Caption | Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||||
Identification Code | 111-SC-193559 | ||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 23 Aug 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France | ||||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. Anonymous says:
27 Oct 2022 11:47:11 AM
About WW2 mp40. or alike. Need. Exch. Raw dis. or CC. Resiste se
27 Oct 2022 11:47:11 AM
About WW2 mp40. or alike. Need. Exch. Raw dis. or CC. Resiste se
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