[American machine gun crews and riflemen take cover behind hedgerows as they blast out remaining German snipers, somewhere in France. St Ouen des Besaces, France.]

[American machine gun crews and riflemen take cover behind hedgerows as they blast out remaining German snipers, somewhere in France. St Ouen des Besaces, France.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[American machine gun crews and riflemen take cover behind hedgerows as they blast out remaining German snipers, somewhere in France. St Ouen des Besaces, France.]

August 1, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.3 × 12.5 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso TLC: DP6 [underlined] 570 [circled] \ 849/8
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 23 [crossed out] \ 19
Inscribed in pencil on verso TR: 849. 570
Printed in purple ink on verso C: ETO HQ 44 9401 FREEMAN (6) 1 AUG \ CREDIT ... SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO. \ AMERICAN MACHINE GUN CREWS AND \ RIFLEMEN TAKE COVER BEHIND HEDGE- \ ROWS AS THEY BLAST OUT REMAINING \ GERMAN SNIPERS, SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. \ ST OUEN DE BESACES, FRANCE.
Inscribed in pencil on verso C: 898
Stamped in purple ink on verso B: [all within rectangle frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION \ 102 \ Date 2 AUG 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BC: EAK 54
Inscribed in black ink on verso BLC: 6 [circled]
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