Part of a bivouac area for US troops where Germans stored stolen loot in Bredelar, Marsberg, Germany in 1945
Gift of Paul Rose, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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"Part of a bivouac area for US troops at Bredelar, Germany where Germans had an engineer dump and stored all kinds of loot stolen from other countries" in a factory marked "Zechilwerk." Bredelar, Marsberg, Germany. 1945.
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$120.00
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Donald N. Deane was born on 7 April 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to Harry and Emma (Vibert) Deane and lived in Hartford and later New Milford. Deane served as a game warden for the state prior to entering service in the US Army on 18 March 1942 at Hartford. During his service in the ETO Deane was part of the 663rd Engineer Topographical Company and saw service in Germany, France, Belgium, and England and attained the rank of T-4. After coming home from the war, he worked for the State of Connecticut as a conservation officer for 35 years.
Geography:
Marsberg
Latitude:
51.450
Longitude:
8.850
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military camps--American--Germany
Storage facilities--Germany