John A. Sawyer photograph collection. 1944-1945.

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John A. Sawyer photograph collection. 1944-1945.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains photographs of the following military unit: VII Corps. General description of the collection: The John A. Sawyer photograph collection consists of two large albums in a large oversize box. The albums contain photos relative to the personnel, activities and locations of the VII Army Corps in the European Theater in 1944 and 1945. All of the photos are official Signal Corps photographs. Colonel Sawyer as Chief Signal Officer of the VII Corps had access to the photographers and pictures to document his war in Europe. Some of the key subjects covered are: Cherbourg and the ruins of Hitler's Atlantic Wall defenses; VII Corps headquarters with General J. Lawton Collins and other VIPs, such as Eisenhower, Bradley, Montgomery, Hodges, Ridgway and Taylor; VII Corps Signal personnel; French refugees; German prisoners of war (POWs), destruction of French and German towns (especially Montebourg, France); Nordhausen Concentration Camp and the V Bomb factory at Nordhausen; winter scenes in Belgium and Germany and meeting the Russians near the war's end.

1 box (476 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7605542

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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