4th Armored Division Liberator Technical Sergeant Uniform

Creator

• USF Institute for Digital Exploration

Files

Publication Date

9-16-2025

Abstract

A uniform of a technical sergeant part of the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion in 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 conflict, the soldiers of the 4th fought in France and Belgium where their intervention was critical to defeat the Germans at Bastogne. After crossing the Main river and advancing 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.

Permanent collection of the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center https://hdec.org/

Model Creation Date

04/05/2022

Sponsor/Stakeholder

Holocaust Documentation and Education Center

Keywords

Holocaust (1939-1945), World War II (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Ohrdruf (Concentration camp), World War II (1939-1945)--Concentration camps--Liberation, United States. Army. Armored Division 4th, Uniforms, Military uniforms, Clothing, United States. Army. Armored Infantry Battalion 10th

Alt Text

A 3D model of a green military-style jacket with patches on the sleeves. The jacket has multiple pockets. The logos of the University of South Florida's Institute for Digital Exploration and the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center are visible in the top left corner.

Extent

1 3-D Model

Streaming Media

Geographic Location

France; Belgium; Germany; Gotha (Germany); Broward County (Fla.); Dania Beach (Fla.)

Media Type

Models (Representations); Renderings (Drawings)

Digitization Specifications

3D model produced in digital photogrammetry Dataset: 127 images. Camera: Canon Eos 2000D, 18-55mm F 13 (used 18mm). Quality image: 6000x4000 pixel (density 72 dpi), 24 Bit sRGB. Software: Agisoft Metashape v. 1.8.0 build 13257.

Device Name

Canon EOS 2000D, 18-55mm F/13 (used 18mm)

Device Type

DSLR

Processing Software

Agisoft Metashape Professional 1.8.0

Download Size

92MB

Geometry

724.3k Triangles

Format

Digital Only

Materials

1

Note

View on the USF Libraries' Sketchfab Account

Quality Image

6000x4000

Rigged Geometries

No

Scale Transformations

No

Textures

1

UV Layers

Yes

Vertex Colors

No

Vertices

362.7k

Recommended Citation

USF Institute for Digital Exploration, "4th Armored Division Liberator Technical Sergeant Uniform" (2025). Holocaust Documentation and Education Center 3D Collection. 45.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/idex_hdec/45