Belgian troops during training in Brussels, Belgium on 6 December 1944

Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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Belgian troops during training. First official caption: "Master caption. This series of photographs show some of the activities of the new Belgian Army. The Army has been formed since the liberation of Belgium and is now undergoing extensive training in war problems preparatory to taking its place with the Allied Forces." Second official caption: "ETO HQ 44 28483 6 Dec. Credit...U.S. Army Signal Corps. Photog...Sgt. Dwight Miller...167. Men of the new Belgian Army demonstrate a field problem as they learn how to take the second story of a house. (A). Brussels, Belgium." Passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 8 December 1944.

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Date: 
"1944-12-06"
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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: 
Bruxelles
Latitude: 
50.833
Longitude: 
4.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Military training--Belgium
Soldiers--Belgian--Belgium
Buildings--Belgium
Ladders--Belgium