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LOOKING FOR A SIGN OF SNIPERS

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph

Valognes, France, 1944: Looking around for enemy snipers, Cpl

Valognes, France, 06/21/1944

SC 190827Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5683RG 111
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LOOKING FOR A SIGN OF SNIPERS. Looking around for enemy snipers, Cpl. David Halberg, Cleveland, Ohio, 8. Signal Corps photographer and one of the first men to enter Valognes, France, pauses beneath a road sign. June 21, 1944.

Date
06/21/1944
Place
Valognes, France · approximate position
Photographer
Runyan
Units
165th Signal Photo Company
People
Cpl David Halberg
SC number
190827
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5683
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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