Photograph, Brig. Gen. Higgins, HQ. 101st AB. Div.
Nice WWII photograph showing Brigadier General Gerald J. Higgins from the Divisional HQ. 101st Airborne Division, with a Major from the Signal Co., both looking at maps.
Very good condition.
Picture shot in Germany in 1945.
4"7 x 3"5.
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Nice WWII photograph showing Brigadier General Gerald J. Higgins from the Divisional HQ. 101st Airborne Division, with a Major from the Signal Co., both looking at maps.
Very good condition.
Picture shot in Germany in 1945.
4"7 x 3"5.
