Ok_Low2169 on April 30th, 2025 at 14:30 UTC »
My father was there.
Spartan2470 on April 30th, 2025 at 16:16 UTC »
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ETO HQ 45 33621 30 APR CREDIT... U S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS PHOT OG...T/4 ARLAND B. MUSSER-163 CPL. LARRY MUTINSK, PHILADELPHIA, PA., HANDS OUT HIS LAST PACK OF CIGARETTES TO THE EAGER REACHING HANDS OF THE PRISONERS WITHIN THE WIRE STOCKADE OF THE PRISON CAMP AT CACHAU. 7A, (SV CORPS), CO A, 1ST BN, 157TH INF REG, 45 DIV DACHU, GERMANY Prisoners - allies Freed 7 JUL 1945 SC-207744
ETO HQ 45 33621 30 APR
CREDIT... U S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS
PHOT OG...T/4 ARLAND B. MUSSER-163
CPL. LARRY MUTINSK, PHILADELPHIA, PA., HANDS
OUT HIS LAST PACK OF CIGARETTES TO THE EAGER
REACHING HANDS OF THE PRISONERS WITHIN THE WIRE STOCKADE OF THE PRISON CAMP AT CACHAU.
7A, (SV CORPS), CO A, 1ST BN, 157TH INF REG, 45 DIV
DACHU, GERMANY
Prisoners - allies Freed
7 JUL 1945
SC-207744
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Larkspur71 on April 30th, 2025 at 17:49 UTC »
My father helped liberate Dachau. He was 20.
I used to tell him that he was a hero. He'd tell me. "No, the heroes are the ones that didn't come home."
I responded, "You're a hero to the people who got to live a life because of you."
Ok_Low2169 on April 30th, 2025 at 14:30 UTC »
My father was there.
Spartan2470 on April 30th, 2025 at 16:16 UTC »
Here is a MUCH higher-quality version of this image. Here is the source that provides this information.
Edit Here is another pretty good quality version of this image.
Larkspur71 on April 30th, 2025 at 17:49 UTC »
My father helped liberate Dachau. He was 20.
I used to tell him that he was a hero. He'd tell me. "No, the heroes are the ones that didn't come home."
I responded, "You're a hero to the people who got to live a life because of you."