[View of a burning pill box after a flame thrower hit it. 7th Engr. BN., 5th Inf Div., near Dundrum, Co. Down, Northern Ireland]

[View of a burning pill box after a flame thrower hit it. 7th Engr. BN., 5th Inf Div., near Dundrum, Co. Down, Northern Ireland]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[View of a burning pill box after a flame thrower hit it. 7th Engr. BN., 5th Inf Div., near Dundrum, Co. Down, Northern Ireland]

February 11, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (9.9 × 11.7 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed on negative recto BLC: ETO-HQ-44-1434
Stamped in black ink on verso TLC: 516
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 195
Printed in blue ink on verso LC: ETO-HQ-44-1434 FREEMAN 11 FEB 44 \ VIEW OF A BURNING PILL BOX AFTER FLAME \ THROWER HIT IT. \ 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 C: 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 FEB1944 ....... \ PRESS CENSOR \ ** E.T.O.U.S.A.**
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BR: [illegible initials]
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