Statue of Otto von Bismark in front of a bombed building, Germany, 1945
Gift of Robin Rankin
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Photograph. Statue of Otto von Bismark in front of a bombed-out building. Personal caption on reverse: "Bismarkplatz / Wiesbaden / May 1945 / (Two blocks from "home" - one from the hq.)" Wiesbaden, Germany. May 1945
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1945-05-
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Items from the service of Technical Sergeant Norman E. Walz, who worked in the European Theater General Board under the 12th Army group during the war and then the 15th Army Group after V-E Day. Walz was born on 20 July 1914 in Kansas, but moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shortly after his birth. He is listed as having received a post-graduate education when he enlisted in the United States Army on 24 June 1943. While overseas, Walz was stationed in Verdun, France, along with Wiesbaden and Bad Nauheim, Germany. Around August 1945, Walz was reassigned to the General Board of the 15th Army Group. In late 1945 or early 1946, Walz returned home aboard the SS Archbishop Lamy. He remained in Pennsylvania until his death on 21 January 1995 and is buried in the city of Sunbury. The collection includes postcards as well as Walz's time overseas and Michael Walz, a relative of unknown relations.
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Wiesbaden
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50.083
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8.250
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Monuments--Germany