[American ambulance, just after it was straffed [sic] by (according to eye witnesses) German pilotted [sic] P 47's. It was plainly marked and the weather was clear. Driver and patients were killed. 5th Med BN 5th Inf Div., Gonderange, Luxembourg.]

[American ambulance, just after it was straffed [sic] by (according to eye witnesses) German pilotted [sic] P 47's. It was plainly marked and the weather was clear. Driver and patients were killed. 5th Med BN 5th Inf Div., Gonderange, Luxembourg.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[American ambulance, just after it was straffed [sic] by (according to eye witnesses) German pilotted [sic] P 47's. It was plainly marked and the weather was clear. Driver and patients were killed. 5th Med BN 5th Inf Div., Gonderange, Luxembourg.]

December 25, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.1 × 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: 325
Printed in purple ink on verso TL: ETO HQ 44 21705 25 DEC \ CREDIT U S SIG CORPS \ FOTOG..LT FREEMAN..166 \ AMERICAN AMBULANCE,JUST AFTER IT WAS \ STRAFFED [sic] BY (ACCORDING TO EYE WITNESSES \ GERMAN PILOTTED [sic] P47'S. IT WAS PLAINLY \ MARKED AND THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR. DRI - \VER AND PATIENTS WERE KILLED. \ 5TH.MED.BN.,5TH. INF.DIV.,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Stamped in red ink on verso BR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ 107 \ SHAEF \ 2 JAN 1945 \ Name........No........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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