, 82nd Airborne Div, his equipment before…

Cottesmore, England, 09/17/1944

SC 232810Field no. ETO-HQ-44-14894RG 111
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Gen James A Gavin, CO, 82nd Airborne Div, his equipment before boarding a plane an airborne invasion of Holland. Cottesmore, England. 9/17/44

Date
09/17/1944
Place
Cottesmore, England · approximate position
Photographer
Meyer
Units
82nd Airborne Division
SC number
232810
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-14894
Album
82nd Airborne Division
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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