[Twelve Nazi prisoners seized during U.S. engagement in the Mozelle River sector near the Franco-German border are shown leadning against a house wall, hands over heads, while an armed guard stands watch over them prior to movement toward rear.]

[Twelve Nazi prisoners seized during U.S. engagement in the Mozelle River sector near the Franco-German border are shown leadning against a house wall, hands over heads, while an armed guard stands watch over them prior to movement toward rear.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Twelve Nazi prisoners seized during U.S. engagement in the Mozelle River sector near the Franco-German border are shown leadning against a house wall, hands over heads, while an armed guard stands watch over them prior to movement toward rear.]

September 8, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.9 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 154
Inscribed in pencil on verso BR: 006
Printed in purple ink on verso TR: ETO HQ 44 14117 FREEMAN 6 8SEPT44 \ CREDIT...SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO. \ TWELVE NAZI PRISONERS SEIZED DURING \ U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN THE MOZELLE [sic] RIVER \ NEAR THE FRANCO-GERMAN BORDER \ ARE SHOWN LEANING AGAINST A HOUSE \ WALL, HANDS OVER HEAD WHILE AN ARMED \ GUARD STANDS WATCH OVER THEM PRIOR \ TO MOVEMENT TOWARD REAR.
Stamped in red ink on verso CR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ 106 \ SHAEF \ 10 SEP 1944 \ Name........No........ \ CONFIDENTIAL
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BC: [illegible initials]
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