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VICTORY PARADE (2)

January 12, 1946 -
A Triumphant Return
   Major General James M. Gavin salutes as he leads his
82nd Airborne Division troops through a huge phalanx of New Yorkers shouting and cheering the welcome home that the troopers so richly deserved.

82nd Airborne in New York's Victory Parade.  The line of march was along Fifth Avenue with the marble Washington Memorial Arch in the background.
(courtesy William F. Blum, Jr.)

[click here to watch the parade]


Hand Salute
General Gavin and staff pass the reviewing stand
(courtesy William F. Blum, Jr.)

Litter Case Watches Outfit Parade
   Lt John W. Evans (center) of New York City, a litter case from Halloran Hospital, watches from a window as members of his former outfit, the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, march up New York's Fifth Avenue during 82nd Airborne Division's victory parade.
[
Cumberland Evening Times (Cumberland, Maryland) · Mon, Jan 14, 1946 · Page 1]

After the war Hugh Drake (middle row 6th from the left) was reassigned to the 504th PIR Co. D which was sent to NY for the Victory Parade
[courtesy of Don Drake]
Lt Col Shanley
probably was not in the parade as he didn't leave the UK until Jan 3, 1946 aboard the Queen Mary.
Reserved Seating
It probably depended on who you knew but there were seats available in the reviewing box. This one was for Section H, Set 241.
   Dignitaries seated here included NY Governor Thomas E. Dewey, New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer, and the former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
(courtesy William F. Blum, Jr.)
   

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