An artillery weapon is loaded under cover of camoflauge netting in Saint-Lô, France on 26 July 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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An artillery weapon is loaded under cover of camoflauge netting. Note that the location has been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "ETO-HQ-44-8564-Petrony-5-26 July. Credit...Signal Corps Photo. A battery of a field artillery unit is putting a shell in the chamber in preparation for firing on the German lines near St. Lo, France." Censored on 11 December 1944. Passed for publication as censored on an unknown date; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 15 May 1945.
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"1944-07-26"
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Photographs from the service of Allan Voluck, who served as a photographer with the 3908th Signal Service Battalion in Europe.
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Saint-Lô
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49.117
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-1.083
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Camouflage (Military science)--France
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--France
Artillery (Troops)--American--France
Campaigns & battles--France