Summary

US Army Chief of Staff Gen Dwight Eisenhower welcomes Canadian Algonquin Regiment to Rotterdam

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 28808
Clip SR003401_05_02mov
Date 11/01/1944
Title US Army Chief of Staff Gen Dwight Eisenhower welcomes Canadian Algonquin Regiment to Rotterdam
Description General Dwight D Eisenhower, wearing overcoat, stands at microphones in speaker's box built in front of City Hall, addressing the Algonquin Regiment of the 4th Canadian Division about their red berets if there is any unit, any organization that's ever earned the right to wear a headgear of its own choosing that's the Canadian infantry to all of you a warm welcome, a good tour of duty and good luck / Note: exact day not known
Personality Dwight D Eisenhower
Country Netherlands
City Rotterdam

Keywords

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