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AMERICAN OFFICER LOOKS AT DAMAGE

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Fort du Roule, Cherbourg, France, 1944: An American Major looks over the burning city of Cherbourg, where…

Fort du Roule, Cherbourg, France, 06/26/1944

SC 190971Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5972RG 111
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AMERICAN OFFICER LOOKS AT DAMAGE. An American Major looks over the burning city of Cherbourg, where street fighting is still going on, with parts of the city afire, from one of the concrete pillboxes of the cliff-fort overlooking the city at harbor. Fort Du Roule, 450Ft. Cliff, Cherbourg, France. 6/26/44.

Date
06/26/1944
Place
Fort du Roule, Cherbourg, France · exact position
SC number
190971
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5972
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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