A mortar fires a shell during combat in Saint-Lô, France on 26 July 1944

Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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A mortar fires a shell during combat. Official caption: "ETO-HQ-44-8565-Petrony-5-26 July. Credit...Signal Corps Photo. A battery of a field artillery unit in action against the German lines near St. Lo, France." Passed for publication as censored on 26 July 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 15 May 1945.

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Date: 
"1944-07-26"
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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: 
Saint-Lô
Latitude: 
49.117
Longitude: 
-1.083
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Mortars (Ordnance)--France
Campaigns & battles--France
Camouflage (Military science)--France
Mud--France
Forests--France
Soldiers--American--France