Soldiers take cover from incoming enemy shelling in Niederbronn-Les-Bains on 10 December 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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Soldiers take cover from incoming enemy shelling. Official caption: "6AG-27699/ETO HQ 44 29121 10 Dec. Credit...US Army Signal Corps. Photog-T/4 Bennett Fenberg 163. American Seventh Army Infantrymen crouch low between tank and building as they 'sweat out' an enemy shell, heard coming toward them. The action took place on a street in the French town of Niederbronn Les Bains, newly taken in Noorthward Drive, but still under German artillery fire. (A). 3rd Bn., 157th Regt., 45th Inf. Div., Niederbronn Les Bains, France. Confidential. Radio." Passed for publication as censored on 13 December 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 16 April 1945.
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"1944-12-10"
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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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Niederbronn-Les-Bains
Latitude:
48.967
Longitude:
7.650
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--France
Hiding--France
Streets--France
Tanks (Military science)--American--France