File:Battle Bulge 1944 HD-SN-99-02998.JPEG
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Two dead American soldiers at a road intersection in Honsfeld, Belgium, close to the German border at Losheimergraben, December 17, 1944. German soldiers commonly looted captured U.S. soldiers and their equipment due to constant shortages of German equipment and material. Original description: "American soldiers, stripped of equipment, lie dead, face down in the slush of a crossroads somewhere on the western front. Note the bare feet of the soldier in the foreground. Captured German Photograph. Belgium, ca. December 1944." |
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| Source | U.S. Defense Visual Information Center photo HD-SN-99-02998 |
| Author | German military photo, film captured by U.S. Army |
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Published by U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized (RG 242) |
| Other versions | File:Losheimgraben_Crossroad_Bahnhof_Bullingen.jpg |
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| current | 15:48, 6 April 2008 | | 2,463 × 3,000 (1.32 MB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=Two dead American soldiers at a road intersection in Belgium, close to the German border at Losheimergraben, December 1944. Due to the roadsign, this photo was probably taken at Murringen (Belgium). The looting of the U.S. soldi |
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