376. Infanterie-Division Logo
On December 9, 1943, Generalleutnant Arnold Szelinski, commander of the 376th Infantry Division, was killed in action near Kremenchug along the Dnieper River. (Quiet Flows the Rhine, German General Officer Casualties in World War II)
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Master Sergeant John C. Woods (right, holding bottle) with Technical Sergeant Anthony J. Gibilante
Technical Sergeant Anthony Joseph Gibilante, a close friend of U.S. Army hangman Master Sergeant John C. Woods in Germany after the war, was born in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (just north of Philadelphia,) on December 9, 1924. (American Hangman: MSgt. John C. Woods, The United States Army’s Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg.)