[View of US Army engineers constructing a pontoon bridge to replace one that had been destroyed in the action around the town of Vulaines-Sur-Seine, France.]

[View of US Army engineers constructing a pontoon bridge to replace one that had been destroyed in the action around the town of Vulaines-Sur-Seine, France.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[View of US Army engineers constructing a pontoon bridge to replace one that had been destroyed in the action around the town of Vulaines-Sur-Seine, France.]

August 24, 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 black ink on verso TRC: 125
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 BR: B 126
Printed in purple ink on verso TC: ETO-HQ-44-12551 FREEMAN (6) 24 AUG \ CREDIT ... SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO. \ VIEW OF US ARMY ENGINEERS CONSTRUCT- \ ING A PONTOON BRIDGE TO REPLACE ONE \ THAT HAD BEEN DESTROYED IN THE ACTION [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ AROUND THE TOWN OF VULAINES-SUR-SEINE, \ FRANCE. [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil]
Stamped in red ink on verso BL: CONFIDENTIAL
Stamped in black ink on verso BRC: 87E
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