US bivouac area at hotel on mountain east of the Rhine River in Ittenbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany in 1945
Gift of Paul Rose, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Four-storey hotel with solider standing guard at gateway. "US bivouac area on mountain east of the Rhine River on outskirts of Ittenbach, Germany. It had been a ["Margarethenhus"] hotel and had been used by German SS troops for a rest center." Ittenbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. 1945.
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Donald N. Deane was born on 7 April 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to Harry and Emma (Vibert) Deane and lived in Hartford and later New Milford. Deane served as a game warden for the state prior to entering service in the US Army on 18 March 1942 at Hartford. During his service in the ETO Deane was part of the 663rd Engineer Topographical Company and saw service in Germany, France, Belgium, and England and attained the rank of T-4. After coming home from the war, he worked for the State of Connecticut as a conservation officer for 35 years.
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Nordrhein-Westfalen
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51.000
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7.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military camps--American--Germany
Hotels--Germany
Trucks--American--Germany
Leisure--Germany