ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH on card stock of COLONEL PHILIP DE WITT GINDER in Europe. The future Major-General is holding a bouquet of flowers as he greets a woman bearing American flags at the end of WORLD WAR 2.
by Ginder, Major-General Philip De Witt (1905-1968). American career soldier who commanded the Thunderbirds in Korea
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Provenance: From the estate of Major-General Ginder's wife, Jean Dalrymple.
Philip deWitt Ginder (1905-1968), one of the first ashore during the Normandy invasion on D-Day, commanded the 121st Infantry Regiment when it captured the German town of Hurtgen during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. Having risen to the rank of Colonel, he was appointed commanding officer of the 9th Infantry Regiment in 1945 and took part in the liberation of the Western part of Czechoslovakia. Ginder rose through the ranks to command the Thunderbirds in Korea. In 1951, he married Jean Dalrymple, the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center and friend of Presidents and entertainment personalities.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97407
- Title
- ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH on card stock of COLONEL PHILIP DE WITT GINDER in Europe. The future Major-General is holding a bouquet of flowers as he greets a woman bearing American flags at the end of WORLD WAR 2.
- Author
- Ginder, Major-General Philip De Witt (1905-1968). American career soldier who commanded the Thunderbirds in Korea
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- [Czech Republic], [1945].
- Date Published
- [1945].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MILITARY; PHOTOGRAPHY; AMERICAN SOLDIER; MAJOR-GENERAL PHILIP DE WITT GINDER; ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH; CARD STOCK; COLONEL; UNIFORM; HELMET; WORLD WAR TWO; WWII; SECOND WORLD WAR; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; LIBERATION; CO
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