[Capt Phillip Staples, Ardmore, Penn., enjoy a fresh made egg omelette that was presented to him by grateful French civilians who had just been liberated from German hands. Near Champign [sic] ]

[Capt Phillip Staples, Ardmore, Penn., enjoy a fresh made egg omelette that was presented to him by grateful French civilians who had just been liberated from German hands. Near Champign [sic] ]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Capt Phillip Staples, Ardmore, Penn., enjoy a fresh made egg omelette that was presented to him by grateful French civilians who had just been liberated from German hands. Near Champign [sic] ]

August 8, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 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: DP8 \ 600 [circled] \ Aug/8
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 84 94[crossed out] \ 88[crossed out]
Prined in purple ink on verso TC: ETO-HQ-44-10807 FREEMAN-6 8 AUG \ CREDIT...SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO \ CAPT PHILIP STAPLES, ARDMORE PENN., \ ENJOY A FRESH MADE EGG OMLETTE [sic] THAT \ WAS PRESENTED TO HIM BY GRATEFUL \ FRENCH CIVILIANS WHO HAD JSUT [sic] BEEN LIBERATED FROM GERMAN HANDS...... \ NEAR CHAMPIGNE [sic]
Stamped in purple ink on verso BR: [all within rectangle frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION AS CENSORED \ 103 \ Date 14 AUG 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BR:[within rectangle stamp] V 94
Stamped in red ink on verso BR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ 109 \ SHAEF \ 14 AUG 1944 \ Name........No........ \
Inscribed in blue ink on verso BLC: 8 [circled]
Stamped in black ink on verso BRC: 548
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