Democrat and Chronicle, "Invasion Launched on French Coast," Newspaper, 6 June 1944

File — Box: 2516, Folder: 2018.002-001

Content Description

From the Collection: This collection consists of one photographic album containing 129 silver gelatin prints portraying life at Fort McClellan, Alabama—one of four major prisoner of war camps in the state—in June 1943. Private Charles W. Christopher of the Military Police Escort Guard, a branch of the United States Army, collected and arranged the images into the album. The images depict both military personnel and prisoners of war around the grounds and buildings of Fort McClellan. While many of the military personnel images are posed—most likely by Private Christopher—a number of images show them drilling, standing at attention, doing laundry, and boxing. Private Christopher identifies several of the men in the images with a handwritten caption. The images depicting prisoners of war are of a candid nature, as the men appear to be coming or going to work or performing manual labor. The collection also contains the front page of the Democrat and Chronicle with the headline "Invasion Launched on French Coast" from June 6, 1944.

Dates

6 June 1944

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