American checking for the enemy in a German fort in Mutzig, France

Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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American soldier checking for the enemy in a German fort. First official caption: "Master Caption for 28499, 28505, 28508, 28509. Eighty-two Germans surrendered to an American infantry company of the 3rd Division, when U.S. Army Engineers blasted the German's fort near Mutzig, France, with 6,000 pounds of TNT loaded on a German half track. Working under cover of a smoke screen, the engineers loaded the captured vehicle with explosives and rolled it into the fort. (B). 10th Eng., 3rd Div., E Co., 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Div. Mutzig Area, France." Second official caption: "6AG 7A-27505/ETO HQ 44 28509 5 Dec. Credit...U.S. Army Signal Corps. Photog--T/5 Allan G. Smith, Jr...166. American infantryman cautiously advances on German fort after explosion. (B). Mutzig Area, France. Confidential. Radio." Passed for publication as censored on 8 December 1944 by SHAEF Field Press Censor. Passed for publication without censorship on 12 April 1945.

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Date: 
"1944-12-05"
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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: 
Mutzig
Latitude: 
48.550
Longitude: 
7.450
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--France
Searching--France
Forts & fortifications--German--France