Sacking Aladdin's Cave: Plundering Goring's Nazi War Trophies by Kenneth D. Alford , with Thomas M. Johnson and Mike F. Morris these contemporary black-and-white portraits of

these contemporary black-and-white portraits of the longest surviving veterans remind us that the war comprised a collection of Americans from all walks of life

under the general editorship of Lorraine Cook White

their deposition

and rarely seen World War II era photographs

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Sacking Aladdin's Cave: Plundering Goring's Nazi War Trophies by Kenneth D. Alford , with Thomas M. Johnson and Mike F. Morris these contemporary black-and-white portraits ofTable of Contents Near the close of World War II, two hell bent for leather American units moved relentlessly toward the village of Berchtesgaden, nestled in the Bavarian Alps. The much decorated 101st Airborne Division had fought its way from Normandy, Bastogne and through much of Germany, and the illustrious 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion had followed suit, starting south at Marseilles. Both forces would converge on Hitler's hideaway, and awaiting