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: 19.5 x 24.2 cm (7 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Paper: 20.6 x 25.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0356.0028
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 191953. AS IT LOOKED DURING WORLD WAR II. [underlined] An American / infantry patrol picks its way through the ruins of St. Lo, / France, during mopping up operations against the Germans. / The spire of the town's cathedral withstood the constant pounding / of American artillery. (See print number SC 340441 for scenes / as it looks today.) / PLEASE CREDIT: "OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHOTO."
