[American infantrymen driving for Angers, France, take cover behind a bridge and fire across the river on Germans fighting delaying action.]

[American infantrymen driving for Angers, France, take cover behind a bridge and fire across the river on Germans fighting delaying action.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[American infantrymen driving for Angers, France, take cover behind a bridge and fire across the river on Germans fighting delaying action.]

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 on negative recto LC: [crop mark]
Stamped in purple ink on verso TC: CONFIDENTIAL
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 54 64[crossed out] \ 58[crossed out]
Printed in purple ink on verso TC: ETO HQ 44 10810 FREEMAN (6) 8 AUG \ CREDIT --- SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO \ AMERICAN INFANTRYMEN DRIVING FOR \ ANGERS, FRANCE, TAKE COVER BEHIND \ A BRIDGE AND FIRE ACROSS THE RIVER ON GERMANS FIGHTING A DELAYING ACTION.
Stamped in red ink on verso BR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ 103\ SHAEF \ 14 AUG 1944 \ Name........No........ \ CONFIDENTIALInscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BR: V 94
Stamped in black ink on verso BRC: 548

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