SC 191896 - An American flag is draped over the coffin of an American soldier killed in the battle for St. Lo. The coffin rests on the steps of the cathedral in the city. 20 July, 1944
Photographer: Schultz. Note: This is the coffin of Major Thomas D. Howie, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, who was killed in action on July 17th, 1944.
- Date
- 1944-07-20
- Photographer / author
- Signal Corps Archive
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
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- photograph
- Original size
- 5,325 × 3,958 pixels
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