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Montebourg, France, 1944: Exterior view of Montebourg church, showing its main entrance filled…
Montebourg, France, 06/21/1944
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Original caption
BUT THEY STILL COME TO WORSHIP. Exterior view of Montebourg church, showing its main entrance filled with rubble knocked from its spire by Allied shelling from land, sea and air before American troops moved in on the heels of fleeing Nazis. France, June 21, 1944
- Date
- 06/21/1944
- Place
- Montebourg, France · approximate position
- Photographer
- Franklin
- SC number
- 190818
- Field number
- ETO-HQ-44-5637
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs
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