| Caption | Soldiers of the 463rd Combat Engineers in France near the German border pause to observe Christmas the best way they could, 25 Dec 1944. Note K-ration cans as ornaments and three stacked M1 Garand rifles. ww2dbase | |||||||
| Photographer | Louis Weintraub | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps | |||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 25 Dec 1944 | |||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
| Added Date | 1 Jan 2006 | |||||||
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| 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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The soldiers are, left to right: Carmen Cemena of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PFC John E McManus of Yonkers, New York, and Sgt Gene A Westbrook of Cumming, Georgia. The shadow is of the photographer, Army Signal Corps T-Sgt Louis Weintraub.