SC 192028 - Pvt. Gerard H. Murtha, 87 Winter St., New Britain, Conn.; Pfc. Jack A. Linsmayer, 1206 Carlisle Ave., Dayton, Ohio; Pfc. Belsey Connelley, Salyersville, Ky., and Pvt. Allen D. Schein, 1003 W. 71st St., Chicago, Ill
. all of a company of an engineer regiment, have pooled their efforts to construct a real shelter from scrap lumber and an old tarp. They have also dug the foxhole big enough to hold all four in case of an attack. Cherbourg, France. 20 July, 1944. 359th Engineer General Service Regiment. Photographer: Heimberger.
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- 1944-07-20
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- Signal Corps Archive
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- photograph
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- 5,212 × 4,153 pixels
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"SC 192028 - Pvt. Gerard H. Murtha, 87 Winter St., New Britain, Conn.; Pfc. Jack A. Linsmayer, 1206 Carlisle Ave., Dayton, Ohio; Pfc. Belsey Connelley, Salyersville, Ky., and Pvt. Allen D. Schein, 1003 W. 71st St., Chicago, Ill" (1944-07-20). Signal Corps Archive, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SC_192028_-_Pvt._Gerard_H._Murtha,_87_Winter_St.,_New_Britain,_Conn.;_Pfc._Jack_A._Linsmayer,_1206_Carlisle_Ave.,_Dayton,_Ohio;_Pfc._Belsey_Connelley,_Salyersville,_Ky.,_and_Pvt._Allen_D._Schein,_1003_W._71st_St.,_Chicago,_Ill.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 4504.
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