[Miss Marjorie Avery, Representing the Detroit Free Press, interviews soldiers from Michigan who belong to an infantry unit in [crossed out: Northern Ireland replaced with: Stet] left to right: T/5 Leo E. Creenwood, Escanaba; Miss Avery: T/4 Michael Deron, Detroit; T/4 Richard Muller, Ferndale; and SGT Francis Nadeau, Marquette. 5th Inf Div, Bryansford, County Down, Northern Ireland.]

[Miss Marjorie Avery, Representing the Detroit Free Press, interviews soldiers from Michigan who belong to an infantry unit in [crossed out: Northern Ireland replaced with: Stet] left to right: T/5 Leo E. Creenwood, Escanaba; Miss Avery: T/4 Michael Deron, Detroit; T/4 Richard Muller, Ferndale; and SGT Francis Nadeau, Marquette. 5th Inf Div, Bryansford, County Down, Northern Ireland.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Miss Marjorie Avery, Representing the Detroit Free Press, interviews soldiers from Michigan who belong to an infantry unit in [crossed out: Northern Ireland replaced with: Stet] left to right: T/5 Leo E. Creenwood, Escanaba; Miss Avery: T/4 Michael Deron, Detroit; T/4 Richard Muller, Ferndale; and SGT Francis Nadeau, Marquette. 5th Inf Div, Bryansford, County Down, Northern Ireland.]

February 4, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.1 × 11.9 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions Inscribed on negative recto BLC: ETO-HQ-44-1206
Stamped in black ink on verso TLC: 019
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 185
Printed in blue ink on verso LC: ETO-HQ [green ink] -44-1206 green ink] FREEMAN 4 FEB 44 \ MISS MARJORIE AVERY, REPRESENTING THE \ DETROIT FREE PRESS, INTERVIEWS SOLDIERS FROM MICHIGAN WHO BELONG TO AN INFANTRY \ UNIT IN NORTHERN IRELAND. LEFT TO RIGHT: [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ T/5 LEO E. GREENWOOD, ESCANABA; MISS AVERY; T/4 MICHAEL DERON, DETROIT; T/4 RICHARD \ MULLER, FERNDALE; AND SGT FRANCIS NADEAU, \ MARQUETTE. \ 5TH INF DIV, BRYANSFORD, COUNTY DOWN, [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ NORTHERN IRELAND. [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil]
Stamped in red ink on verso BC: CONFIDENTIAL \ until reclassified by censor.
Stamped in purple ink on verso TC: [all within an oval border] REVIEWED & PASSED AS CENSORED \ UNITED STATES ARMY \ 27 JAN 1944 ....... \ PRESS CENSOR \ ** E.T.O.U.S.A.**
Inscribed in blue grease pencil on verso TC: [illegible initials]
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