American soldiers digging a trench in Rurdorf, Germany on 8 December 1944

Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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American soldiers digging a trench. Note that the location has been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 28984 8 Dec. Credit...U.S. Army Signal Corps. Photog...Cpl. William Bell...167. Men of the 322nd Quartermaster Company dig trench for communications cable (outside of Rurdorf), Germany, under intermittent enemy artillery fire. (A). 3222d QM Co. (Rurdorf), Germany." Passed for publication as censored on 12 December 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 14 April 1945.

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Donor: 
Mr. Jeffrey Voluck
Accession Number: 
2015.111.043
Date: 
"1944-12-08"
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Unit: 
3908th Signal Service Battalion
322nd Quartermaster Company
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Topical Subjects: 
Soldiers--American--Germany
Digging--Germany
Trench warfare--Germany
Collection Level: 
Photographs from the service of Allan Voluck, who served as a photographer with the 3908th Signal Service Battalion in Europe.
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--Germany
Digging--Germany
Trench warfare--Germany