[Combat Engr setting a bangalore torpedo in place during a field exercise. 7th Engr. BN., 5th Inf Div., near Dundrum, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.]

[Combat Engr setting a bangalore torpedo in place during a field exercise. 7th Engr. BN., 5th Inf Div., near Dundrum, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Combat Engr setting a bangalore torpedo in place during a field exercise. 7th Engr. BN., 5th Inf Div., near Dundrum, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.]

February 11, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (9.9 × 11.6 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed on negative recto BLC: ETO-HQ-44-1431
Stamped in black ink on verso TLC: 516
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 192
Printed in blue ink on verso LC: ETO-HQ-44-1431 FREEMAN 11 FEB 44 \ COMBAT ENGR SETTING A BANGALORE TORPEDO \ IN PLACE DURING A FIELD EXERCISE. \ 7 ENGR BN., 5 INF DIV, NEAR DUNDRUM, CO. [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ DOWN, NOTHERN [sic] IRELAND
Stamped in red ink on verso RC: CONFIDENTIAL \ until reclassified by censor.
Stamped in purple ink on verso C: [all within an oval border] REVIEWED & PASSED AS CENSORED \ UNITED STATES ARMY \ 17 FEB 1944 ....... \ PRESS CENSOR \ ** E.T.O.U.S.A.** [crossed out]
Stamped in red ink on verso BC: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ U.S. ARMY PRESS CENSOR \ ........ \ 18 FEB 1944 \ E.T.O.U.S.A.
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BR: [illegible initials]
Stamped in red ink on verso BL: CONFIDENTIAL
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