[Crowds line Metz streets during parade and ceremonies during which Maj. Gen. Walker, XXth Corps, presented the liberated city back to the French on behalf of the US Army.]

[Crowds line Metz streets during parade and ceremonies during which Maj. Gen. Walker, XXth Corps, presented the liberated city back to the French on behalf of the US Army.]

Photograph

Lt. Mark A. Freeman

Maker
American, 1912–2005

[Crowds line Metz streets during parade and ceremonies during which Maj. Gen. Walker, XXth Corps, presented the liberated city back to the French on behalf of the US Army.]

November 22, 1944
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.3 × 12.5 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
2007.0124.0182
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 263 [crossed out] \ 273
Printed in purple ink on verso BR: ETO HQ 44 26961 22 NOV \ CREDIT...US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS \ PHOTOG...LT. MARK A FREEMAN-166 \CROWDS LINE METZ STREETS DURING PARADE AND \ CEREMONIES DURING WHICH MAJ. GEN. WALKER, \ XXTH CORPS, PRESENTED THE LIBERATED CITY BACK \ TO THE FRENCH ON BEHALF OF THE US ARMY. (C)
Stamped in purple ink on verso BR: [all within rectangle frame] PASSED FOR PUBLICATION \ 103 \ Date 27 JUL 1944 \ Name.............No.......... \ SHAEF \ FIELD PRESS CENSOR
Inscribed in pencil on verso BC: G47
Stamped in black ink on verso 97A
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