A soldier in the field opening a gift package in Germany on 08 December 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
Description:
A soldier in the field opening a gift package. Note that the unit has been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 28908 8 Dec. Credit...US Army Signal Corps. Photog...Pfc. Runyan 165. A Christmas package is opened by Pfc. Joseph C. Ray, of Owsley, Kansas, a ranger fighting in Germany. 8th Div. FUSA. Confidential." Passed for publication as censored and passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 11 December 1944. Also passed for publication without censorship, likely by the Army Expeditionary Forces Field Press Censor, on 14 April 1945.
Image Information
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Date:
"1944-12-08"
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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:
Deutschland
Latitude:
51.500
Longitude:
10.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Germany
Christmas presents--Germany
Forests--Germany