05/30/1945

MEMORIAL DAY Program.



MEMORIAL DAY, Konigsplatz, Munich

001. Review stand. This appears to be from left to right, the H Company (Weapons) captain and
 the three platoon lieutenants (2 machine gun platoons and 1 mortar platoon).

002.

003. Possibly these are the 2 heavy machine gun platoons of H Company.

 004. H Company soldiers enter the plaza.

005. Tanks of 191st Battalion enter.

005-Detail. The Glypothek is on the right.

006.
Assembly of 45th Division troops on Konigsplatz. A review stand was erected in front of the Propylaea. In the center, a color guard stood. The division's three regiments and other troops are grouped into five columns. Behind stand representative recon, armor, and tank destroyer units.


 007. This photo appears to show the two other platoon officers of H Company.

008. The above conjecture is consistent with the review stand photograph and above picture.

008-Reverse of above photo. The officer might be Joseph F. Driscoll, a first lieutenant, from Boston, Massachusetts.

009.

010. Officers pose in front of tank destroyer of the 645th TD Battalion. The man on the left appears to be a platoon officer of Company H. The man in the center appears to be the captain of the company.

011.

012. Albert Young with an unidentified Asian-American soldier. Since Japanese-Americans
served in separate units, the man is probably Chinese-American,

013. Propylaea and to the right, the Glyptothek.

Staatliche Antikensammlungen is located at the bottom of this Google photo. 
The gateway or Propylaea is located on the left.

The Propylaea is at the bottom. The Antikensammlungenis on the right. The Ehrentempel, a memorial to Nazis killed in the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, are the two smaller buildings located opposite the Propylaea. These were torn down after the war.