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German troops who surrendered to Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion receive orders to go home after they have been disarmed.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 07774
German troops who surrendered to Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion receive orders to go home after they have been disarmed.

German troops who surrendered to Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion receive orders to go home after they have been disarmed.

Date
1945 May 03 - 1945 May 04
Locale
Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Designation
LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Liberators
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eric Saul

About This Photograph

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.

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Photo Source
Eric Saul
Copyright: Agency Agreement (No Fees)
 
Record last modified: 1997-12-01 00:00:00
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