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’ 3rd Army. Recently, I learned that a monument is to be erected on the site of…
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 material comes verbatim from a bookletproduced by the U.S. Army. There is no detailed publication information on the booklet – not even…
Personal accounts of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp
in Gunskirchen Austria by four members of the 71st Infantry. From
a booklet published by the liberators themselves in 1945.
Gunskirchen, Austria – May 4, 1945 When my maternal grand-mother passed away, I came into possession of a small pamphlet owned by her second husband’s (my step-grandfather) brother. His name was Ken Hoffman and he was a member of the 71st infantry during World War II. This pamphlet was produced by the US Army after…
FOREWARD by Willard G. Wyman, Major General THE AMERICAN’S HAVE COME AT LAST by Capt. J. D. Pletcher THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED …by Pfc. Norman Nichols THE STATES HEARD by Major Cameron Coffman AND AFTERWARDS … by Cpl. Jerry Tax Gunskirchen Lager Monument Gunskirchen Lager Liberation pamphlet >> About this Project FOREWORD – Gunskirchen Lager…