Soldiers advance on the town of Pier, Germany on 11 December 1944

Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
Description: 

Soldiers advance on a town. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 29190 11 Dec. Credit...US Army Signal Corps. Photog...Wescott 165. Taking no chances on hidden snipers 1st Army infantrymen advance with rifles ready while moving toward Pier, [North Rhine-Westphalia], Germany. 1st Bn., 414th Regt., 104th Div. FUSA. File. Radio. Confidential." Passed for publication as censored by the SHAEF Field Press Censor on 11 December 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by Army Expeditionary Forces Field Press Censor on 16 April 1945.

Image Information

Donor: 
Mr. Jeffrey Voluck
Accession Number: 
2015.111.134
Date: 
"1944-12-11"
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Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
Unit: 
3908th Signal Service Battalion
414th Infantry Regiment
104th Infantry Division
First Army
Campaign / Event: 
Hurtgen Forest (September 1944 - February 1945)
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Soldiers--American--Germany
Rifles--American--Germany
Mud--Germany
Troop movements--American--Germany
Vigilance--Germany
Collection Level: 
Photographs from the service of Allan Voluck, who served as a photographer with the 3908th Signal Service Battalion in Europe.
Geography: 
Pier
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--Germany
Rifles--American--Germany
Mud--Germany
Troop movements--American--Germany
Vigilance--Germany