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<p>Date from accompanying materials.; Title from item or accompanying materials.; 1st Naval District - Commandant
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Photo of topless American soldier (commandant in the US Navy?) with tattoos on his right arm, posing with a German military steel helmet (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stahlhelm" class="extiw" title="en:Stahlhelm">Stahlhelm</a></i>) on his head and holding a Nazi swastika decorated <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskriegsflagge" class="extiw" title="en:Reichskriegsflagge">Reichskriegsflagge</a></i>   war ensign of the <i>Kriegsmarine</i> navy of Nazi Germany, a national naval flag captured as a war trophy from the German submarine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-805" class="extiw" title="en:U-805">U-805</a>. Black and white photograph taken at the end of World War II in Europe in May 1945, apparently outdoors in the sunlight on board a sailing vessel.</div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fx71br241">Record in source catalog</a></li>
<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/7af31b88f1485d4f4538f5e23bad759d">7af31b88f1485d4f4538f5e23bad759d</a></li>
<li>National Archives at Boston identifier: Local accession: 1138081; Local other: PD 202</li></ul></span>