40 mm antiaircraft gun being unloaded from a LCVP on a Rhine riverbank, Germany, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Army Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft gun being unloaded from a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] on a bank along the Rhine. Official caption on front: "40mm anti-aircraft gun unloaded in rain. 3-24-45. US Army Photo 156-6." Germany. 24 March 1945
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03/24/1945
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography:
Deutschland
Latitude:
51.500
Longitude:
10.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--Germany
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Germany
Rain--Germany
Rhine River--Germany
Operation Plunder, 1945