An American soldier reads a German letter in Villiers-Fossard, France on 3 July 1944.
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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An American soldier reads a German letter. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 6556 Murray (5) 3 July. Credit---Signal Corps Photo. Lt. [Johnathan] Hubb, of an engineer co., reads a letter found on a body of a dead German, killed on the 'doorstep' of his foxhole near Villers [sic] Fossard, France." Censored on 4 July 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions on 14 May 1945.
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"1944-07-03"
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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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Soldiers--American--France
Soldiers--German--France
Dead persons--France
Correspondence--France
Foxholes--France