US Army machine gun crew on alert, El Guettar, Tunisia
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. United States Army soldiers manning a machine gun mounted on a jeep parked near a water well. Official caption on front: "Machine gun crew on alert at El Guettar, Tunisia. US Army Photo 152-2." El Guettar, Tunisia. No date
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1942
1943
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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.
Geography:
Tunis
Latitude:
36.833
Longitude:
10.217
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Tunisia
Machine guns--American--Tunisia
Jeep automobiles--American--Tunisia
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Tunisia