Members of the 3rd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment receiving the Presidential Unit Citation, France, 1944
Gift in Memory of G.T. Hennings
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Photograph. Major General John O'Daniel attaching the Presidential Unit Citation streamer on the 3rd Battalion unit flagpole. Official caption on front: "7A-44-26313." Confidential stamp on reverse. Official caption on reverse: "ETO HQ 44 7A-26313 18 Nov. / Credit... Signal Corps Photo / Photog... T/3 Irving Katz (163) / Maj. Gen. John W. O'Daniel C.G. 3rd Inf. Div., put the presidential citation streamer on the standard of the companies of the 3rd Bn., 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Div. The Bn. received this citation for action on Mt. Rotunda, Italy. / 3rd Bn., 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Div., Bult area, France." Vosges (department), France. 18 November 1944
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11/18/1944
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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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Vosges
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48.167
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6.333