French officials visit former SHAEF War Room.

French officials visit former SHAEF War Room. The new Sous-Prefect of Reims, Maurice Picard (center) points out on the map in the former SHAEF War Room at Reims, the Dachau concentration camp were he was held prisoner for 23 months. The retiring Sous-Prefect, Pierre Schneiter (left) and captain Yvonne A. Baillod of Tampa, Florida, French liaison officer of the Assembly Area Command Headquarters, listen to the story of his incarceration. In the foreground is the table around which Allied leaders sat as the Germans signed unconditional surrender terms, ending the war in Europe May 8, 1945.