A view of the destroyed town of Echtz, Germany on 12 December 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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A view of a destroyed town. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 29329 12 Dec. Credit...U.S. Army Signal Corps. Photog--T/5 Hugh F. McHugh...165. A small unit of American infantrymen advances double-time through battle-scarred town of Echtz, Germany. In background other American soldiers roll through town in vehicles. This town was shelled by both American and German forces. (B). Echtz, Germany. Confidential." Passed for publication as censored on 14 December 1944
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"1944-12-12"
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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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Soldiers--American--Germany
Troop movements--American--Germany
War damage--Germany
Villages--Germany
Mud--Germany
Cold--Germany