[A section of a pontoon bridge is rowed out to be joined up with those already in place. The Bridge is being built by US Army Engineers to replace one destroyed during the action around the town of Vulaines-Sur-Seine, France.]
Photograph
[A section of a pontoon bridge is rowed out to be joined up with those already in place. The Bridge is being built by US Army Engineers to replace one destroyed during the action around the town of Vulaines-Sur-Seine, France.]
August 24, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.4 × 12.6 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Stamped in red ink on verso TL: CONFIDENTIAL
Inscribed in pencil on verso TLC: DP27
Inscribed in pencil on verso TC: 851/5
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 123
Stamped in purple ink on verso BR: [all within oval frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION AS CENSORED \ 109 \ Date 27 AUG 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso TR: B [illegible]
Inscribed in penicl on verso TR: 851.550
Printed in purple ink on verso TC: ETO-HQ-44-12549 FREEMAN (6) 24 AUG \ CREDIT ... SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO. \ A SECTION OF A PONTOON BRIDGE IS \ A ROWED OUT TO BE JOINED UP WITH THOSE \ ALREADY IN PLACE. THE BRIDGE IS \ BEING BUILT BY US ARMY ENGINEERS TO \ REPLACE ONE DESTROYED DURING THE \ ACTION AROUND THE TOWN OF VULAINES [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ SUR SEINE, FRANCE.
Stamped in purple ink on verso BR: [all within rectangle frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION \ 108 \ Date 27 AUG 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR [stamped crossed out with blure grease pencil]
Inscribed in pencil on verso BL: 550
Inscribed in blue ink on verso BLC: 27 [circled]
Stamped in black ink on verso BRC: 87E
Inscribed in pencil on verso TLC: DP27
Inscribed in pencil on verso TC: 851/5
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 123
Stamped in purple ink on verso BR: [all within oval frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION AS CENSORED \ 109 \ Date 27 AUG 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso TR: B [illegible]
Inscribed in penicl on verso TR: 851.550
Printed in purple ink on verso TC: ETO-HQ-44-12549 FREEMAN (6) 24 AUG \ CREDIT ... SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO. \ A SECTION OF A PONTOON BRIDGE IS \ A ROWED OUT TO BE JOINED UP WITH THOSE \ ALREADY IN PLACE. THE BRIDGE IS \ BEING BUILT BY US ARMY ENGINEERS TO \ REPLACE ONE DESTROYED DURING THE \ ACTION AROUND THE TOWN OF VULAINES [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ SUR SEINE, FRANCE.
Stamped in purple ink on verso BR: [all within rectangle frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION \ 108 \ Date 27 AUG 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR [stamped crossed out with blure grease pencil]
Inscribed in pencil on verso BL: 550
Inscribed in blue ink on verso BLC: 27 [circled]
Stamped in black ink on verso BRC: 87E
