As It Looked During World War II
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Photograph
As It Looked During World War II
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.6 x 24.2 cm (7 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Paper: 20.7 x 25.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0356.0025
Inscriptions verso (typed in purple): FOR RELEASE AFTER JUNE 3, 1950 / WORLD WAR II LANDMARKS REVISITED. [underlined] / Six years have passed since American forces hit the beaches / at Normandy. The successive campaigns through France, Belgium, / Holland and Germany will long be remembered by the millions / of veterans who served in Europe during World War II. Many / changes have taken place abroad, since the cessation of / hostilities; and Army cameramen have revisited some of these / landmarks to show them as they appear today. The photographers / have duplicated a series of ten famous combat shots made in / St. Lo, France; Bastogne, Belgium and Frankfurt and Cologne, / Germany. / SC 192284. AS IT LOOKED DURING WORLD WAR II. [underlined] The French / town of St. Lo is left in rubble and ruin following some / of the bitterest fighting in World War II. Our victories in Normandy and Northern France paved the way for our triumphant / entry into Paris in August, 1944. (See print number SC 340445 / for scene as it appears today.) / PLEASE CREDIT "OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHOTO."
