[Smoke screen is laid to cover treadway bridge across Sauer River to prevent enemy shelling of spen. 5th Inf Divn]

[Smoke screen is laid to cover treadway bridge across Sauer River to prevent enemy shelling of spen. 5th Inf Divn]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Smoke screen is laid to cover treadway bridge across Sauer River to prevent enemy shelling of spen. 5th Inf Divn]

February 11, 1945
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 red ink on recto: [censor marks on image]
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 107
Printed in purple ink on verso TL: ETO HQ 45 12932 11 FEB \ CREDIT... U S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS \ PHOTOG... LT. M.A.FREEMAN 166 \ SMOKE SCREEN IS LAID TO COVER \ TREADWAY BRIDGE ACROSS SAUER \ RIVER TO PREVENT ENEMY SHELLING \ OF SPAN. E/ \ 5TH INF DIVN
Stamped in purple ink on verso B: JG 191\ CONFIDENTIAL \ [all within oval frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION AS CENSORED \ 109 \ Date 14 FEB 1945 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Stamped in red ink on verso BL: CUT ON FACE
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