Observation Post in Belgium

Description:

Black and white photograph of three officers of a tank destroyer battalion using binoculars to survey troop lines from an observation post. Further details are typed on reverse, "Officers survey the lines from the observation post of a tank destroyer battalion which stemmed the German counterattack in Bihain, Belgium. 1st Lt. A.D. Covatto, Louisville, Ky., directed the fire which accounted for two Mark Vs and a Mark IV tank." The name of "Col. G.R.F. Cornish" is also handwritten on the back.

• Title: Observation Post in Belgium
• Photographer: U.S. Army Signal Corps
• Date: January 11, 1945

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: World War II
• Object Id: MK 1296a

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  • Helmets
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