Infantrymen Walk Through Rubble After an Air Bombardment in Bitburg, Germany
Photograph
Infantrymen Walk Through Rubble After an Air Bombardment in Bitburg, Germany
[Walking through rubble piled high after air bambardment that preceded their advance to bitburg, Germany, are infantrymen of 5th Division, 1st U.S. Army. 11th Inf Regt 5th Div TUSA]
February 28, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 4 × 5 1/8 in. (10.2 × 13 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
2007.0124.0213
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, TRC: 155
Printed in purple ink on verso, C: ETO HQ 45 16938 28 FEB \ CREDIT... U S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS \ PHOTOG... LT. M. A. FREEMAN 166 \ WALKING THROUGH RUBBLE PILED HIGH \ AFTER AIR BOMBARDMENT THAT PRECEEDED \ THEIR ADVANCE TO BITBURG, GERMANY, \ ARE INFANTRYMEN OF 5TH DIVISION, \ 1ST U.S. ARMY. E/ 11TH INF. REGT DIV FUSA [line partially redacted and edited in red ink]
Stamped in purple ink on verso BC: [all within oval frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION AS CENSORED \ 108 \ Date 4 MAR 1945 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ CONFIDENTIAL
Inscribed in red ink on verso BR: CT 158
Stamped in red ink on verso BL: RADIO
Printed in purple ink on verso, C: ETO HQ 45 16938 28 FEB \ CREDIT... U S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS \ PHOTOG... LT. M. A. FREEMAN 166 \ WALKING THROUGH RUBBLE PILED HIGH \ AFTER AIR BOMBARDMENT THAT PRECEEDED \ THEIR ADVANCE TO BITBURG, GERMANY, \ ARE INFANTRYMEN OF 5TH DIVISION, \ 1ST U.S. ARMY. E/ 11TH INF. REGT DIV FUSA [line partially redacted and edited in red ink]
Stamped in purple ink on verso BC: [all within oval frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION AS CENSORED \ 108 \ Date 4 MAR 1945 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR \ CONFIDENTIAL
Inscribed in red ink on verso BR: CT 158
Stamped in red ink on verso BL: RADIO
