A Japanese-American soldier poses next to his jeep in the town of Waakirchen, where the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion set up a temporary field hospital for survivors of a Dachau death march.
Overview
- Caption
- A Japanese-American soldier poses next to his jeep in the town of Waakirchen, where the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion set up a temporary field hospital for survivors of a Dachau death march.
- Date
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1945 May 01 - 1945 May 04
- Locale
- Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eric Saul
- Event History
- The 522nd Field Artillery operated as an independant battalion in the southern German campaign in the spring of 1945. The enlisted men of the battalion were all Japanese Americans from the west coast and Hawaii. Units of this battalion liberated prisoners on one of the death marches from Dachau near the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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Eric Saul
Copyright: Agency Agreement (No Fees)
Keywords & Subjects
- Photo Designation
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LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Liberators
- Record last modified:
- 2003-10-28 00:00:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1071872
