[155 mm Howitzer in recoil after being fired on a range in the United Kingdom B Battery, 21st FA BN, 5th Inf Div, near Annalong, County Down, No. Ireland.]

[155 mm Howitzer in recoil after being fired on a range in the United Kingdom B Battery, 21st FA BN, 5th Inf Div, near Annalong, County Down, No. Ireland.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[155 mm Howitzer in recoil after being fired on a range in the 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. (9.9 × 11.8 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed on negative recto BLC: ETO-HQ-43-9241
Stamped in black ink on verso TLC: 718
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 83 [crossed out] \ 69
Printed in blue ink on verso LC: ETO-HQ-43-9241 FREEMAN 1 DEC 43 \ 155MM HOWITZER IN RECOIL AFTER BEING \ FIRED ON A RANGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. \ B BATTERY, 21ST FA BN, 5TH INF DIV, NEAR [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ ANNALONG, COUNTY DOWN, NO. IRELAND.
Stamped in red ink on verso BC: CONFIDENTIAL \ until reclassified by censor.
Stamped in black ink on verso TR: [all within an oval border] REVIEWED & PASSED AS CENSORED \ UNITED STATES ARMY \ 12 DEC 1943 ....... \ PRESS CENSOR \ ** E.T.O.U.S.A.**
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso TR: [illegible initials]
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