[Battle for Frankfurt!!! meeting heavy resistance in house to house fighting. Men od the 3rd US Army's 5th Infantry Division move ahead through rubble strewn streets. 5th Inf Div TUSA Frankfurt, Germany]

[Battle for Frankfurt!!! meeting heavy resistance in house to house fighting. Men od the 3rd US Army's 5th Infantry Division move ahead through rubble strewn streets. 5th Inf Div TUSA Frankfurt, Germany]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Battle for Frankfurt!!! meeting heavy resistance in house to house fighting. Men od the 3rd US Army's 5th Infantry Division move ahead through rubble strewn streets. 5th Inf Div TUSA Frankfurt, Germany]

March 27, 1945
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10 × 12.7 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 299
Printed in purple ink on verso TLC: ETO HQ 45 23824 27 MARCH \ CREDIT... U S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS \ PHOTOG 1ST LT MARK A FREEMAN (166) \ BATTLE FOR FRANKFURT !!! [underlined] \ MEETING HEAVY \ RESISTENCE IN HOUSE TO HOUSE FIGHTING, \ MEN OF THE 3RD U S ARMY'S 5TH INFANTRY \ DIVISION MOVE AHEAD THROUGH RUBBLE \ STREWN STREETS. \ 5TH INF DIV TUSA FRANKFURT GERMANY
Stamped in purple ink on verso BR: [all within rectangle frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION \ 108 \ Date 30 MAR1945 \ Name.............No.......... GT158\ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Stamped in purple ink on verso BL: RADIO
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