The remains of a Nazi pillbox in Le Havre 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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469.Photograph. 'File Number: 257321 October 17, 1944 Pillbox 'Neutralized' outside Le Havre-- Smashed by bombs and shells, this Nazi pillbox was de-commissioned in the assault on Le Havre, major French port bitterly but vainly defended by Nazis. In the background the city of Le Havre stretches along the shore.' 17 October 1944
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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.
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Le Havre
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49.500
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0.100
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
War damage--France
Coastlines--France
Harbors--France
Batteries (Weaponry)
Artillery (Weaponry)--German--France