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General Gamelin at Aldershot. General Gamelin inspecting the turret of a tank at Aldershot, headquarters of the Southern Command of the British Army, this afternoon, June 7.

Russian general honored by Americans. Lieutenant General William E. Simpson, Commander Ninth U.S. Army presents the U.S. Legion of Meritmedal to Colonel General Alexander V. Gorbat, Commander Third Red Army. The presentation was made during ceremonies honoring Third Russian Army officers visiting Ninth U.S. Army headquarters May 28, 1945, at Braunschweig, Germany.

Former SHAEFF war room turned over to French. Major General Royal B. Lord (center left), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Assembly Area Command, presents the keys to the former war room of Advance Headquarters of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expditionary Force, to the Mayor of Reims (center right), M. Michel Sicre. Terms for the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allies were signed in this ...

General Eisenhower presents bronze SHAEF insignia to French capital. A bronze replica of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force insignia, presented to the city of Paris by General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander in Chief of the SHAEF organization, has been placed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in the French capital. The plaque of the flaming ...

Behind the scenes at third U.S. army field headquarters. This was called a situation tent for G-2 (intelligence) operations at Third U.S. Army field headquaters. Here on a large map, G-2 intelligence recorded reports of enemy dispositions, capabilities and possible movements. From this map, and a map in another tent showing Allied operations, information was gathered for general staff conferences where ...

Abyssinian Emperor receives gifts of gold and silver to help him wage war. Treausures brought to headquarters. Emperor Haile Selassie seated on a throne at his general headquarters sees a steadily-growing pile of treasure on a table.

' Lt.Col. McCown Headquarters Commandant 30th Infantry Division and later Battalion Commander of the 119th Infantry. Presented by James W. Perkins, former Adjutant General of the Division. '

' Major John W. Dandridge, later Lt.Col. Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1. Headquarters 30th Infantry Division. Presented by James W. Perkins, former Adjutant General of the Division. '

Recruit to the land army. Christine Jennings is fitted with her Land Army hat at the Winchester Headquarters. Next she will have a short period of general training while living in a hostel near Andover.

General Sir Edmund Ironside at big manoeuvres in Hampshire. General Sir Edmund Ironside (left), Inspector-General of Overseas Forces, in conference with staff officers over a map at Tile Barn Farm, headquarters of the 1st Guards Brigade, near South Warnborough, Hampshire.

The main street of Jijiga, the first picture taken since hostilities began, Jijiga being the headquarters of Abyssinia's southern army. Permission was obtained from General Nasibu, the Abyssinian commander, to take this photo.

Supreme Allied Commander with Generals released for Japanese Prison, U.S. Army General of the Army Douglas Mac Arthur (center), Supreme Allied Commander stands with British General Sir Archibald E. Percival (left) and U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright, former chief of Staff to General Mac Arthur, at his headquarters in Yokohama, Japan's principal seaport. General Mac Arthur had invited ...