German field Marshal captured in Austria.

German field Marshal captured in Austria. Field Marshal Ferdinand Schorner (center), Commander of Germans forces in Czechoslovakia, is pictured May 25, 1945, und guard in a U.S. Army jeep after being turned over to the 42nd Ïnfantery ('Rainbow') Division, Seventh U.S. Army, by headquarters of the First German Army in Austria. Field Marshal Schorner sought refuge in the Tyrolean Alps after fleeing Czechoslovakia. He reported to the First German Army when 42nd division troops out off all escape routes. Seated in the back of the jeep is Sergeant Howard A. Larson of St. Paul, Minnesoata. Corporal Kenneth M. Thompson of Marshalltown, Iowa, is in the driver's seat.