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English: U.S. Army Combat Engineers remove booby trap from snow-covered, abandoned German tank, which was knocked out beyond Geromont, Belgium. Germans painted white stars on tank to make it resemble U.S. Armor for Operation Greif. Full description/back of photo at [1]
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US National Archives, Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. Series: Photographs of American Military Activities

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/219776880
Author T/3 Jack C. Kitzerow

Left to right: CPL. Peter A. Piar, Philadelphia, PA; LT. John D. Perkins, Alliance, Ohio, and PFC Calvin J. Du Pre, Houma, LA. 291 COM ENG, 30 INF DIV, BEYOND GEROMONT, BELGIUM.

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U.S. Army Combat Engineers remove booby trap from snow-covered, abandoned German tank, which was knocked out beyond Geromont, Belgium. Germans painted white stars on tank to make it resemble U.S. Armor.

18 January 1945

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