WWII Snapshot Photo KO GERMAN " Tiger " PANTHER TANK Battle Of Bulge 32
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ORIGINAL WWII PHOTO - ORIGINAL TO THE TIME - NOT A COPY, SCAN, OR REPROQUANTITY: 1 - See the other original WWI & WWII photos that I have listed. ITEM: Original WWII Snapshot Photo of KNOCKED OUT GERMAN PANTHER TANK DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. Probably in Luxembourg or Belgium. The image is a little blurred because Sergeant Miller was quickly passing by (not lingering for post-battle pictures!). He called it a "Tiger tank" which was common with GI's who thought any big tank was a ...fearsome Tiger. Has a descriptive note written on the back.Photo is from Sergeant (T/5) James W. Miller, S/N 33131729 of the 181st Engineer Heavy Pontoon Battalion. They trained at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, from 1941 through 1943, participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers in August 1942, shipped out arriving at Pangbourne, England on 10 January 1944, and landed on Omaha Beach on 8 July 1944. Their first assignment was clearing mines from Utah Beach. They also fought in the Battle of the Bulge. They built several bridges in the ETO (some while under German fire and suffering casualties). These included pontoon bridges over the Marne at Melun, France (26 August 1944), the Meuse at Dinant, Belgium (7 September 1944), two across the Rhine parallel to the collapsed Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen (March 1945), and over the Weser at Lippoldsberg (8 April 1945). Theirs is quite an interesting story., well told by Sergeant Miller's photos.SORRY. I WILL NOT SELL OR SHIP THIS ITEM TO RUSSIA, AFRICA, OR SOUTH AMERICA DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH POSTAL SYSTEMS.DATE: WWII - photo does not glow under a black light. SIZE: 2.5" x 3.5"CONDITION: Very Good; See scans.. BACK: Has descriptive note written; See last scan.SOURCE: From the archives of the World War History & Art Museum (WWHAM) in Alliance, Ohio. WWHAM designs and delivers WWI and WWII exhibits to other museums. Our traveling exhibits include Brushes With War, a world class collection of 325 original paintings and drawings by soldiers of WWI, and Iron Fist, an HO scale model of the German 2nd Panzer Division in 1944 with 4, 000 vehicles and 15, 000 men. See my other listings. Multiple items won from me in the same two day period may be combined to save on shipping.
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