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Members of a chemical unit get ready to fire high explosive mortar shells at a German pillbox which forms part of the coast defense of a beach in France

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Les Dunes de Varreville, 1944: Members of a chemical unit get ready to fire high explosive mortar…

Les Dunes de Varreville, 06/10/1944

SC 191429Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4919RG 111
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Members of a chemical unit get ready to fire high explosive mortar shells at a German pillbox which forms part of the coast defense of a beach in France. At extreme right is the M-29 "weasel". France, June 10, 1944.

Date
06/10/1944
Place
Les Dunes de Varreville · approximate position
Photographer
Massenge
SC number
191429
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4919
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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