[Close-up of breech block on 155 mm. Howitzer photographed on firing range in United Kingdom. B Battery, 21st FA BN, 5th Inf Div., near Annalong, County Down. No. Ireland.]
Photograph
[Close-up of breech block on 155 mm. Howitzer photographed on firing range in United Kingdom. B Battery, 21st FA BN, 5th Inf Div., near Annalong, County Down. No. Ireland.]
December 1, 1943
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10 × 11.9 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed on negative recto BLC: ETO-HQ-43-9236
Stamped in black ink on verso TLC: 718
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 78[crossed out] \ 64
Printed in blue ink on verso LC: ETO-HQ-43-9236 FREEMAN 1 DEC 43 \ CLOSE -UP OF BREECH BLOCK ON 155MM. \ HOWITZER PHOTOGRAPHED ON FIRING RANGE IN UNITED KINGDOM. \ B BATTERY, 21ST FA BN, 5TH INF DIV., [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ NEAR ALLANLONG, COUNTY DOWN, NO.IRELAND.
Stamped in red ink on verso BC: CONFIDENTIAL \ until reclassified by censor.
Stamped in red ink on verso TR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ U.S. ARMY PRESS CENSOR \ ........ \ 12 DEC 1943 \ E.T.O.U.S.A.
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso TL: [illegible initials]
Stamped in black ink on verso TLC: 718
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 78[crossed out] \ 64
Printed in blue ink on verso LC: ETO-HQ-43-9236 FREEMAN 1 DEC 43 \ CLOSE -UP OF BREECH BLOCK ON 155MM. \ HOWITZER PHOTOGRAPHED ON FIRING RANGE IN UNITED KINGDOM. \ B BATTERY, 21ST FA BN, 5TH INF DIV., [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ NEAR ALLANLONG, COUNTY DOWN, NO.IRELAND.
Stamped in red ink on verso BC: CONFIDENTIAL \ until reclassified by censor.
Stamped in red ink on verso TR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ U.S. ARMY PRESS CENSOR \ ........ \ 12 DEC 1943 \ E.T.O.U.S.A.
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso TL: [illegible initials]
