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4th Armored Division Liberator Uniform
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
Permanent collection of the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center https://hdec.org/
Desciption: 3D model of uniform of private of the 4th Armored Division, that spearheaded General Patton’s Third Army in the European theater of World War II. From 1941 to the end of the conflnct, the brave soldiers of the 4th fought in France and Belgium where their interventtion was critical to defeat the Germans at Bastogne. After crossing the Main river and advacing into Germany, on April 4th 1945, the 4th Armored Division liberated the forced labor and concentration camp of Ohrdruf in Gotha (Thuringia), the first Nazi camp ever liberated by U.S. troops.
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Liberator's Uniform Hat
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
Permanent Collection of the Dania Beach Holocaust Documentation and Education Center (gifted by Leon Heller)
Pvt. Leon Heller’s uniform hat (1926-2014) 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, Company A
Since September 9, 1943, the 141st Infantry Regiment experienced 361 days of combat 137 days in Italy, 204 days in France, 17 days in Germany and 4 days in Austria. The Regiment sustained more than 6,000 casualties in World War II, including 1,126 killed, approximately 5,000 wounded and over 500 missing in action.
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