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FROM THE ESTATE OF GEN. CLARENCE R. HUEBNER, COMMANDER OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE FIRST WAVE AT OMAHA BEACH Excellent content photo album containing 242 b/w photos, most 8" x 10" and smaller, primarily depicting Huebner's participation in notable ceremonies and military exercises in the years immediately following World War II. Notable scenes depicted within include: Huebner meeting with Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in France in July of 1944; Huebner shaking hands with a Russian officer during the first meeting between U.S and Soviet troops on the Elbe River at Torgau; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and other generals attending a briefing on an imminent attack on the Rohr Dam by Huebner's V Corps; Huebner receiving his third general's star in March of 1947 while in Frankfurt, elevating him to the rank of lieutenant general; Huebner delivering a Memorial Day address at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer - the sight of Omaha Beach - in 1947; Huebner receiving the French Legion of Honor medal at Stettin in September of 1946; Huebner laying a memorial wreath on the grave of fellow general Theodore Roosevelt Jr. at Sainte-Mère-Église on Memorial Day, 1947; Huebner dedicating a bowling alley at Frankfurt with an inaugural throw; Huebner touring cemeteries, gun emplacements, cliffs and beaches in Normandy in 1947; several fine shots of Huebner viewing the 1st Division Monument at Colleville-Sur-Mere; numerous views of Huebner reviewing troops and color guards; many views of Huebner attending military maneuvers at Grafenwohr Training Area; Huebner presenting various medals to soldiers under his command; Huebner inspecting a pontoon bridge over the Rhine; formal portraits of Huebner in his office and posed images of him conversing with other officers; and numerous family photos. The album contains many more fine images besides, the majority official U.S. Army Signal Corps prints. The majority also feature handwritten captions in red ink. The pages are protected by celluloid and bound within brown leather covers bearing the gilt title "Pictorial and Historical Record", total size 14 1/4" x 21". The covers show some bumps, with some toning to the pages, but the photographs themselves remain in very good to fine condition. CLARENCE R. HUEBNER (1888-1972) American general who commanded the 1st Infantry Division, popularly known as the "Big Red One", in early August of 1943. He commanded the division during the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, where it was the first force to face the Germans on Omaha Beach, and he joined his men on the beach the same day. The division was instrumental in the breakthrough following the battle for St. Lo and in foiling the German counteroffensive at Mortain. After the Allied breakout in Normandy, the division advanced rapidly, arriving at the German border in early October of 1944, where it was committed to battle at Aachen, which it captured after two weeks of heavy fighting. After experiencing heavy fighting once again in the Huertgen Forest, the division briefly rested but soon returned to counter the German offensive at the Battle of the Bulge in December, 1944. In January, 1945, Huebner was named commander of the V Corps, which he commanded in its advance to the Elbe river, where elements of the corps made the first contact with the Soviet Red Army. By war's end, the division had advanced into Czechoslovakia. Following the German surrender, Huebner served as the Chief of Staff for all American forces in Europe, and in 1949 was named the final military governor of the American occupation zone in Germany. This album originates directly from General Huebner's estate and is accompanied by a letter of provenance signed by a direct linear descendant.

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