SC 192133 - Cavalrymen of an armored unit moving their first machine gun scout squad across the swamp to an island held by stubborn German paratroopers, near Saint-Germain on the Periers, France, front
The great open stretch had made the island a natural fort. 30 July, 1944. 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Armored Division. Photographer: Ornitz.
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- 1944-07-30
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- Signal Corps Archive
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- photograph
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