155 mm Gun M1 being towed across a pontoon bridge, Southern France, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. 155 mm Gun M1 "Long Tom" artillery gun being towed by a truck across a pontoon bridge over Durance River. Official caption on front: "'Long Tom' moves over Durance River on pontoon bridge, 8-25-44. US Army Photo 184-11." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. Southern France. 25 August 1944
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08/25/1944
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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France
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46.000
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2.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--France
Pontoon bridges--France
Durance River (France)
Operation Dragoon, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France, Southern
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France