Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945

Caption     Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
Identification Code   SC 206143
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Carl Spaatz   Main article  Photos  
Leonard Gerow   Main article  Photos  
Walter Smith   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,913 x 1,528 pixels
Photos on Same Day 11 May 1945
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
17 Nov 2015 04:34:35 PM

Seated in front:
LtGen William H Simpson, US Ninth Army
Gen George S Patton, Jr., US Third Army
Gen Carl A Spaatz, USAAF
Gen of the Army Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander
Gen Omar Bradley, 12th Army Group
Gen Courtney H Hodges, US First Army
LtGen Leonard T Gerow, US Fifteenth Army

Standing:
BGen Ralph F Stearley, IX Tactical Air Command
LtGen Hoyt S Vandenburg, 9th Air Force
LtGen Walter B Smith, SHAEF Chief-of-Staff
MGen Otto P Weiland, XIX Tactical Air Command
BGenRichard E Nugent, XXIX Tactical Air Command
2. Anonymous says:
27 Dec 2018 07:28:55 PM

I inherited this photo from my father. It is in an old military frame with everyone pictured identified by typed paper taped to the back. It is awsome. My father died in 1979.

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