Destroyed Street Car in Nuremburg, 1945
Gift in Memory of G.T. Hennings
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Photograph. Destroyed streetcar sitting on the side of a street; bombed-out buildings and piles of rubble are in the background. Official caption on front: "ETO HQ-45-35003." Confidential stamp on reverse. Official caption on reverse: "ETO HQ 45 35003 19 Apr / Credit... Signal Corps Photo / Photog... T/5 Brazle J. McCroby JR (163) / Wrecked street car near a barricade on one of the main intersections in Nurnberg, key city of the Nazi Party. / Co. C, 1st Bn., 15th Inf. Regt., 3rd Div., XV Corps, 7A, Nurnberg, Germany." Nurnberg, Germany. 19 April 1945
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04/19/1945
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Items from the service of Staff Sergeant Gerald Hennings, who served in the 3rd Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations. Gerald Thomas "G.T." Hennings was born on 22 March 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. He was residing in St. Louis, Missouri, when he enlisted in the United States Army circa 1941. He was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division and participated in the Battle of Anzio as well as the campaigns through France and Germany. After returning to the United States, Hennings moved to New Orleans and remained there until his death on 29 January 2010. The collection consists of souvenirs that Hennings collected while in Europe. These souvenirs include a knife, armband, tablecloth, shot glass, two unit history books, and Army Signal Corps photographs.
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Nürnberg
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49.448
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11.068
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World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Germany