American troops surrounded by German troops receiving D-ration chocolate bars and halazone water-purification tablets inside 105mm shells fired from howitzers, Belmont sector, France, 5 Nov 1944

Caption     American troops surrounded by German troops receiving D-ration chocolate bars and halazone water-purification tablets inside 105mm shells fired from howitzers, Belmont sector, France, 5 Nov 1944 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
Photo Size 732 x 533 pixels
Photos on Same Day 5 Nov 1944
Photos at Same Place Vosges, France
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Sanders Marble says:
24 Mar 2015 10:52:55 AM

Sir, I'm looking for source information on the "American troops surrounded by German troops receiving D-ration chocolate bars and halazone water-purification tablets inside 105mm shells fired from howitzers, Belmont sector, France, 5 Nov 1944" photo. Is this a public domain photo?
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
24 Mar 2015 03:29:50 PM

Mr. Marble (comment above):
In researching my sources, I remain convinced that this image is the product of the United States Army and as such is squarely in the public domain. The sub-caption headings have been updated to reflect this. Thank you for your interest.

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