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United States Army Lieutenant Robert Longini photographing German prisoners of war captured during Operation Torch at Fedala, French Morocco (now Mohammedia, Morocco), Nov 1942.

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Caption     United States Army Lieutenant Robert Longini photographing German prisoners of war captured during Operation Torch at Fedala, French Morocco (now Mohammedia, Morocco), Nov 1942. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Fedala, French Morocco
Date  Dec 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps via Wikimedia Commons
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Added By David Stubblebine
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
14 Dec 2021 02:21:59 PM

Located on the Moroccan coast between Casablanca and Rabat, Fedala, then as now, was an important oil producing port. Some of those facilities can be faintly seen in the background.

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