[Sgt. Dewitt Blunt, Vandalia, Ill., first aid man, gives assistance to an American soldier injured by a shrapnel burst near Coudray in the drive to Angers, France.]

[Sgt. Dewitt Blunt, Vandalia, Ill., first aid man, gives assistance to an American soldier injured by a shrapnel burst near Coudray in the drive to Angers, France.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Sgt. Dewitt Blunt, Vandalia, Ill., first aid man, gives assistance to an American soldier injured by a shrapnel burst near Coudray in the drive to Angers, France.]

August 7, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 4 1/8 × 4 15/16 in. (10.4 × 12.6 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
2007.0124.0124
Inscriptions Inscribed in red ink on recto: [censor marks on image]
Inscribed on negative on recto CL, BC: [crop guides]
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 76 86 [crossed out] \ 80 [crossed out]
Printed in purple ink on verso C: ETO HQ 44 10798 FREEMAN (6) 7 AUG \ CREDIT --- SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO \ SGT DEWITT BLUNT, VANDALIA, ILL, \ FIRST AID MAN, GIVES ASSISSTANCE \ TO AN AMERICAN SOLDIER INJURED \ BY A SHRAPNEL BURST NEAR COUDRAY \ IN THE DRIVE TO ANGERS, FRANCE.
Stamped in red ink on verso BL: CONFIDENTIAL
Stamped in red ink on verso BR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ 109 \ SHAEF \ 14 AUG 1944 \ Name........No........
Stamped in purple ink on verso B: [all within oval frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION AS CENSORED \ 102 \ Date 27 JUL 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BR: v 94
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BL: Face cut
stamped in black ink on verso BRC: 548
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