Tanks firing on enemy positions in the Bischwiller Area, France on 1 February 1945

Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck
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Tanks firing on enemy positions. Note that units have been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "7A 1405/ETOHQ 45 1 Feb 11377. Credit...US Army Signal Corps. Photog...Lt. H.L. Valentine 163. 7th Army medium tanks deployed on snow covered field, firing on German held portion of Oberhoffen in the Hageunau Area. Numerous enemy tanks in the town return the fire. 14th Armd. Div. in support 36th Inf. Bischwiller Area, France." Passed for publication as censored on 4 February 1945.

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"1945-02-01"
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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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Bischwiller
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48.767
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7.883
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Campaigns & battles--France
Tanks (Military science)--American--France
Snow--France