Allied salvage experts work on damaged locks in a small French river outside Morlaix in October 1944
U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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468. Photograph. 'File Number: 257377 October 17, 1944 French Locks Damaged by Nazis, Repaired by Allies--- Allied salvage experts work on the damaged locks in a small French river outside Morlaix. The locks were sabotaged by retreating Nazis.' 17 October 1944
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$120.00
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
Geography:
Morlaix
Latitude:
48.583
Longitude:
-3.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Maintenance & repair--France
War damage--France
Soldiers--American--France
People--France
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)--France