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U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph
Near Carentan, France, 1944: A member of an American Airborne Unit lies dead amongst the wreckage…
Near Carentan, France, 06/07/1944
SC 320860Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5114RG 111
Original caption
A member of an American Airborne Unit lies dead amongst the wreckage of his glider after crashing in an area, near Carentan, France. The jeep which the glider carried is still in the wreckage of the aircraft. 7 June 1944
- Date
- 06/07/1944
- Place
- Near Carentan, France · exact position
- Photographer
- Runyan
- SC number
- 320860
- Field number
- ETO-HQ-44-5114
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs
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