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Cherbourg, France, 1944: Just before the final push on the city of Cherbourg, France, Pvt

Cherbourg, France, June 1944

SC 190800Field no. ETO-HQ-44-6110-16RG 111
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A LAST MINUTE SHAVE. Just before the final push on the city of Cherbourg, France, Pvt. John Wilczewski, Scranton, Pa., takes time out to give himself a shave in his faxhole. Signal Corps Photo ETO-HQ-44-6110-16 (Wescott).

Date
June 1944
Place
Cherbourg, France · approximate position
Photographer
Wescott
Units
47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, HQ Company 1st Battalion
People
Pvt John A. Wilczewski
SC number
190800
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-6110-16
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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