First lieutenant U.S. Army. Signal Corps. Ninth Air Force. Summer England 1944 before D-Day invasion
The ribbons are for the American Defense Medal and the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.
Open License Image Colorized by Ian Spring
Destroyed late model Panzer IV with steel mesh Drahtgeflecht Schurzen . Siegfried Line Winter 1944
on the hull and standard steel plate Schürzen around the turret. The original caption describes the Panzer IV as a victim of the Ninth Air Force in the Luxembourg sector during the German retreat to the Siegfried Line.