Soldiers drive across a cleverly nicknamed bridge in Kappelkinger, France on 4 December 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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Soldiers drive across a cleverly nicknamed bridge. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 28177 4 Dec. Credit...U.S. Army Signal Corps. Photog--2nd Lt./Adrien J. Salvas...166. U.S. Army engineers call this bridge at Kappelkinger, France, 'Jerry's basepoint' because it's the third one they have erected at this spot. German artillery blew up the two previous bridges. (B). 35th Div. Sector, Kappelkinger, France. Confidential." Censored on 5 December 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions on 19 May 1945.
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"1944-12-04"
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Photographs from the service of Allan Voluck, who served as a photographer with the 3908th Signal Service Battalion in Europe.
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Bridges--France
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