Soldiers with bulldozer clearing debris from railroad tunnel, Cherbourg, France

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Description

View of soldiers with bulldozer clearing debris from railroad tunnel at Cherbourg, France during World War II. Stamped on back: "Signal Corps photo. Please credit. Released by authority of the Bureau of Public Relations or by Theatre Press Censor." Label on back: "ETO Hq 44 x 6935, T 12 Feb 1945, 8939. Members of an engineer unit clear the debris away from what was formerly a tunnel leading to the Cherbourg railroad station. It was blasted by the retreating German forces." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."

Details

Creator:: United States. Army. Signal Corps
Resource ID:: na032583
Subject:: Bulldozers; Railroad tunnels--France--Cherbourg; World War, 1939-1945; Automotive Council for War Production--Archives; Photographic prints
Date:: 1945-02-12
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Bulldozers, 86:2
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.