Keywords: Lot 9437-8: Original caption states, “First American Doughboy to Land in European War Zone.” Milburn Henke, then 23 years old, steps off the gangplank at a Northern Ireland port, the first Private in the U.S. Army to land in Europe as a member of the war’s American Expeditionary Force. When called into service Henke was working in his father’s restaurant. The father was born in Germany but came to the United States at an early age. Photograph released January 29, 1942, by Office of War Information. (2015/11/20). Note, this information has not been verified. Lot 9437-8: Original caption states, “First American Doughboy to Land in European War Zone.” Milburn Henke, then 23 years old, steps off the gangplank at a Northern Ireland port, the first Private in the U.S. Army to land in Europe as a member of the war’s American Expeditionary Force. When called into service Henke was working in his father’s restaurant. The father was born in Germany but came to the United States at an early age. Photograph released January 29, 1942, by Office of War Information. (2015/11/20). Note, this information has not been verified. |