[This is one of the many scenes of devastation caused during a German air raid over Verdun.]

[This is one of the many scenes of devastation caused during a German air raid over Verdun.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[This is one of the many scenes of devastation caused during a German air raid over Verdun.]

September 1, 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: 151
Inscribed in pencil on verso TRC: 6
Printed in purple ink on verso TR: ETO-HQ-44-13422 FREEMAN-6 1 SEPT \ CREDIT...SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO \ THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY SCENES OF \ DEVASTATION CAUSED DURING A GERMAN \ AIR RAID OVER VERDUN
Inscribed in pencil on verso CR: 725
Stamped in purple ink on verso B: [all within rectangle frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION \ 102 \ Date 3 SEP 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BC: [illegible initials]
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