Soldiers look through incoming mail in France on 21 June 1944.

Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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Soldiers look through incoming mail. Unit patches are scratched out in the photograph. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 5628 80 Wen 21 June. Credit---Signal Corps Photo. Mail call---It's the same thrill, whether received in the front lnes or at a station somewhere in the states. These men are members of an engineer unit moving with the front line combat troops. Somewhere in Northern France. Passed for publication as censored on 21 June 1944; passed for publication without censorship restrictions by SHAEF Field Press Censor on 14 May 1945.

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Date: 
"1944-06-21"
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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: 
France
Latitude: 
46.000
Longitude: 
2.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--France
Correspondence--France
Happiness--France