John Turbish photograph collection

The collection consists of eight photographs depicting the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by United States troops. John Turbish served with the 91st Medical Gas Treatment Battalion as First Lieutenant. His unit, which served as Medical Corp, was deployed to Europe twenty-four days after D-Day. John’s commanding officer suggested that he should go and see the liberated camp of Buchenwald. He took his camera and entered the camp through a hole in a fence. Lt. Col. John Turbish retired from the United States Army and lived in Florida.