An American soldier sports German medals on his uniform in Germany on 12 December 1944

Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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An American soldier sports German medals on his uniform. Note that the division unit has been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 29315 12 Dec. Credit---U.S. Army Signal Corps. Photog--Pvt. Robert R. Wescott...165. Tec. 5 Marvin Wells, Bluefield, W.Va., left, examines German medals on Pvt. Forest Darr, Zanesville, Ohio, center. They are German military medals collected by Private Darr in his travels through France, Belgium and Germany. Both soldiers are with a field artillery battalion of the 104th Infantry Division, First U.S. Army, somewhere in Germany. (B). A Bat., 268 Fa. Bn., 104 Inf. Div., FUSA, Germany. Confidential." Passed for publication as censored by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 17 June 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by the American Expeditionary Forces Field Press Censor on 16 April 1945.

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"1944-12-12"
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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
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10.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
War destruction & pillage--Germany
Military decorations--Germany
Soldiers--American--Germany
Smoking--Germany
Smiling--Germany