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This is a close-up of dead Germans and the car in which they were riding before it was damaged by Americans in Cherbourg, France

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Cherbourg, France, 1944: This is a close-up of dead Germans and the car in which they were…

Cherbourg, France, 06/28/1944

SC 190812Field no. ETO-HQ-44-6018RG 111
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This is a close-up of dead Germans and the car in which they were riding before it was damaged by Americans in Cherbourg, France. 6/28/44. Co. M 314 Inf. Regt. 79 Inf. Div.

Date
06/28/1944
Place
Cherbourg, France · approximate position
Photographer
Franklin
Units
79th Infantry Division, 314th Infantry Regiment
SC number
190812
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-6018
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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