[Welcome is given to American soldiers who enter another French town in the liberation of their country.]

[Welcome is given to American soldiers who enter another French town in the liberation of their country.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Welcome is given to American soldiers who enter another French town in the liberation of their country.]

August 8, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.3 × 12.6 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed in red ink on recto: [censor marks on image]
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 79 89 [crossed out] \ 83 [crossed out]
Printed in purple ink on verso C: ETO HQ 44 10802 FREEMAN-6 8 AUG \ CREDIT... SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO \ WELCOME IS GIVEN TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS \ WHO ENTER ANOTHER FRENCH TOWN IN THE \ LIBERATION OF THEIR COUNTRY.
Stamped in purple ink on verso BR: CONFIDENTIAL
Stamped in purple ink on verso B: [all within oval frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION AS CENSORED \ 102 \ Date 14 AUG 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BL: V 94
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BR: Face cut
Stamped in black ink on verso BRX: 548
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