ARMY DAY FLAG RAISING Part 2

Description

Summary: Coblenz surrounded by winding river. Soldier's looking over Ehrenbrietstein Fortress. Troops presenting arms to Gen Bradley at flag raising ceremony. Lined up before microphones are Gen Omar N Bradley, Gen George S Patton, Brig Gen Norman D Cota, Gen Lee S Gerow, Lt Gen Courtney H Hodges, Lt Gen Alexander M Patch, Gen Perry, Maj Gen Elwood R Quesada, Gen Edmund B Sebree, Maj Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg, Lt Gen William H Simpson and other high ranking officers. SLAVES FREED BY AMERICAN TROOPS.: 04/05/1945: Group of freed female slaves display yellow crosses painted on backs of their clothes and numbers tattooed on left arm. Released Allied prisoners wildly cheering and applauding soldiers; embracing, kissing, and hoisting them up on their shoulders. LS, burial ground for slaves who died in captivity. Thousands of graves marked by sticks in the ground.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities