Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner (center), Commander of Germans forces in Czechoslovakia, is pictured on 25 May 1945, with guard in a U.S. Army jeep after being turned over to the 42nd Ïnfantery "Rainbow" Division, Seventh U.S. Army, by headquarters of the First German Army in Austria. Field Marshal Schorner sought refuge in the Tyrolean Alps after fleeing Czechoslovakia. He reported to the First German Army when 42nd division troops cut off all escape routes. But, hated by the rank and file of his fellow officers, he was promptly handed over to the American forces and made a prisoner-of-war. This photo shows two U.S. Army soldiers from "Rainbow Division" who provides the armed guard on the way to a headquarters in Austria. Seated in the back of the jeep is Sergeant Howard A. Larson of St. Paul, Minnesota, while Corporal Kenneth M. Thompson of Marshalltown, Iowa, is in the driver's seat. The picture was first published in 29 May 1945
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