15-103 Garand Picture if the Day -70th Division

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U.S. Army soldiers of the 70th Division, 7th Army, hold a Nazi flag and a portrait of Adolf Hitler, taken during the capture of Saarbrücken from German forces. Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. 22 March 1945. Image taken by Horace Abrahams.

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Activated: 15 June 1943.
Overseas: Task Force Herren-December 1944; Support Troops-8 January 1945.
Campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe.
Days of combat: 86.
Distinguished Unit Citations: 1.
Awards: DSC-12; SS-228 (4 clusters); LM-7; SM-16; BS-430 (14 clusters); Military Cross (UK)-1; AM-20; Meritorious Unit Citation-3.
Commanders: Major General John E. Dahlquist (June 1943 – July 1944), Major General. Allison J. Barnett (July 1944 – July 1945), Brigadier General Thomas W. Herren (July 1945 – October 1945).
Returned to U.S.: 10 October 1945.
Inactivated: 11 October 1945.