Servicemen advancing through a village

Gift of The Acosta Family
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Photograph. Two American servicemen hiding behind residential building while a third runs to other side of road; a tank is in the narrow street in the background; a serviceman is lying on his back in the foreground, presumably dead. Personal caption on reverse: "Acosta." Presumably Germany. No date

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Date: 
1943
1945
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This collection consists of photographs of the European Theater of Operations taken by the United States Army Signal Corps. Topics include the invasion of Southern France, fighting in Germany, and concentration camp liberation.
Geography: 
Deutschland
Latitude: 
51.500
Longitude: 
10.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Tanks (Military science)--American--Germany
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--Germany