You're not going to believe this one. Visited a new customer of mine today, Norwich University. As my great-grandfather was an illustrious graduate of Norwich, I brought with me a digitized recording of him speaking (along with Ike, Harmon and I. D. White) to donate to their museum.
The museum's curators were happy to see me and gave me a tour of the objects on display that had been donated decades ago by my family... When I find out who donated this piece, we're going to have words...
This is the very Luger and holster surrendered by Generalleutnant Erich Brandenberger to my great-grandfather, MG Edward H. Brooks (then 6th Corps commander), on May 5th, 1945, during the surrender of the German 19th and 24th Armies in Innsbruck, Austria. Here's a film of the actual, formal surrender:
The museum's curators were happy to see me and gave me a tour of the objects on display that had been donated decades ago by my family... When I find out who donated this piece, we're going to have words...
This is the very Luger and holster surrendered by Generalleutnant Erich Brandenberger to my great-grandfather, MG Edward H. Brooks (then 6th Corps commander), on May 5th, 1945, during the surrender of the German 19th and 24th Armies in Innsbruck, Austria. Here's a film of the actual, formal surrender:
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