American engineer troops at work in Cherbourg, France on 4 July 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
Description:
American engineer troops at work. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 6890 Marquardt (2) 4 July. Credit...Signal Corps Photo. Members of an engineer unit work to open up a tunnel on the main rail line to Cherbourg that was blasted by the retreating Germans. 347 Eng. Bn., Cherbourg, France." Censored on 7 July 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions on 14 May 1945.
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"1944-07-04"
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Photographs from the service of Allan Voluck, who served as a photographer with the 3908th Signal Service Battalion in Europe.
Geography:
Cherbourg
Latitude:
49.633
Longitude:
-1.617
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Engineers--France
Engineering & construction--France
Railroad tunnels--France