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Myron Halpern collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn555273
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 7 months ago
Photographs, documents, correspondence concerning Myron Halpern's experiences in the 75th Infantry Division of the United States Army in Europe, on his way back to the US, and reuniting with his son Jason and his wife. Includes telegrams notifying Myron of his son's birth; a letter; Honorable Discharge papers; and negatives of some of the photographs.
German flag signed by 75th Infantry Division members
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn555277
- English
- overall: Height: 30.625 inches (77.788 cm) | Width: 36.500 inches (92.71 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
German flag with a swastika on a white circle captured by Myron Halpern with his fellow soldiers of the 75th Infantry Division, United States Army, during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. The flag was signed by all platoon members. A 75th Division insignia patch was sewn in the center of the swastika by a captured German soldier held as a prisoner of war, who was a tailor.