[German bullet mark on American (clearly marked) ambulance. According to eye witnesses, German pilotted [sic] P47's straffed [sic] this ambulance as it carried patients in Luxembourg. Driver and patients were killed. 5th Inf Div 5th Med BN., Gonderange, Luxembourg.]

[German bullet mark on American (clearly marked) ambulance. According to eye witnesses, German pilotted [sic] P47's straffed [sic] this ambulance as it carried patients in Luxembourg. Driver and patients were killed. 5th Inf Div 5th Med BN., Gonderange, Luxembourg.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[German bullet mark on American (clearly marked) ambulance. According to eye witnesses, German pilotted [sic] P47's straffed [sic] this ambulance as it carried patients in Luxembourg. Driver and patients were killed. 5th Inf Div 5th Med BN., Gonderange, Luxembourg.]

December 25, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.8 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 324
Printed in purple ink on verso TL: ETO HQ 44 21704 25 DEC \ CREDIT U S SIG CORPS \ FOTOG..LT FREEMAN..166 \ GERMAN BULLET MARK ON AMERICAN(CLEARLY \ MARKED) AMBULANCE. ACCORDING TO EYE WIT- \ NESSES,GERMAN PILOTTED [sic] P47'S STRAFFED [sic] \ THIS AMBULANCE AS IT CARRIED PATIENTS \ IN LUXEMBOURG. DRIVER AND PATIENTS WERE \ KILLED. \ 5TH.INF.DIV.,5TH MED.BN., GONDERANGE, \ LUXEMBOURG
Stamped in red ink on verso BR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ 107 \ SHAEF \ 2 JAN 1945 \ Name........No........ \ CONFIDENTIAL
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso BR: [illegible initials]
Inscribed in pencil on verso BR: 34
Stamped in black ink on verso OA: Velox
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