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U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph
Cherbourg, France, 1944: The mayor introduces Maj
Cherbourg, France, 06/26/1944
SC 206551Field no. ETO-HQ-44-6023RG 111
Original caption
The mayor introduces Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins (paper in hand), CG, VII Corps, to the townspeople of Cherbourg, France. 6/26/44.
- Date
- 06/26/1944
- Place
- Cherbourg, France · exact position
- Photographer
- Rosenblum
- SC number
- 206551
- Field number
- ETO-HQ-44-6023
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs
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