Pamphlet Introduction Photo Version This is a copy of just the narrative portion of the pamphlet: "The Seventy-First came to Gunskirchen Lager" produced by the 71st Infantry of the US Army in May, 1945....

“AND AFTERWARDS..” BY CPL. JERRY TAX We pulled into Wels, Austria, that morning in two jeeps and a three quarter ton radio truck. In the lead jeep were Colonel Augustus Regnier, C. O., 66th Infantry Regiment,...

“THE STATES HEARD” Major Cameron Coffman, Fort Thomas, Ky., Public Relations Officer of the 71st Division, visited Gunskirchen Lager on the afternoon of May 4, 1945, shortly after its liberation by American troops. The news...

Section 2: Gunskirchen Lager  "THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED" By Captain J. D. Pletcher It was V-E Day. While the world celebrated, the weary men of Company "K", 5th Regiment, 71st Infantry Division, commanded by Capt. Horace S. Berry...

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To: Austrian Embassy 3524 international Court, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Att: Honorable Helmut Tuerk, Ambassador NOV. 5, 1997 Dear Mr. Tuerk, My name is Mason Dorsey. I am a veteran of the 71st Division of General George Pattons'...

Over 50 years ago, a tattered 71st infantry division arrived in Northern Austria at Gunskirchen. This site records what they found there as produced at the timeby staff of the liberators themselves. This...

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