Saturday, January 18, 2014

"Brought to this country to tell civilians about the German counter offensive in the Ardennes, and well qualified to do the job, the group shown above, holding a captured Nazi Swastika, will tour the Sixth Service Command, making talks to war workers urging them to increase the output of vital war supplies. Left to right, they are: Sgt. Frederick R. Wheeler, Charleston, S.C.; Sgt. Hugh D. Thompson, Lufkin, Texas; Sgt. Samuel B. Hendrix, Claxton, Ga., lst Lieut. Walter J. McDowell, Hackensack., N.J.; Capt. James H, Cruickshank, Elizabeth N.J.; Sgt. James E. Colucci, Niagara Falls. N.Y.; Cpl. Henry C. Cogola, Chicago,I11.; Sgt. Elmer K. Forrest, Princeton, Ill" --March 1, 1945

Source:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=86

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