[Remains of ambulance driver who tried to escape when the clearly marked ambulance he was driving was straffed by (accrding to eye witnesses) German pilotted P 47's. Patients were also killed. 5th. Med. BN., 5th, Inf., Div., Gonbrange, Luxembourg. ]

[Remains of ambulance driver who tried to escape when the clearly marked ambulance he was driving was straffed by (accrding to eye witnesses) German pilotted P 47's. Patients were also killed. 5th. Med. BN., 5th, Inf., Div., Gonbrange, Luxembourg. ]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Remains of ambulance driver who tried to escape when the clearly marked ambulance he was driving was straffed by (accrding to eye witnesses) German pilotted P 47's. Patients were also killed. 5th. Med. BN., 5th, Inf., Div., Gonbrange, Luxembourg. ]

December 25, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.1 × 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: 327
Printed in purple ink on verso TL: ETO HQ 44 21707 25 DEC \ CREDIT U S SIG CORPS \ FOTOG..LT FREEMAN..166 \ REMAINS OF AMBULANCE DRIVER WHO TRIED \ TO ESCAPE WHEN THE CLEARLY MARKED AM- \ BULANCE HE WAS DRIVING WAS STARFFED [sic] BY (ACCORDING TO EYE WITNESSES) GERMAN PIL- \ OTTED [sic] P 47'S. PATIENTS WERE ALSO 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Stamped in red ink on verso BR: [all within triangular border] NOT TO BE PUBLISHED \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ 107 \ SHAEF \ 2 JAN 1945 \ Name........No........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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