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MESS IN A CHERBOURG STREET

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Cherbourg, France, 1944: Members of a combat engineer unit set up their own "mess" in a…

Cherbourg, France, June 1944

SC 190794Field no. ETO-HQ-44-6009RG 111
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MESS IN A CHERBOURG STREET. Members of a combat engineer unit set up their own "mess" in a Cherbourg Street. They have "acquired" a portable stove to heat the "K" rations. France.

Date
June 1944
Place
Cherbourg, France · approximate position
Photographer
Gallo
SC number
190794
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-6009
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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