M2 machine gun provides cover for GIs of the 45th Infantry Division advancing towards Niederbronn-les-Bains, 1944
"6AG-27697/ETO HQ 44 29 illegible 50 10 Dec. Credit.U.S. Army Signal Corps. Photog.T/4 Bennett Fenberg.163. Crouched behind a.50 caliber machine gun spelling correction note written in pencil, American machinegunner of the Seventh Army, provides protective cover for advancing infantrymen illegible during drive on Niederbronn (Les Bains,) France. (A). 1st Bn., 15th Regt., 45th Inf. Div., Niederbronn, (Les Bains,) France." Passed for publication as censored on 13 December 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 16 April 1945.
- Date
- 1944
- Photographer / author
- Signal Corps Archive from Ireland and United States
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,600 × 2,932 pixels
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"M2 machine gun provides cover for GIs of the 45th Infantry Division advancing towards Niederbronn-les-Bains, 1944" (1944). Signal Corps Archive from Ireland and United States, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M2_machine_gun_provides_cover_for_GIs_of_the_45th_Infantry_Division_advancing_towards_Niederbronn-les-Bains,_1944_(49350394046).jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 6069.
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