An Army Ranger cleans his rifle in Germany on 8 December 1945
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
Description:
An Army Ranger cleans his rifle. Note that the unit has been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "File. ETO HQ 44 28907 8 Dec. Credit...U.S. Army Signal Corps. Photog...Pfc. Runyan 165. Sgt. Leonard Zajas, of 9106 Portland Ave., Detroit, Mich., Ranger, cleans his Browning Automatic Rifle during rest period after several days' hard fighting in Germany. 8th Divn USA." Passed for publication on 11 December 1944 by the SHAEF Field Press Censor; passed for publication without censorship restrictions on 14 April 1945.
Image Information
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Date:
"1944-12-08"
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Photographs from the service of Allan Voluck, who served as a photographer with the 3908th Signal Service Battalion in Europe.
Geography:
Deutschland
Latitude:
51.500
Longitude:
10.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Germany
Rifles--American--Germany
Cleaning--Germany
Rest periods--Germany