Army engineers repair damage to a dike in Cherbourg, France on 2 July 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
Description:
Army engineers repair damage to a dike. Official caption: "Confidential. ETO HQ 44 [Illegibile] 2 July 44. Signal Corps Photo. General view of Digue du Monet, looking east, as U.S. Engr's [Engineers] repair the damage in it [caused] by the Germans. In the distance, across the Petite Rade, is Fort des Flammands, all in Cherbourg Harbor." Censored on 2 July1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 14 May 1945.
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"1944-07-02"
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Photographs from the service of Allan Voluck, who served as a photographer with the 3908th Signal Service Battalion in Europe.
Geography:
Cherbourg
Latitude:
49.633
Longitude:
-1.617
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Dikes (Engineering)--France
Maintenance & repair--France
Civil engineering--France
Dump trucks--France
Bulldozers--France
Harbors--France