Soldiers using bulldozer to clear building wreckage, Houffalize, Belgium
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Description
View of soldiers using a bulldozer to clear wreckage from bombed buildings at Houffalize, Belgium 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 45 23 Jan. 9931 T 12 Feb 1945. Civilians watching men of the 243rd Combat Eng., 3rd U.S. Army use a bulldozer to push the wreckage of their bombed buildings off the street in the town of Houffalize, Belgium." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."
Details
- Creator:
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
- Resource ID:
- na032585
- Subject:
- Bulldozers
- Buildings--War damage--Belgium--Houffalize
- World War, 1939-1945
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1945-02-12
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 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.