Navy 'Marches' By Land to Take Over Control of Bremen, German Port
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Navy 'Marches' By Land to Take Over Control of Bremen, German Port
May 1945
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 322288 RELEASED: MAY 29, 1945/
NAVY 'MARCHES' BY LAND TO TAKE OVER CONTROL OF BREMEN, GERMANY PORT/
In a historical reversal of military roles, the U.S. Army transported a U.S./ Navy "task force" 400 miles across Europe and "debarked" them in Bremen,/ Germany, where the naval unit took over control of the vast port. The/ announcement of the Navy's German "assignment" was made May 19, 1945./
Pulling up beside a German road sign, Lieutenant Commander L.W. Calvin (left)/ of Roanoke, Va., officer-in-charge of a Navy task group, and his jeep 'driver'/ Boatswain's Mate Second Class L.J. Goff, of Pensacola, Fla.; check a map of / the Weser River front as they near Bremen./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/
advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
NAVY 'MARCHES' BY LAND TO TAKE OVER CONTROL OF BREMEN, GERMANY PORT/
In a historical reversal of military roles, the U.S. Army transported a U.S./ Navy "task force" 400 miles across Europe and "debarked" them in Bremen,/ Germany, where the naval unit took over control of the vast port. The/ announcement of the Navy's German "assignment" was made May 19, 1945./
Pulling up beside a German road sign, Lieutenant Commander L.W. Calvin (left)/ of Roanoke, Va., officer-in-charge of a Navy task group, and his jeep 'driver'/ Boatswain's Mate Second Class L.J. Goff, of Pensacola, Fla.; check a map of / the Weser River front as they near Bremen./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/
advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
