Infantrymen crossing the Rhine, Germany, 1945
Gift in Memory of G.T. Hennings
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Photograph. Two assault boats filled with infantrymen of the 7th Infantry Regiment crossing the Rhine; two empty assault boats are on the bank in the foreground. Official caption on front: "7A-45-5605." Confidential stamp on reverse. Official caption on reverse: "ETO HQ 45 7A-5605 26th Mar / Credit... Signal Corps Photo / Photog... T/5 Joseph A Bowen (163) / Assault boats loaded with Seventh Army infantry cross Rhine River under artillery fire. / 7th Inf. Regt., 3rd Div., XV Corps, 7A, Frankenthal area, Germany." Rhineland Palatinate (state), Germany. 26 March 1945
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03/26/1945
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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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Rheinland-Pfalz
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50.000
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7.000
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Boats--American--Germany
Rhine River--Germany