British tanks roll through the village in Geilenkirchen, Germany on 8 December 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
Description:
British tanks roll through a village. Note that the identifying unit markings have been censored in the photograph. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 29283 8 Dec. Credit...US Army Signal Corps. Photog....Sgt. Bernhard Bonwitt 167. Churchill tanks of Royal Armored Corps move along road north of Geilenkirchen, Germany. Confidential." Passed for publication as censored by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 14 December 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by Army Expeditionary Forces Field Press Censor on 16 April 1945.
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"1944-12-08"
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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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Geilenkirchen
Latitude:
50.967
Longitude:
6.117
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tanks (Military science)--British--Germany
Troop movements--British--Germany
Streets--Germany