German soldiers are seen from an aerial view of their fortification in Cherbourg, France on 29 June 1944
Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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German soldiers are seen from an aerial view of their fortification. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 6263 Reshovsky 29 June. Credit---Signal Corps Photo. Three Nazis--one white flag.....this photo, made from a reconnaissance plane, shows a coast artillery emplacement in Cherbourg Harbor after its surrender. Confidential." Censored on 1 July 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions on 14 May 1945.
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"1944-06-29"
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Photographs from the service of Allan Voluck, who served as a photographer with the 3908th Signal Service Battalion in Europe.
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Cherbourg
Latitude:
49.633
Longitude:
-1.617
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Aerial photographs--France
Forts & fortifications--German--France
Soldiers--German--France
Surrenders--German--France
Harbors--France