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U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, left, the adjutant general of Colorado, and U.S. Army Col. Laura L. Clellan, center, land component commander for the Colorado National Guard, listen attentively to one of the survivors of Dachau concentration camp during World War II prior to the commemorative ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau in Munich, Germany, May 3, 2015. Members of National Guard units participated in various ceremonies May 1-3, 2015, to honor the fallen and share the experience of the camp survivors and liberators. The 157th Infantry Regiment, one of the units that liberated the camp on April 29, 1945, initially mustered from the state of Colorado. The regiment was a subordinate unit to the 45th Infantry Division, initially formed in Oklahoma.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, left, the adjutant general of Colorado, and U.S. Army Col. Laura L. Clellan, center, land component commander for the Colorado National Guard, listen attentively to one of the survivors of Dachau concentration camp during World War II prior to the commemorative ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau in Munich, Germany, May 3, 2015. Members of National Guard units participated in various ceremonies May 1-3, 2015, to honor the fallen and share the experience of the camp survivors and liberators. The 157th Infantry Regiment, one of the units that liberated the camp on April 29, 1945, initially mustered from the state of Colorado. The regiment was a subordinate unit to the 45th Infantry Division, initially formed in Oklahoma.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, left, the adjutant general of Colorado, and U.S. Army Col. Laura L. Clellan, center, land component commander for the Colorado National Guard, listen attentively to one of the survivors of Dachau concentration camp during World War II prior to the commemorative ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau in Munich, Germany, May 3, 2015. Members of National Guard units participated in various ceremonies May 1-3, 2015, to honor the fallen and share the experience of the camp survivors and liberators. The 157th Infantry Regiment, one of the units that liberated the camp on April 29, 1945, initially mustered from the state of Colorado. The regiment was a subordinate unit to the 45th Infantry Division, initially formed in Oklahoma.

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