AWARDS LEIPZIG - GERMANY ; AWARDS NEAR TACHAU, CZECHOSLOVAKIA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4672 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1797-1798) Card 1 of 2 111 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 591' ea Silent 4672-1 LIB 6676 - AWARDS Leipzig - Germany 13 May 1945 Seq: Arrival of Gen Courtney H Hodges, Maj Gen Willian B Kean and other military personnel at airport. MSs, CUs, Gens are greeted by Lt Gen J Lawton Collins, CG, VII Corps. MSs, CUs, Gen Hodges presents Legion of Merit medal to Col Gen Shadov, CG, Russian 5th Guards Army, and other awards to Russian soldiers. MSs, CU, Col Gen Shadov presents Gen Hodges with the Suvorov medal, first class, and Lt Gen Collins with Suvorov medal, second class. MSs, CUs, other US officers and enlisted men of the US First Army receive awards from the Russian general. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 4672 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1797-1798) Card 2 of 2 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 591' ea Silent ADC 4672-2 LIB 6677 - AWARDS NEAR TACHAU Czechoslovakia 13 May 1945 Seq: Brig Gen Milton B Halsey, CG, 97th Div, awards seventeen Purple Heart medals and eleven Bronze Star medals to enlisted men and one officer of the 2nd Bn, 387th Inf Regt, 97th Div. LSs, MSs, ceremony, band marching, and officer reading awards. MS, Gen Courtney H Hodges and other officers watch soldiers pass in review. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities