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What was intended to be a formidable trap for advancing Allied armies turns out to be an excellent place for drying wash
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Siegfried Line at Roetgen, Germany, 1944: What was intended to be a formidable trap for advancing Allied armies…

Siegfried Line at Roetgen, Germany, 12/09/1944

SC 194510Field no. ETO-HQ-44-19451RG 111
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What was intended to be a formidable trap for advancing Allied armies turns out to be an excellent place for drying wash. Pfc. Anthony Mesinko, Cleveland, Ohio, uses the barbed wire of the "impregnable" Siegfrieed Line to hang out his clothes. 9/15/44.

Date
12/09/1944
Place
Siegfried Line at Roetgen, Germany · exact position
Photographer
Wescott
Units
165th Signal Photo Company
People
Pfc Anthony Misenko
SC number
194510
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-19451
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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