Infantrymen pose with a Munich road sign, 1945
Gift in Memory of G.T. Hennings
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Photograph. A group of infantrymen from the 9th Tank Battalion posing with a road sign for Munich; the sign has a large bullet hole at the top. Official caption on front: "ETO HQ-45-35763." Confidential stamp on reverse. Official caption on reverse: "ETO HQ 45 35763 30 April / Credit ... Signal Corps Photo / Photog... T/5 Joseph A. Bowen (163) / These infantrymen proudly display the sign taken in Munich, one of the last large cities to fall before the advance of the Seventh United States Army. / Seventh Army, 9th Tank Bn., 20th Arm'd. Div., 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., XV Corps, Munich, Ger." Munich, Germany. 30 April 1945
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04/30/1945
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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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München
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48.150
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11.583