US Army M29 Weasel being loaded into a LCM on a Rhine riverbank, Germany, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Army M29 Weasel being loaded into a US Navy LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized] on a bank along the Rhine; soldiers are sitting in shallow foxholes in the foreground. Official caption on front: "Army 'Weasel' loaded aboard Navy LCM on Rhine River. US Army Photo 156-5." Germany. 1945

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1945
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Deutschland
Latitude: 
51.500
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10.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Landing craft--American--Germany
Tractors--American--Germany
Vehicles, military--American--Germany
Rhine River--Germany
Operation Plunder, 1945